Why is there a Jaguar in our logo?
We get it… “Why the Jaguar? What’s the connection?” So, we asked Manuel to explain: “The recounting of the majesty…
Catching Green Fever
“Forget the gold, forget the diamonds. The emerald is a romance that never ends. That emerald should reach in and…
Manuel’s First Conch Pearl Encounter
“One successful fishing day I traded 8 lobster with a local fisherman named Regino Castillo, for a fine pink pearl that later was made into a beautiful gold pendant with emerald and diamond accents. Although I felt that I might be getting the short end of the deal since I knew nothing of the history of conch pearl jewelry at the time or what I was looking at, that same pendant sold for over $6000.00 in the 1980’s…”
Secrets of the Spanish Galleons
Sometime within the first year after finding the scattered remains of the two galleons, Mel came into my shop on Duval Street, and without the customary greetings said in a loud and concerned voice, “I have lots of green stones coming up off the Atocha and I don’t know what they are!” I reassured him that I would come over to his offices and make the determination of the nature of his ‘green stones’.