Where It All Started

Joe is an independent, internationally acclaimed jeweler and certified gemologist, with over 46 years of experience traveling worldwide, purchasing the finest gems and jewelry designs for his most discriminating clientele.

Whether it be the latest in contemporary styling or old-world classic designs by such notable houses as Buccellati, Bulgari, Cartier, David Webb, Oscar Heyman, Paul Flato, Tiffany, Harry Winston, Graff, Schlumberger, or Verdura, his inventory always excites the eye and stimulates one's interest.

Joe's business is still by-appointment-only, which affords him the opportunity to give each client the personal attention he or she deserves. Patrons have always been by referral — a satisfied client sending along a friend to experience his expertise, knowledge, and taste. Many families are now in their third generation as J. Pacetti clients.

Joe is based in Dallas and maintains an office in New York City, where his own ateliers hand-craft one-of-a-kind treasures to covet for a lifetime. Joe's daughter, Christina, a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Texas, is also a certified gemologist.

Joe has always believed in the motto, “It is not important what you have, but it is important what you give away!” — whether that be your time, knowledge, experience, connections, or financial contributions. Feeling very fortunate to be adopted from an orphanage as an infant, he has always given back, and often engages friends and clients in the charitable causes he believes in.

March 21, 2018, CNBC's The Secret Lifestyles of the Super Rich featured Joe in a segment filmed at the Baccarat Hotel in New York City. Joe then delivered a pair of seven-figure diamond ear clips to one of his Park Avenue billionaire clients.

A second segment was filmed in May 2018 in Joe's Dallas office. It showcased a three-tiered Valrhona chocolate cake by famed chef Connie Mullins, adorned with over $28,000,000.00 worth of emerald and diamond jewelry. The client allowed his wife to come and select a couple of pieces to make up for an indiscretion on his part!

In addition to his work as a jeweler, Joe has long supported causes across the arts, health, education, and community — often in honor of family and friends.

Among them: The Dallas Center for Performing Arts (a significant gift in honor of his daughter), the Crystal Charity Ball, 2×2 for AIDS and Art, The Abzyme Research Foundation, The Salvation Army, Arlington Boys and Girls Club, North Texas Food Bank, Sammons Center for the Arts, American Red Cross, Child Care Group, Bryan's House, Immunocise, Aspen Valley Hospital, Human Rights Campaign, The Federal Club, Special Career Services, The Family Place, Resource Center of Dallas, Multiple Sclerosis Society, The SEEDS Foundation, SiNaCa Studios, SLANT 45, The Alonzo Mourning Charities, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, St. Jude's Hospital, The Cathedral of Hope, Gamma Mu Foundation, The Paley Center For The Media, The Buckaroo Ball, The Ronald McDonald House, The Fort Worth Symphony, AIDS Project LA, Labor Day LA, The Norton Museum, Old City Park, The Dallas Opera, The Asia Society, Dallas Baptist University, St. Michael's Independent School, Canine Companions, Marine Raider Foundation, Save Venice Foundation, Levine's Children's Hospital, Young Audiences, The James Beard Foundation, The Trinity River Mission, St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, English In Action, Les Dames d'Aspen, The New York City Ballet, The Modern in Fort Worth, The Nasher Sculpture Garden, The Suicide and Crisis Center, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, The Kimbell Museum, The Cowgirl Hall of Fame, P.A.W.S., Stuart House, The Jewish Federation of Tulsa, Youth First Texas (with a room underwritten in honor of his daughter), The Humane Society of the U.S., The Red Foundation, The USO, Samford University, Booker T. Washington Arts Magnet School's Dance Program, PAVE, American Film Institute, The Leukemia Association, The Fort Worth Opera, The Austin Street Shelter, AIDS Arms, The Mental Health Association in Tulsa, The Texas Ballet Theater, The Joshua Max Simon Foundation, The Dallas Theater Center, The Buddy Program of Aspen, The Aspen Chapel, Best Buddies, The Dallas Dance Ensemble, The Dallas Black Dance Theater, The Phil Johnson Research Library, Aid for Aids, Children's Medical Center and The Warm Place, Southwestern Medical School, the Franklin Hospital Medical Center, Tulsa Cares, Child & Family Guidance Center of Dallas, TITAS, Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, The Children's Advocacy Fund, AIDS Services of Dallas, Aspen Animal Shelter, The Dallas Museum of Art, Legal Hospice of Texas, AMFAR, Harris Methodist H.E.B Bluebonnet Camp, The Dallas Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, Fort Worth's Jewel Charity Ball, The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, Fight Night, Race to Erase MS, The Hockaday School Parent's Association, Aids Interfaith, San Francisco's Cathedral School for Boys, Grace Cathedral, Legacy Counseling Center, Legacy Founders Cottage, The Aspen Art Museum, Rush Philanthropic's Art for Life, Hope International, Operation Smile, Dallas Can Academy, AIDS Interfaith Network's Bloomin Ball, The Heroes Foundation, The Until There's A Cure Foundation, The John Philip Thompson Foundation, Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Dallas, The Ludacris Foundation, Autism Tree Project, Elton John AIDS Foundation, GLAAD, AIDS Assistance Program, Hope House, The San Francisco Ballet, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Melmark, The Woodall Foundation, The Genny Rich Foundation, Wednesday's Child, FINCA, The S.P.C.A., Lee Park & Arlington Hall Conservancy, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Limbs for Life, the Humane Society of San Antonio, the Betty and Leonard Phillips Deaf Action Center, the Versailles Foundation, The Memnosyne Foundation, New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, The Shriner's Hospital for Children, National Public Radio, The University of North Texas, The Joffrey Ballet, The Wings Foundation, the Fashionistas, the Afghanistan World Foundation, The Dallas Arboretum, Lambda Legal Defense Fund, The Trevor Project, The Elisa Project, The Girl Scouts of America, LA's Friendly House, Stroll for Epilepsy, Food 4 Kids, the Cattle Baron's Ball, The Notre Dame School for Down Syndrome Children, Bailey House, Art Smart, M1 Ball, The Ready or Not Foundation, The Shoe Museum of New York, Tribute to Valor Foundation, AIDS Life Walk '99 (largest monetary support), The Cancer Alliance of Health and Hope, The Selfless Love Foundation, Bob Carter's Repertory Theater and Actors' Playhouse, The Miami City Ballet, Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach County, The Historical Society of Palm Beach, Palm Beach Habitat for Humanity, The Darbster Foundation, Saint Ann Place Outreach Center, The Charlotte Symphony, and The French Heritage Society.

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