Siemon, one of the world's largest manufacturers of Christian jewelry, was in Gibson's Santa Monica screening room last year to consider whether to acquire licensing rights to make "Passion" jewelry.

The master craftsman decided to create Christian jewelry for church members to sell. But, the visions for those creations just wouldn’t come. ”I didn’t want to do just crosses,” he says.

Case in point: You can now shop a rare collection of beautifully preserved, vintage Christian Dior jewelry on Farfetch. The luxury fashion marketplace partnered with antique dealer Susan Caplan to ...