Suzanne Martinez | Source | owner, noted jewelry historian, GIA jeweler and retailer for nearly 40 years ...
Suzanne Martinez
Suzanne is a highly credentialed senior gemologist, jewelry appraiser, jewelry historian and the curator for our collection. She actively buys from sellers all over the world and in our store. Suzanne is also the founder of our Antique Jewelry University.
Suzanne started collecting rocks and minerals as a child, and by the time she was 13 knew that the jewelry world was her passion. For fun she makes enameled jewelry, studies natural history, Latin American cultural anthropology and goes on gem safaris with Starla.
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A lot of people just do not understand a beautiful piece of old jewelry. Our cutter says he has to recut old European diamonds all the time because that’s what the client wants. It breaks my heart. Well, that’s what happened with this tiara. Sourcing the perfect diamonds to replace the missing ones was the hardest part, because they had to match the same color and clarity range as the other large diamonds, and they had to be cut in the same period. Everything had to be perfect for it to work.
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How Lang Antiques Gave This Edwardian Diamond Tiara a Makeover
Lang Antique and Estate Jewelry explains what went into restoring this natural diamond tiara to its original shining glory.
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Lang Antique & Estate Jewelry
owner, noted jewelry historian, GIA jeweler and retailer for nearly 40 years