With over a century of experience handling fine jewelry, gemstones, timepieces, and objets de vertu, Freeman’s | Hindman’s Jewelry and Watches team has extensive knowledge of the global jewelry market and expertise in presenting pieces from antique to the present day. Jewelry auctions feature a distinguished selection of large diamonds, colored gemstones, and signed pieces by the world’s most celebrated makers such as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari, David Webb, Tiffany & Co., and Harry Winston.
Watches auctions include vintage and contemporary pieces from blue chip makers such as Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, A. Lange & Söhne, Omega, Breitling, Hublot and Cartier, as well as from the leading Independent brands including F.P. Journe and De Bethune.
The department has been entrusted with the sale of distinguished single-owner collections and estates such as Important Jewelry from the Estate of Rita Dee Hassenfeld ($3.5M), Time & Space: Watches from the Collection of Glen de Vries ($3M), Property from the Collection of Dorrance “Dodo” H. Hamilton, Property from the Estate of Rita Coors, Golden, Colorado ($800K), and Property from the Estate of Louise Hart, Glencoe, Illinois ($580K).