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A Kirk Kara Proposal for CBS’ ‘The Amazing Race’ Winners

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9 years ago

January 14, 2016

INSTORE Staff

LOS ANGELES – Kirk Kara received prominent national exposure this month on Hallmark Channel’s popular daily series “Home & Family.” The episode featured a surprise on-air proposal between CBS’ “The Amazing Race” winners Kelsey Gerckens and Joey Buttita. The show producers featured Kirk Kara throughout the segment during the original airdate (Dec. 16, 2015) that reran the following day.

Kirk Kara’s two-tone gold woman’s engagement ring with hand-engraved detailing and one-carat center stone provided by jewelry retailer Bailey Banks & Biddle was unveiled on-screen by “The Amazing Race” winner Joey Buttita. “The Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan and “Home & Family” hosts Mark Steines and Cristina Ferrare were present on stage with the couple.

The story of Kirk Kara spans multiple continents and more than a century. Since 1890, this family of artists and artisans has designed and handcrafted rings and fine jewelry. Their talent for designing jewelry has been passed down for four generations from fathers to sons, and now – for the first time in the company’s history – to two daughters.

Kirk Kara has won the Jeweler’s Choice Award in the bridal category eight years in a row. Learn more at KirkKara.com.

Windsor Jewelers: Building for Tomorrow with Wilkerson

After 43 years in the jewelry industry, Windsor Jewelers' President Rob Simon knows the value of trusted partnerships. When planning a store expansion in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he turned to Wilkerson to transform existing inventory into construction capital. "There have been very few companies I've dealt with that I totally trust," Simon shares. "Wilkerson understands their success is 100% based on your success." The partnership enabled Windsor to fund new showcases and construction while maintaining their position as their community's premier jeweler. For Simon, the choice was clear: "Over the years, I've been abused in every direction there is by different people in this industry, so I know what to avoid. One company not to avoid is Wilkerson."