pent-up demand for luxury products that saw queues forming outside Harrods, Hermès and Dior the day the shops reopened in June.
But no designer handbag splurge can compare to the ultimate revenge buy: a diamond the size of a Creme Egg worth £4.8 million.That was the latest stone to enter the custody of Moussaieff, the family-run jewellery house headed by the revered Alisa Moussaieff, who has been called the ‘matriarch of the diamond industry’.
No stranger to extraordinary gems, over the decades the house has become known as a specialist in coloured diamonds and rare stones - and its newest purchase is entirely unique.The 100.85-carat unmounted stone was auctioned at Christie’s Magnificent Jewels sale in Geneva in July.
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