Tiffany Lamps Shine Bright Across New York City

Tiffany Lamps Shine Bright Across New York City

The pieces couples acquire when decorating their first home are often significant. Few purchases, though, prove as influential as the one made by the Neustadts in 1935. The newlyweds were browsing tchotchkes in a secondhand store in Manhattan when Hildegard Steininger Neustadt discovered what her husband, Egon Neustadt, an orthodontist, …

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How French Crown Jewels Ended Up in New Jersey

How French Crown Jewels Ended Up in New Jersey

Hidden away in a nondescript building in Parsippany, N.J., are four dazzling remnants of the crown jewels of France. They are safeguarded there by their owner, Tiffany & Company. The jewelry emporium bought the diamond-filled works of art through an improbable chain of events, beginning with a grand public auction …

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