Thomas Faerber
Founder · Geneva
Founded the house in Zurich in 1968. Chairman of the board and managing director of Thomas Färber SA. Co-founder of GemGenève.
Est. 1968 · Geneva
Faerber buys what has a history,
Faerber buys what has a history,
and keeps it until it finds the next one.
Dealers in exceptional gemstones, natural pearls and antique jewelry, from antiquity to the present day. Four generations of quality, integrity and confidentiality.
Geneva · New York · Hong Kong · Paris
The house
An international dealer, guided by emotion, knowledge and quality
For over fifty years, Faerber Collection has been buying and selling some of the world's most outstanding antique jewelry, exceptional gemstones and natural pearls. Its international clientele entrusts it with its most precious pieces, owing to longstanding expertise, a solid reputation and discretion.
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Exceptional gemstones
Diamonds, emeralds, sapphires and rubies of exceptional quality, vintage and modern, including stones from the Golconda mines.
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Natural pearls
Fine, perfectly matched pearls, the speciality the family has carried since the founder's father.
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Antique and period jewelry
Iconic pieces of noble origin, created by the most remarkable craftsmen, from antiquity to the present day.
« We specialize in iconic, period jewelry which, if they could speak, would have a thousand stories to tell. »Faerber Collection
1968the year Thomas Faerber founded his company in Zurich
4generations of dealers, goldsmiths and pearl merchants
4offices: Geneva, New York, Hong Kong, Paris
8shows ahead, from Miami in November 2026 to Hong Kong in June 2027
Lineage
From a goldsmith's workshop to four cities
Thomas Faerber's grandfather was a goldsmith, and his father a dealer in precious stones and fine pearls. The house he founded carries that line into its fourth generation.
« I purchase what I like. It can be antique or modern. » Thomas Faerber, in conversation with Capucine Juncker, Property of a Lady, 2021.
- Cologneand Munich
A goldsmith, then a pearl merchant
The grandfather was a goldsmith in Cologne; the father, Ernst Faerber, trained as a pearl merchant and established his house in Munich.
- 1968Zurich
Thomas Faerber founds his own company
After working with the top diamond and precious stone dealers in Munich, Amsterdam, London, Antwerp and Paris.
- 1973Basel
The first to show antique jewelry at the Basel fair
A nine-square-metre stand, and a field opened to a worldwide audience. The house exhibited in Basel until 2017.
- 1980Geneva
The house settles on the rue du Rhône
Thomas Färber SA, 29, rue du Rhône, has been the seat of the house ever since. From 1993 to 1998, its founder chaired the Swiss Precious Stones Dealers Association.
- 1999Fourth generation
Ida and Max Faerber join the house
Alberto Corticelli had arrived in 1988, Philippe Atamian the same year as the children. The five combine their networks, experience, skills and sensibilities.
- 2004Paris
The Marie-Louise emeralds enter the Louvre
The set created by François-Regnault Nitot in 1810 for the Empress's marriage was sold by the Faerber Collection to the Louvre. The same year, Thomas Faerber was made Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contribution to French culture.
- 2018Geneva
GemGenève is founded
Thomas Faerber launched the show with Ronny Totah: a high-quality, small-scale jewelry fair with a friendly, almost family atmosphere. Its tenth edition took place in May 2026.
Masterpieces
A selection of treasures bought and sold by Faerber Collection
Pieces of noble origin, often of historical provenance. The house becomes the guardian of its acquired pieces until the next step in their extraordinary history is made.
Created for the marriage of Empress Marie-Louise to Napoleon: 1,138 diamonds and 36 emeralds of exceptional quality. Sold by the Faerber Collection to the Louvre in 2004.
Two antique-cut pear-shaped diamonds, each weighing over 50 carats, from the Golconda mines in Hyderabad, India.
A one-of-a-kind necklace of 375 perfectly matched fine multi-coloured pearls.
A devant de corsage whose first owner was the first director of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs; irregular Mississippi pearls for the most realistic chrysanthemums.
An antique agate cameo with a portrait of the Emperor, its carving set off by a surround of diamonds.
Engraved emerald cabochons set in shield-shaped diamond plaques; the pin transforms into a pair of clips.
