From a modest engagement ring to a historic emerald-and-diamond pairing to one of the largest diamonds ever sold at auction, Jackie Kennedy Onassis’s engagement rings offer a more private lens ...

In 1953, then-Senator John F. Kennedy proposed. The couple later picked out a diamond and emerald ring from Van Cleef & Arpels. In 1968, five years after JFK's death, Jackie married Aristotle Onassis.

The ring is now preserved at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. Jackie's third and final engagement came in 1968, five years after JFK's assassination.

In 1953, then-Senator John F. Kennedy proposed. The couple later picked out a diamond and emerald ring from Van Cleef & Arpels. In 1968, five years after JFK's death, Jackie married Aristotle Onassis.