|
The Amazing Diamond Collection
of Robert Mouawad
Robert Mouawad first arrived on the jewelery auction
scene in the early 1970s. He quickly became a serious player at auctio n sales
rooms paying record prices in buying some of the most famous diamonds in the
world - Taylor Burton, Excelsior,
Indore Pears, Ahmedabad,
Vargas, Premier Rose, Queen Of Holland
and the Jubilee. He owns other historic
diamonds, the Nassak and Tereschenko diamond.
Many large high quality diamonds bear his name - Mouawad Mondera,
Mouawad Pink, Mouawad
Lilac, Mouawad Blue, Mouawad Magic
and the Mouawad Splendour.
"Each diamond is unique and has personality traits, some more appealing than others. The whiteness or fancy color, the size, the clarity, the cut, the immortal character, are all factors that contribute to the overall beauty of a stone. But it is the human touch that unveils its beauty. In its rough state it hides its true potential value. Also, the historical value of a gem, from its formation to its birth on the Earth's surface, and the many lives it has affected, are all intangibles that add to its mystique."
These are these thoughts of the great collector and diamond connoisseur,
Robert Mouawad.
Famous diamond collection on display
Robert Mouawad, born in 1945, has not been content with acquiring only historical diamonds, adding several modern-cut gems to his list.
Along with his two contemporaries, Sheikh Ahmed Fitaihi of Jeddah and Laurence Graff of London, he has been responsible for some of the astonishing record diamond prices achieved
at auction.
At a New York auction in 1988 he purchased the 59-carat "D" flawless pear shape later to become known as the "Star of Abdel-Aziz" after King Fahd's youngest son.
There have also been two fancy lilac pink gems, the Mouawad
Lilac, a step cut weighing 24.44 carats, and the Mouawad Pink, a cushion cut weighing 21.06 carats.
Others, in increasing order of sizes, include the Mouawad White, a 48.28-carat marquise; the
Mouawad Splendour, an eleven-sided pear shape weighing 101.84 carats; the Mouawad Monolith, an emerald cut of 104.02 carats; and the currently unnamed polygonal, a 106.00-carat modified pear shape.
Yet not all of Robert Mouawad's acquisitions have been made at auction. In March 1991, in Antwerp, he purchased a 284.6-carat rough diamond that had been found in the Aredor mine in Guinea.
The Mondera group's office in Belgium cut the rough diamond into the largest of all his eponymous diamonds: a magnificent emerald cut
diamond named the Mouawad Magic, weighing 108.81 carats. It measures 32.91 by 20.73 by 16.83 mm; this "D" color, internally flawless gem is considered a collection item and is consequently "not for sale" at the present time.
|
Famous Diamonds