Also in the collection: a cross-shaped brooch with a Colombian emerald, a mid-18th-century Russian bracelet with a Ceylon sapphire of nearly 60 carats, and jewelry in Berlin iron. Photographs © Katharina Faerber.
A family affair
Five people, four cities
Ida, Max, Alberto and Philippe all subscribe to Thomas Faerber's culture of excellence, sharing the same devotion to integrity and discretion.
Ida Faerber
Fourth generation · Geneva
Joined the house in 1999. Director of Faerber Collection Geneva.
Max Faerber
Fourth generation · New York
Joined the house in 1999. Faerber Inc., Fifth Avenue.
Alberto Corticelli
Since 1988 · Geneva
At Thomas Faerber's side since 1988, established in Geneva.
Philippe Atamian
Since 1999 · Hong Kong
Established in Hong Kong, where the house exhibits four times a year.
Geneva
Thomas Färber S.A.29, rue du Rhône1204 Geneva, Switzerland
geneva@faerber-collection.com
+41 22 318 66 33
New York
Faerber Inc.589 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1103New York, NY 10017, U.S.A.
ny@faerber-collection.com
+1 212 752 42 00
Hong Kong
Faerber-Collection (HK) Limited18/F, Winsome House, Room 180273 Wyndham Street, Central
hk@faerber-collection.com
+852 2520 2521
Faerber Collection provides watertight confidentiality in all its transactions.
Where the trade meets
Faerber Collection pieces can be found in top-ranking shows like GemGenève and leading exhibitions throughout the world.
Fairs
Eight shows ahead, on three continents
Upcoming show and events calendar. Invitations on request.
A show created by dealers, for dealers
« We felt that the moment was ripe to create a high-quality, small-scale jewelry fair, with a friendly, almost family atmosphere. So we decided to take the plunge alongside various colleagues, friends and dealers. » Thomas Faerber. The house also supports emerging talents: it helped Camille Combremont, a student at HEAD Geneva, develop and launch her first collection.
- 13 - 15 Nov 2026Booth 303Miami
Coconut Grove Jewelry & Watch Show
The Hangar at Regatta Harbour
- 10 - 13 Dec 2026Hong Kong
JMA Hong Kong International Jewelry Show
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai
- 31 Jan - 4 Feb 2027Tucson
AGTA GemFair Tucson
Tucson Convention Center, Grand Ballroom
- 4 - 8 Mar 2027Hong Kong
HKTDC Hong Kong International Jewellery Show
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai
- 18 - 22 Mar 2027Miami
The Original Miami Beach Antique Show
Miami Beach Convention Center
- 11 - 14 May 2027Geneva
GemGenève, Geneva International Gem & Jewellery Show
Palexpo, Palais des Expositions et des Congrès
- 3 - 6 Jun 2027Las Vegas
Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show
Wynn Las Vegas
- 17 - 20 Jun 2027Hong Kong
JGW Jewelry & Gem June Hong Kong Show
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai
Dates and booths as published by the house. The JGW September Hong Kong Show, booth GH-A04, closed the previous season.
What comes next
A name built on one eye, a house that outlasts it.
Fifty-eight years after Zurich, the house belongs to a market that has changed around it.
Geneva has become, with GemGenève, the place where the trade meets; the great jewels pass more often through auction rooms than through dealers' hands; and provenance, once a matter of trust between a few families, is now asked for in writing.
Faerber holds what few others hold: four generations of judgement, a reputation that institutions have relied on, and a second generation already at the desk. The question the house will settle in the coming years is not what it sells, but how a name built on one man's eye becomes a house that outlasts him.
About this page
A reading of your trade, set on a page.
This page is a proposal made to Faerber Collection from its public content. The three packages, from the fixed price of CHF 1'200.– to the complementary materials, are set out on a dedicated page.
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Submit a gem · Estimate your jewelry
Faerber Collection would be pleased to advise you.
Jewelry and gemstones that have come down through the centuries, or that encapsulate a particular taste or period, as witnesses of history. Feel free to bring them in: complimentary jewelry estimates, and advice for discreet sales and purchases.
Contact
29, rue du Rhône, Geneva.
- Company
- Thomas Färber S.A.
- Address
- 29, rue du Rhône, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland
- Telephone
- +41 22 318 66 33
- geneva@faerber-collection.com
- Also in
- New York, Hong Kong, Paris
