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Shlomo Moussaieff (1925 – July 1, 2015) was an Israeli jeweler, of Bukharan Jewish descent. He was the grandson of the gemstone trader Rabbi Moussaieff from Uzbekistan. Founder of Moussaieff Jewellers Ltd., he and his wife Alisa were ranked No. 315 on the Sunday Times Rich List 2011, with a fortune estimated at £220 million. [1] .
Oct 25, 2015 · Shlomo Moussaieff of Herzliya, Israel, and London, England, who owned the world’s largest private collection of Near Eastern antiquities, surpassing that of many major museums, died in Israel on June 29, 2015, at the age of 92. To the very end, he never stopped buying.
Aug 2, 2015 · Many large numbers were associated with the life of billionaire jewel dealer and antiquities collector Shlomo Moussaieff, who died on July 1 at 92. He owned the most expensive red diamond in the world, worth $20 million, as well as the largest Judaica collection, which contained more than 60,000 artifacts.
- Ofer Aderet
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Shlomo Moussaieff, who died last week at 92, will be remembered as a purveyor of jewels to the rich and famous and as one of the world’s foremost collectors of biblical antiquities.
One of the world’s major collectors of Near Eastern antiquities, Shlomo Moussaieff had decided to let the editor of Biblical Archaeology Review into his world. Most collectors of Moussaieff’s stature shun publicity. Not that they are reticent. On the contrary, they like nothing more than to discuss their treasures and show them off.
Jul 1, 2015 · Shlomo Moussaieff, a prominent Israeli diamond merchant known for his sales to Arab royalty has passed away, Bar Ilan University announced in a statement on Wednesday.
Shlomo Moussaieff (1852 – 1922) was a rabbi and gemstone trader, from Bukhara, in what is today Uzbekistan. He was one of the founders of the Bukharim neighborhood in Jerusalem.
