Why my father risked everything for a malfunctioning, multi-million-dollar jeweled egg—only for it to destroy his business, his family, and his life

By Serena Kutchinsky

As a child, I grew up surrounded by beauty. Before I could read, Dad taught me to recognize precious stones, pouring glittering piles onto his desk and letting me examine them through a loupe. I remember the bright clatter as gems spilled from the tiny, white paper packets he kept tucked inside his suit jacket. After he died, my connection to that world, which had shaped my earliest memories, fell away.

Years later, I set out to track down his greatest creation: a multi-million-dollar jeweled egg that had destroyed our family. At first, I was driven by a single READ ON