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Important Jewelry
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- Sale 6508
Live
| New York
Jun 10 | 10:00 AM EDT
Live
| New York
Sale 6508
| New York
| New York
Estimate$15,000 – $20,000
Wilhelm John “Willi” Kalich (b. August 24, 1938; d. June 3, 2020) was a German-trained jeweler and designer known for his technical excellence and fine jewelry creations. Born in Banja Luka, Yugoslavia, he and his family relocated to West Germany in 1954 as World War II refugees. He later attended the Design Academy for Precious Metal Work in Schwäbisch Gmünd and achieved early international recognition for his designs. By his mid-twenties he was working in New York, first at Ostier, Inc., and soon after at Tiffany & Co., where he served as a designer, model maker, shop foreman, and ultimately Manager of the Fine Jewelry Workshop under Walter Hoving. There he established an apprenticeship program and collaborated with leading designers at Tiffany & Co., while teaching jewelry construction at the Fashion Institute of Technology. In 1978, he founded W. Kalich Mfg. in New York City, building a respected workshop run largely by his former students.
Overall Condition: Light scratching throughout consistent with age and use. One round diamond is missing.
Largest Diamond Characteristics (graded insofar as mounting permits)
Color: I-J.
Clarity: I1.
Additional Diamond Characteristics (graded insofar as mounting permits)
Color: G-H-I.
Clarity: SI.
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