The gem, recovered from the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, ended up in the possession of the chicken magnate Frank Perdue. His widow, Mitzi Perdue, is auctioning it to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
Haunted by what she d seen, Mitzi Perdue, the daughter of one business magnate and widow of another left war-ravaged Ukraine for her Maryland home with a singular focus: How could she help?
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An emerald ring lost on a Spanish shipwreck for four centuries before being rediscovered is to be auctioned by its current owner in December where it could fetch up to $70,000.