There really are two very different philosophies on how to buy estate jewelry. One is buy everything that comes your way at a price and then try to move a lot through the trade and only keep the pieces you like best. Another is to be selective and buy only things that you really feel you're willing to live with for a while, because you are going to live with them for a while. We tend to opt for the second of those options. We try to buy things that we think are really great examples of the period. We don't want to buy lesser pieces with lesser stones and lesser quality manufacturing because, in the end, those are not what we want to represent to our clients.
- Benjamin Macklowe
www.macklowegallery.com
Spot on.
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