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These Mass. businesses curate creativity [Video]

It takes special skills to run Joseph Gann Jewelers and Patina Designs.

THE NOW LANDMARK JEWELERS BUILDING ROSE UP IN THE HEART OF BOSTON FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, JEWELRY AND WATCH BUSINESSES HAVE THRIVED HERE. IT WAS IN 1933 WHEN JOSEPH GANN, A DETERMINED WATCH REPAIRMAN, DECIDED TO START A BUSINESS HERE. HE ULTIMATELY EXPANDED TO JEWELRY. I CAME IN OFFICIALLY WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE ARMY. AT THAT TIME, I STARTED THE CHINA DEPARTMENT BECAUSE HE WOULD LET ME GO NEAR THE DIAMONDS, HERBERT GANN GRADUATED TO THE SPARKLING INVENTORY WHEN HE TOOK OVER JOSEPH GANN JEWELERS FROM HIS FATHER. WE DO A LOT OF DESIGN WORK REMODELING WORK. AND THAT’S WHERE THE NEXT GENERATION COMES IN. HIS SONS THEN DOING THE SAME. WE KNOW WHAT LOOKS GOOD, WHAT’S GOING TO WORK, WHAT’S NOT GOING TO WORK. MATT AND JOSH GANN SAY A PORTION OF THEIR BUSINESS …

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