Icon Jewels - Circa Jewels of Texas

Icon Jewels - Circa Jewels of Texas
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ISIN	🆔
Industry	Jeweler
Founded 📆	1990
Founder 👔
Number of locations	Texas
Area served 🗺️
Key people	Aldo Dinelli (Founder); Cynthia Pinot (Vice President)
Members
Number of employees
🌐 Website	iconjewelsusa.com
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Icon Jewels is a luxury jewelry company ^[1] based in the United States. Icon's operations comprise the procurement and acquisition of jewelry, artifacts, and estate jewelry with historical provenance. ^[2].

Early History[edit]

Founder Aldo Dinelli, was mentored early in his career by Louis Glick,^[3]^[4] Simon Critchell,^[5] Saul Goldberg, and William Goldberg (diamond dealer).^[6]^[7] ^[8]Dinelli was first trained in the diamond and precious gem industry by Arnaud Bamberger,^[9] Executive Chairman of Cartier Worldwide, and Ralph Destino, the Chairman-Emeritus of Cartier, Inc. Aldo Dinelli collaborated with jewelry houses Cartier (jeweler), Graff, and Van Cleef & Arpels.

History[edit]

Icon Jewels - Circa of Texas was founded in 1990 by Aldo Dinelli, who is a member of Fancy Color Research Foundation ^[10] ^[11] ^[12]. Cynthia Pinot joined the company in 2011 as vice president of Icon Jewels.^[13]

Notable Artifact Diamonds and Gems[edit]

The Pope Cross and Ring The 75 carats of diamonds cross and ring once belonging to Pope Paul VI that was originally gifted from Pope John XXIII.^[14] ^[15] ^[16]

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Pope Pius XII Diamond Cross and Ring

File:Pope John XXIII born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963.jpg

The Emerald Cut Imperial Topaz The 57.06 Carats Imperial Topaz was acquired in 2013 by Icon Jewels. The Topaz stone was cut into and emerald cut shape, and has been considered to be one of the top three largest and finest quality emerald cut topaz in the world. The topaz once belonged to Ralph Esmerian of REI and was acquired during the liquidation of Fred Leighton through Merrill Lynch. ^[18]^[19]

The Ava Gardner Ring Icon Jewels acquired the ring in 2014. The Ava Gardner ring was a ring originally gifted to Ava Gardner by her third and last husband, singer and actor Frank Sinatra, married from 1951 to 1957. She later said in her autobiography that he was the love of her life. The ring is a 50 carats Santa Maria Flawless Aquamarine with 15 carats of diamonds made by jeweler William Ruser^[20]^[21]. It was rumored that the aquamarine ring was her engagement ring.

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50 Carats Aquamarine 15 Carats diamonds- designed by William Ruser

The Hearst Diamond Pin An important diamond brooch once belonged to Randold Apperson Hearst, John Randolph Hearst (1909–1958). The Diamond brooch, Circa 1860-1870^[22] has over 37 total carat weight of diamonds. The four main diamonds total carat weight 32.64 carats. ^[23]

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Randolf Apperson Hearst Estate Diamond Brooch

File:Veronica De Gruyter Hearst - Brooch.jpg

Veronica De Gruyter Hearst

Recent Development[edit]

Aldo Dinelli, founder of Icon Jewels, was an expert adviser to NFL Saints quarterback, Drew Brees in lawsuit case against a San Diego jeweler that resulted in a $6.1 Million dollar judgment against the retailer in San Diego on four counts of fraud. ^[24] ^[25]^[26]^[27] ^[28]

Sourcing[edit]

Icon Jewels adheres to the Kimberly process,^[29] never knowingly buying or trading rough diamonds from areas where it would encourage conflict or human suffering.

External links[edit]

Official website

References[edit]

This article "Icon Jewels" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Icon Jewels. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.

[1] ttps://modernluxury.com/modern-luxury-houston/digital-archive

[2] ttp://papercitymagazine.uberflip.com/i/258079-february-2014-houston/47?

[3] ttp://www.louisglick.com/

[4] ttps://www.boatinternational.com/luxury-yacht-life/lifestyle/of-the-worlds-rarest-diamonds-available-to-buy--26931

[5] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=tS22DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT69&lpg=PT69&dq=simon+critchell+diamonds&source=bl&ots=oVtSSuVwZT&sig=ACfU3U2Na7CCUfn6ix115nt7XUZPUZdFQA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6xfz07rbgAhVMQq0KHQPuCasQ6AEwCXoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=simon%20critchell%20diamonds&f=false

[6] ttps://modernluxury.com/modern-luxury-houston/digital-archive

[7] ttps://thevaultnantucket.com/products/william-goldberg-diamonds-are-synthetic-diamonds-changing-the-face-of-the-industry

[8] ttps://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2017/04/11/fancy-colored-diamonds-to-lead-bonhams-new-york-jewelry-auction/#1cfae2841296

[9] ttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/arnaud-bamberger-haute-horlogerie-8744570.html

[10] ttps://www.fcresearch.org/

[11] ttps://www.diamonds.net/(S(j4wvcamtrpjs0v55lwh2rvfi))/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=51494&ArticleTitle=Fancy+Color+Investment+Analysis

[12] ttps://www.ft.com/content/5e7dbafe-7bdb-11e4-a695-00144feabdc0?siteedition=intl#axzz3hzs16Vou

[13] ttps://www.iconjewelsusa.com/cynthia-pinot

[14] ttps://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2014/03/19/diamond-jewelry-owned-by-pope-paul-vi-on-sale-for-1-9-million/#f62e9cb11c8b

[15] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI#/media/File:Pope_Paul_VI%27s_Diamond_Ring_and_Cross.jpg

[16] ttps://www.iconjewelsusa.com/popepaulviartifact

[17] "Diamond Jewelry Owned By Pope Paul VI On Sale For $1.9 Million". Forbes. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

[18] ttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/arts/design/ralph-esmerians-collection-goes-up-for-auction.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=7EBC265F0B5F23FFCCD2215953BC8DF5&gwt=pay

[19] ttps://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/nyregion/23jewels.html

[20] ttps://www.williamnoble.com/noble-notes/page/85/

[21] ttps://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/rings/cocktail-rings/ruser-aquamarine-diamond-ring-1960s/id-j_161974/

[22] ttps://www.iconjewelsusa.com/thevault

[23] ttps://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/03/07/8253444/index.htm

[24] ttps://setexasrecord.com/stories/511631538-texas-court-intercepts-litigation-between-drew-brees-and-jeweler-deposition-of-houston-witness-sought

[25] ttps://www.businessinsider.com/drew-brees-lawsuit-jeweler-alleged-diamond-fraud-2018-6

[26] ttp://www.cbs8.com/clip/14246877/saints-qb-drew-brees-sues-over-millions-spent-at-san-diego-jewelry-store

[27] ttps://www.businessinsider.com/drew-brees-lawsuit-jeweler-alleged-diamond-fraud-2018-6

[28] ttps://www.jckonline.com/editorial-article/drew-brees-awarded-6-1-million/

[29] ttps://www.kimberleyprocess.com/

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