“This was bought by Sotheby’s and Antiquorum so many times, many, many years ago. The last owner, an Italian dealer, bought it for himself to keep. But he posted it on Facebook,” says Nagayama. What I’ve learned now is that if you post it, he’ll find it.
“At first, he didn’t want to sell it, but I convinced him,” he says. “Well, I convinced him, but I had to pay a lot of money at the time. And that was 15 years ago. Now, I wear it maybe once a year.”