Nan Summerfield joined Doyle New York as Director of the California office in Beverly Hills in 2014. Ms. Summerfield, a GIA Graduate Gemologist, has been in the appraisal and auction business for forty-two years.
Nan began her career at the Gemological Institute of America in New York as a Staff Gemologist in the GIA Laboratory and later as an Instructor in the Education Division, before spending thirteen years as a Vice President in the Jewelry Department at Sotheby’s, first in New York, then in Los Angeles. Nan continued to develop and direct Sotheby’s jewelry auctions in Beverly Hills for eight years. For twenty years before joining Doyle, she owned Summerfield’s, a successful firm in Beverly Hills that specialized in buying and selling estate jewelry.
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During their 62-year marriage, legendary songwriter Irving Berlin gave his wife Ellin gifts of exquisite jewels as expressions of their lasting love. Doyle is honored to auction one of these treasured pieces.
The legendary collaboration between the French designer Jean Schlumberger and Tiffany & Co. produced some of the most iconic jewelry of the 20th century.
Join us for the Grand Opening of our newly renovated gallery in Charleston, South Carolina!
Bruce McKee shares reflections on fellow TASIS alumnus Donald D. MacDermid and his remarkable collection.
Doyle is honored to auction jewelry from the Estate of Renee Meyers as a feature of the Important Jewelry sale on June 22.
Doyle is honored to auction jewelry from the Estate of Joan Reynolds Linclau in select upcoming auctions.
Doyle is pleased to present a selling exhibition of select works by New York artist Ryan McGinness at our Beverly Hills gallery on February 14 through March 15.
Celebrity watch appraiser Kevin Zavian examines a rare and important Patek Philippe Reference 1518 Chronograph, circa 1950