After a brilliant design house gets bit by a bad economy, Stauer acquires some of the most spectacular .925 sterling silver settings ever made...for pennies on the dollar!

Timing is everything in the jewelry business. Some of the most gifted designers in the world learned that lesson the hard way after scores of high-end luxury houses filed Chapter 11 and retail boutiques shut their doors. Luckily, more than a few of them held on to my business card.

The call from Sabatini's brought mixed emotions. I felt terrible for my colleagues, but excited by what I knew was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Some big-name clients had to cancel their orders and the designers were looking to sell.

I tried not to sound too eager, and immediately made an offer on this spectacular 3-stone ring setting. The exquisite, handcrafted detail of the .925 sterling silver settings elevates each piece to the level of fine art. My visit to their headquarters was the highlight of my last trip overseas. I'm in awe of the technique that involves placing each delicate bead of granulation one-at-a-time, up the shoulders, along the band and around the outline of each delicate leaf. Even without a single set stone, the ring took my breath away.

Had the designer's top-shelf clients not lost their shirts, this beauty would have been loaded down with over $10,000 of natural diamonds. It would have gone straight to the shops in Milan and onto the finger of some duchess or millionaire debutante, never to be seen outside of polo matches or yacht parties again. Thankfully, their poor luck is your good fortune.

Stauer jewelers have set his magnificent ring with more than 1-1/3 carat of round-cut, lab-created DiamondAura®. Our DiamondAura retain every jeweler's specification, including color, cut, clarity and carat weight. That means you get to enjoy the dazzle of mined diamonds without the outrageous cost...and the talented artist from Sabatini's survives to design another day!