Women aren't the only ones who swoon over a diamond or precious stones. In the small, closed circle of jewelry collectors, the name Kazumi Arikawa is enough to open many doors.

An antiques dealer, the Japanese discovered the world of jewelry during a visit to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. He then decided to start selling and collecting jewelry, and very quickly became a reference throughout the world.

In Tokyo as in Paris, Kazumi Arikawa welcomes the greatest collectors, but also museum curators, and a host of personalities (including Jacques Chirac ). He does not hesitate to lend (or even give) his pieces (often French and from the jewelers of the Place Vendôme) for exhibitions in the four corners of the world.

In 2018, he donated three exceptional jewels to the Metropolitan Museum in New York: a dragonfly brooch by Boucheron (one of his favorite houses), a bracelet dating from 1875, and a gold and copper set made by the English house Hunt & Roskell . Jewels of great rarity...

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