1949 - Retail, Trade

Retail, Trade

The New York jeweler Harry Winston Inc. purchases the jewelry collection of the late Washington, D.C., socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean, who died 2 years ago at age 60. Included is the famed Hope Diamond (see 1958), the 94.8-carat Star of the East diamond, the 15-carat Star of the South diamond, a nine-carat green diamond, and a 31-carat diamond that will become known as the McLean diamond. Winston sends the collection on a 9-year goodwill tour of the United States.