Designer Profiles

5 Things We Never Knew About Henry Dunay

Did you know he once caught 10 piranhas on the Amazon in Bolivia?

Published

12 years ago

September 28, 2012

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5 Things We Never Knew About Henry Dunay

When I was 14 years old, I swam the breaststroke in the Pan American Games.
I once caught 10 piranhas on the Amazon in Bolivia. I never even realized I wanted to go piranha fishing until I got there and did it. Now I’d like to do it again!
I’m a big fan of mystery books and films — not the blood and murder kind, but stories that let you follow the characters as they gather all the details and finally solve the mystery. Sherlock Holmes is one of my favorites.
I’ve done 500-plus scuba dives in places all over the world. I especially loved the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. The islands are granite, and underwater, the boulders look big and round, like giant potatoes.
My favorite gemstone is padparadscha sapphire. The highest price ever paid for one of my pieces at auction ($450,000) was a ring with a 19-carat oval padparadscha.

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