“Valerie and Manoli take creat pride in taking care of their customers. Wouldn’t trust anyone else to work on my jewelry or provide appraisals. The craftsmanship was flawless and now my daughter has a wonderful heirloom piece that she said she will treasure forever. They took my vision to create a priceless keepsake and turned it into reality. They were amazing to work with from start to finish, I found them to be friendly and accomidating. “Thanks to Manoli's I was able to turn my wedding ring into this beautiful custom pendant for my daughter. Manoli's is a very intimate atmosphere with an excellent variety of choices. She listened to what we wanted and helped us find the exact product we asked for.
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“The clerk who helped us during our selection of jewelry was very helpful. One of their proudest achievements was in the founding of “Diamond Night” benefiting Boys and Girls Town of MO in 2003 and which continues yearly to date in Columbia, MO and now benefiting “Great Circle”. Valerie and Manoli take a strong interest in helping charities and have decided to focus on charities helping children is distress. Valerie Savvenas is from a small town near Paducah, KY she studied with the GIA to become a graduate gemologist and received her diploma in 1985. At the shops peak they handled work for about 50 stores so when it comes to experience Manoli has got it.
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With his wife, Valerie, they purchased a wholesale shop that did jewelry repairs and manufacturing for other retail jewelers from 1979 until 1997.
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Over the years he learned and practiced the trade in Australia, New York, Kansas City, and eventually landed in Springfield, MO in 1979.įor a few years he left behind his jewelry life and lived the life of the professional wrestler, using the name of Mike Pappas, traveling to many places, but after he married and started to have children he decided to take up his old trade again.
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Manoli Savvenas became an apprentice jeweler when he was 11 on the island of Rhodes, Greece.