The superyacht where Jackie Kennedy found new love can be yours for 42 percent off | CNN Business

To board the yacht named Christina, in the glamorous late middle of the 20th century, was to float amid the highest levels of fame, celebrity and royalty: Winston Churchill! Liza Minnelli! Rudolf Nureyev! Its owner, the Greek shipping magnate and definitive international playboy Aristotle Onassis, equipped it with a lapis lazuli fireplace, an onyx spiral staircase, a swimming pool with a mosaic bottom that ascended to become a dance floor, and barstools upholstered in whale-penis leather. This was where Onassis wooed the already-married Maria Callas, who would become his romantic partner for years, and later courted the widowed Jacqueline Kennedy, who became Jackie Onassis in 1968. After their Greek island wedding, it was the Christina that hosted the reception. Now the Christina, currently known as the Christina O, is on sale for nearly half off — its asking price slashed to 52 million euros (or roughly $60 million) from an initial 90 million euros, convertible pool and original bar furniture included. In today’s market, it’s still a tough sell. “We had some interest, but no deal went through,” Tim Morley, the broker handling the sale, said on the phone from Nafplion, Gr

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