Lawrence Graff, the King of Diamond's pride & joy was the Peacock brooch which featured a large deep blue diamond. Graff used diamonds, lots of them, to paint colour into the peacock's plume. In fact, a total of 120.81 carats of coloured diamonds adorns the brooch, that measures a little over 10cm in height that is about 4 inches.
Picasso and Nikola Tesla both loved doves and Lawrence Graff, the King of Diamonds, was drawn to Peacocks.
In one of the largest fine jewelry workshops in Europe, Graff’s 70 craft jewelers, almost all men, showed off some of the exquisite pieces slowly taking form in the workshop.
First came a diamond bracelet, designed to fit snugly around the wrist, a carved emerald in the center playing off the luminous white gems. Carefully flipped up, the green centerpiece displays a different face — a watch, buried with infinite care and craftsmanship beneath the emerald lid.
More exceptional pieces followed: a diamond butterfly trembling beneath fluttering wings as if alive; flawless gems winking from a flower brooch.
Then came Mr. Graff’s pride and joy: a peacock brooch, with a 20.02 carat deep blue pear-shaped diamond as its belly, the tail fanning out into a painterly spray of colored and white diamonds.
Kramer was a high end New York designer of costume jewelry. I have a necklace and a pair of earrings by Kramer. A pin could range from $100 to $150. Of course Ebay has devalued costume jewelry enormously and there is a lot on Ebay so the value goes way down.
