![]() 726-carat Jonker rough diamond, valued at 700 thousand dollars, was Harry’s firstborn. ![]() A record number of the most major rough and cut diamonds ever belonged to the collectors, royal families and even states are connected with the name of Harry Winston. Passion for diamonds lead him to the biggest, the most famous ones. “Harry Winston” at the 5th Avenue during the Christmas holidays. In 1932, he opens his second company “Harry Winston” at the 5th Avenue in Rockefeller Center. In 1930, Winston received a national glory of 39-carat diamond, the largest one ever sold at the American auctions. His first major purchase Harry made in 1925: he bought a collection of necklaces, brooches and rings of Rebecca Darlington Stoddard for a million dollars, and later a collection of Arabella Huntington for 2 million dollars. Gradually the search for a truly worthy jewelry collections and their subsequent transformation in a contemporary style was a favorite trade for him. Therefore in each item by “Harry Winston” an elegant and small setting was used. A stone was the main thing for him, and the setting was to highlight its natural beauty, but not to overload with its massiveness and fancifulness. The jeweler treated with particular pleasure to each product. Precious stones, that were in his hands, got their second lifetimes, being fastened in modern way and acquiring a new, unique style. The artisan makes his jewelry manually, carefully selecting the best diamonds. In the 1920s Harry opens the firm “The Premier Diamond Company” and starts to buy antique precious stones, cut them in a new fashioned way and resell. They said that he could sell snow at high price in winter. Harry was not just an excellent goldsmith, but also a sales genius. Harry Winston’s business acumen was developing in parallel with the love for diamonds. By his thirty Harry Winston became universally recognized connoisseur of precious stones – the reputation, to which a lot of people tended almost for the entire life. From childhood, helping his father to handle and sell precious stones, young Harry Winston knew how to distinguish the true precious stone from the counterfeit one even in the window of the shop. ![]() In 1890, Harry’s father Jacob Winston, an immigrant from Ukraine, opened, modest jewelry shop in New York at the Manhattan in which junior Winston acquired his extraordinary love to jewelry items and precious stones. Harry Winston – a legendary man, who rarely appeared in public, virtually no interviews, no contacts with the press – outstanding jeweler, who was famous for his passion to big diamonds and who created one of the largest jewelry brands – “Harry Winston” Harry Winston earned this title in his lifetime owing to his passion for the most beautiful stone, to which he devoted his entire life.
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