The glittering neon signs of Manhattan’s Diamond District on West 47th Street buzzed in the cool afternoon drizzle. Outside *Geller & Sons Estate Jewelers*, Victoria Davenport paced nervously in the doorway, clutching her crocodile Hermès handbag against her chest. She had pulled a silk scarf tight around her blonde hair, her oversized sunglasses hiding her bloodshot, manic eyes. Inside the shop, the appraiser was examining a triple-strand pearl necklace that…
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