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Thank you Lawrence R. of Garden City, NY for your Wonderful Review

 

 

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Thank you to Lawrence R. of Garden City, NY for our latest Yelp review. Wishing you both much happiness and success in your lives together!

” When I decided I wanted to propose to my now fiancée I did my fair share of research and shopped around at over ten different jewelry stores (both retail and boutique). There’s no other way to put it, Keith was by and far the best jeweler I encountered. Not only is he extremely knowledgeable about diamonds, but his familiarity with the diamond industry is unrivaled.

In your first meeting with Keith you can expect him to walk you through the process of buying a diamond from the 4 Cs to GIA certifications. He will also have a selection of diamonds to show you, all in the comfort of a private office, that will more than likely be exactly what you described in your email exchange. In terms of professionalism, quality and value, I truly believe NYCWD cannot be beaten. Keith will go out of his way to find the absolute best diamond within your budget and will never try to push/force you to make a decision. Keith held my first choice diamond for me (1 week) while I finished shopping around and never once tried to talk me out of visiting another jeweler. Dealing with Keith felt like an experience, not a transaction.

My fiancée is absolutely obsessed with her ring, from the diamond to Keith’s custom setting. If you’re starting your engagement ring shopping process, look no further! I will be using NYCWD for all of my jewelry needs going forward.”

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Congratulations Meghan and Christian, Such a Wonderful Couple!

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World’s Most Spoiled Kid Gets $77M in Diamonds From Dad

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Tycoon Joseph Lau snatched up this 12.03-carat “Blue Moon” diamond for $48.5 million at a Swiss auction on Wednesday, and named it “The Blue Moon of Josephine” for his 7-year-old daughter.

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong billionaire tycoon who has been convicted of corruption paid a total of $77 million at auctions in Geneva for two large and rare colored diamonds for his daughter, his office said Thursday.

Joseph Lau was the top bidder for the 12.03-carat “Blue Moon” diamond that sold Wednesday night for a record-setting 48.6 million Swiss francs ($48.5 million), said a spokeswoman for Lau, who declined to give her name.

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“The Blue Moon of Josephine”

Lau was also the buyer of a 16.08-carat vivid pink diamond that sold for 28.7 million Swiss francs ($28.5 million) the night before, she said.

Sotheby’s, which held both auctions, said the buyer promptly renamed the pricier gem “The Blue Moon of Josephine” and the pink diamond “Sweet Josephine.”

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“Sweet Josephine”

“Yes, the two diamonds are bought by Joseph Lau,” said the spokeswoman, who added that they were named after Lau’s 7-year-old daughter.

The blue diamond, set in a ring, was said to be among the largest known fancy vivid blue diamonds and was the showpiece gem at the Sotheby’s jewelry auction.

The Blue Moon — named in reference to its rarity, playing off the expression “once in a blue moon” — topped the previous record of $46.2 million set five years ago by the Graff Pink, Sotheby’s said. The diamond also set a new record of more than $4 million per carat, capping the daylong high-end jewelry sale that reaped roughly $140 million.

Lau, a property developer with a fortune estimated by Forbes at $9.9 billion, has a habit of snapping up expensive gems for his children.

At a Sotheby’s Geneva auction in 2009, he bought another blue diamond, paying a then-record $9.5 million for the 7.03-carat “Star of Josephine.”

Last November, he also bought two gems for another daughter, 13-year-old Zoe, his spokeswoman said. One was a 9.75-carat blue diamond that he named “Zoe Diamond” after buying it for about $33 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York. He also spent 65 million Hong Kong dollars ($8.4 million) for a 10.1-carat ruby-and-diamond brooch at a Christie’s Hong Kong auction. He named that one “Zoe Red.”

Lau was convicted last year by a Macau court of bribery and money laundering and sentenced to more than five years in prison. But Lau, who didn’t attend the trial, has remained free by avoiding travel to the former Portuguese colony, which doesn’t have an extradition treaty with nearby Hong Kong. Both cities are specially administered Chinese regions.

“Tonight we set a new world record, a new auction record for any diamond, any jewel, any gemstone, with the sale of the Blue Moon diamond,” said auctioneer David Bennett in Geneva. He specified the price as $48,468,158. “I have never seen a more beautiful stone. The shape, the color, the purity — it’s a magical stone.”

The polished blue gem was cut from a 29.6-carat diamond discovered last year in South Africa’s Cullinan mine, which also yielded the 530-carat Star of Africa blue diamond that is part of the British crown jewels, and the Smithsonian Institution’s “Blue Heart” discovered in 1908.

Sotheby’s says experts took five months for an “intense study” of the original Blue Moon diamond, and a master cutter took another three months to craft, cut and polish the stone. The auction house said in a video that the Cullinan mine was the “only reliable source in the world for blue diamonds,” and only a tiny percentage of those found in it contain even a trace of blue.

Blue diamonds are formed when boron is mixed with carbon when the gem is created.

Thank you to the New York Post for this fantastic article.

A unique, personal jeweler who works nationwide, Keith Saxe is GIA and FIT trained and has been a trusted high end diamond jewelry specialist for 27 years. He is the founder and president of NYC Wholesale Diamonds located at 47 West 47th Street Suite 3A in the New York City Diamond District. His website is www.NYCWD.com and he authors a blog www.NYCDiamondBlog.com. Keith has recently been named to The Diamond Council of America, is a member of the Jewelers Board of Trade, and Jewelers of America. He offers GIA Certified Ideal Cut Diamonds, and state of the art fine jewelry designs at low wholesale prices. Keith has been named the N.Y. Diamond District’s Favorite Jeweler by the N.Y. Post’s Savvy Shopper column, had his diamond education articles published, been recommended in the New York Times, national gift reporter Robyn Spizman’s ‘Perfect Present Guide’ and ‘The GIFTionary’, as well as having his Diamond Halo Engagement Ring design featured on ‘The Knot.’

Keith is a proud member of: 
The Diamond Council of America
The Jewelers Board of Trade
Jewelers of America​
Call Keith directly at 212-719-2214 | 800-247-8478

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A unique, personal jeweler who works nationwide, Keith Saxe is GIA and FIT trained and has been a trusted high end diamond jewelry specialist for 27 years. He is the founder and president of NYC Wholesale Diamonds located at 47 West 47th Street Suite 3A in the New York City Diamond District. His website is www.NYCWD.com and he authors a blog www.NYCDiamondBlog.com. Keith has recently been named to The Diamond Council of America, is a member of the Jewelers Board of Trade, and Jewelers of America. He offers GIA Certified Ideal Cut Diamonds, and state of the art fine jewelry designs at low wholesale prices. Keith has been named the N.Y. Diamond District’s Favorite Jeweler by the N.Y. Post’s Savvy Shopper column, had his diamond education articles published, been recommended in the New York Times, national gift reporter Robyn Spizman’s ‘Perfect Present Guide’ and ‘The GIFTionary’, as well as having his Diamond Halo Engagement Ring design featured on ‘The Knot.’

Keith is a proud member of: 
The Diamond Council of America
The Jewelers Board of Trade
Jewelers of America​
Call Keith directly at 212-719-2214 | 800-247-8478

NYC Wholesale Diamonds
47 West 47th Street
Suite 3A
New York, NY 10036

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