A Jewelry De L'Avenue Montaigne Robbed

Three or four armed robbers were introduced Thursday in the famous Harry Winston jewelry on Avenue Montaigne in Paris and stole almost all the jewelry exposed to an amount outstanding of 80 million.

On 6 October 2007, the same jewelry, the international clientele very easy, had already been the target of a daring theft of jewelry estimated at more than 10 million. It was one of the most important flights made over several decades in France, had been explained at the After steering October 6, a reward of 500,000 U.S. dollars (390,000 euros) had been proposed by a firm of insurance to help recover the objects stolen by criminals who have not been found.

The story of Harry Winston is intertwined with that of the princely families, the mogul and major stars of cinema: Sales shah of Iran of a tiara with a pink diamond of 60 carats for the shabanou Farah in 1958; repurchase the same year the tiara of the dukes of Westminster; sale of the famous pear diamond of 61 carats to Richard Burton who offer Elizabeth Taylor; lending jewels to actresses for the festivals of Cannes or the Oscars ceremony in Hollywood; redemption of jewelry Begum diamond or Jackie Kennedy, a gift of the Greek shipowner Aristide Onassis.

Jacob Winston, the father, first opened a store in Manhattan in 1888 but his son Harry, who did know the name of jewelry in the world.

The lock of Avenue Montaigne is the largest ever theft of jewelry in France. In the world, the "record" would still be held by thieves who stole diamonds, worth 100 million euros, 14 February 2003 in Antwerp in Belgium.