Information Regarding Black, Starr & Frost

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NEW YORK

Eric Moldenhauer, formerly head designer for Black, Starr & Frost, Theodore B. Starr, and Reilly & Cheshire, has opened a studio at 33 W. 46th St., where he will create exclusive designs for manufacturers and retailers of jewelry.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th May 1926

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Black, Starr & Gorham - New York - 1951

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Black, Starr & Frost - Gorham - New York and East Orange, N.J. - 1937

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Black, Starr & Gorham - New York - 1941

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Black, Starr & Gorham - New York - 1958

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Black, Starr & Gorham - New York - 1950

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Largest Blue Diamond Sold

Celebrated Gem of 127 Carats Purchased by Peggy Hopkins Joyce for $300,000 from Black, Starr & Frost

It was announced officially this week that the famous blue white diamond of over 127 carats imported in 1912 by the firm of Black, Starr & Frost, retail jewelers at Fifth Ave. and 48th St., New York City, had been sold to Mrs. Peggy Hopkins Joyce. Reports of the sale had been circulated in the trade for some time but the facts were only made public by Mrs. Joyce and the firm last Monday.

The diamond in question is not only one of the largest but one of the most beautiful stones in the world. It was found in the Premier Mine in the Transvaal, South Africa, over 20 years ago and is of a cerulean or sky blue, unlike any stone of its kind or size previously mined. It was cut in the square shape brilliant of 127.01 metric carats and since its arrival in this country has been exhibited privately by the New York jewelry firm in this and other cities but never put on public exhibition at any of the international expositions.

It is unique in many respects and has been known as the largest fine blue diamond in the world. It is not the sapphire blue of the Hope diamond, which is only 46 karats, nor is it as fine a stone as the Kohinoor which is about 106 karats. The gem has no special name nor has it any romantic history connected with its origin as have some of the other big gems of the world, because for 16 of the 20 odd years from the date it was discovered in the rough, it has reposed in the possession of the New York jewelry firm.

The sale is considered one of the most remarkable of its kind and Mrs. Joyce is believed to be about the only private individual who owns a stone of this size and quality, other large diamonds of this kind being in the possession of royal families or museums.

According to the reports published by the daily papers, the new owner is having the stone set in an Egyptian necklace which consists of a single line of platinum links encrusted with small diamonds fitting close to the throat. The necklace is so flexible that the jewel oscillates with the slightest movement of the wearer.

The price paid for the gem is said to have been $300,000.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 15th March 1928

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Black, Starr & Frost - New York - 1928

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Black, Starr & Gorham - New York - 1950

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Black, Starr & Gorham - New York - 1950

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Black, Starr & Gorham - New York - 1950

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Black, Starr & Gorham - New York - 1945

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NEW YORK

Black, Starr & Frost, 594 Fifth Ave., will close their store all day every Saturday until further notice.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd August 1928

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Black, Starr & Gorham - New York - 1945

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Black, Starr & Gorham - New York - 1949

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Black, Starr & Gorham - New York - 1946

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Black Starr & Frost - Gorham - New York - 1936

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G. W. Whitney, formerly of Whitney & Shanley, Burlington, Vt., has been engaged by Black, Starr & Frost, jewelers, of Fifth avenue, as manager of the stationery department.

Source: The Jewelers' Review - 1st December 1897

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Black, Starr & Frost - Gorham - New York - 1939

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Black, once Black Starr & Gorham president, dies

Witherbee Black, retired president of Black Starr & Gorham, died last month in New York. He was 80 years old.

Black headed the retail jewelry firm from 1912 to 1957, when he retired. He joined Black Starr & Frost-Gorham in 1901 after graduating from Princeton University. The store later assumed its present name.

Black was also president of the Glorietta Oil Corp. and a director of the Fifth Avenue Association and the Hundred Year Association. He was a member of the 24 Karat Club.

His wife, three daughters and two sons survive.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - September 1959

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