Jewelers of Aspen

Whether one calls it estate jewelry (previously owned) antique jewelry (100 or more years old) or period jewelry (pieces that represent well the output of a period like the Art Deco period), the truth is that the vast majority of the jewelry of any time period is mediocre and of what remains, the preponderance is poor quality. The role that Pierre/Famille plays is one of winnowing through all of the above to locate worldwide and assemble in Aspen the extremely rare residual amount which is by any objective verification rare, desirable and likely to appreciate.

We use our cash as a serious tool which permits us to acquire pieces with efficiency. Therefore none of our inventory is “on consignment” carrying the “fat” associated with a seasonal “inventory on wheels”. Nor, do we have to go to a committee to assess an offer. As a tight, owner operated organization we respond and act instantly in both buying and selling situations with immediate delivery of cash or merchandise at the close of any transaction.

Though we possess a considerable inventory, not all of which is on display at anytime, we do not think of ourselves as owners but rather as guides and hosts to our clients and we realize our dependence upon them. Moreover, we have always believed that our blessed patrons are largely responsible for encouraging us to assemble a successively more important inventory or to put it in other sentiments first expressed by Graff, our inventory of remarkable jewels can only be as strong as the support manifested for it.

Pierre/Famille, therefore, joins a defacto international network of retail jewelers specializing in history’s finest jewels, large diamonds over 6 cts., and natural colored stones over 10 cts. These include S J Phillips, Hancocks-London, Fred Leighton, Martin Katz and Albion Art. Despite Pierre/Famille’s international outreach, most all of its inventory is acquired through private estates and can be seen in local advertisements in the Aspen Times, The Aspen Idea, and many others.

Pierre/Famille specializes in signed period pieces from the Art Deco and Edwardian eras, especially vintage Cartier, Art Deco Cartier, and Edwardian Cartier, similarly, vintage Tiffany, Edwardian Tiffany and Art Deco Tiffany pieces, vintage Van Cleef & Arpels, Harry Winston, and David Webb.