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A Kirk Kara Proposal for CBS’ ‘The Amazing Race’ Winners

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8 years ago

January 14, 2016

INSTORE Staff

LOS ANGELES – Kirk Kara received prominent national exposure this month on Hallmark Channel’s popular daily series “Home & Family.” The episode featured a surprise on-air proposal between CBS’ “The Amazing Race” winners Kelsey Gerckens and Joey Buttita. The show producers featured Kirk Kara throughout the segment during the original airdate (Dec. 16, 2015) that reran the following day.

Kirk Kara’s two-tone gold woman’s engagement ring with hand-engraved detailing and one-carat center stone provided by jewelry retailer Bailey Banks & Biddle was unveiled on-screen by “The Amazing Race” winner Joey Buttita. “The Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan and “Home & Family” hosts Mark Steines and Cristina Ferrare were present on stage with the couple.

The story of Kirk Kara spans multiple continents and more than a century. Since 1890, this family of artists and artisans has designed and handcrafted rings and fine jewelry. Their talent for designing jewelry has been passed down for four generations from fathers to sons, and now – for the first time in the company’s history – to two daughters.

Kirk Kara has won the Jeweler’s Choice Award in the bridal category eight years in a row. Learn more at KirkKara.com.

Why This Jeweler Chose Wilkerson

Mark Lauer is the owner of Mark Michael Diamond Designs, the Minnesota-based jewelry gallery known for exceptional and uniquely designed diamond jewelry. Though he loved creating the beautiful jewelry his business was known for, retirement was an exciting alternative to the 60+ hours a week he’d spent building it up. He called Wilkerson to help with a retirement sale. “I did talk to two other companies, but I just didn’t feel they offered the same services that Wilkerson did,” he says. “I knew Wilkerson had the expertise to follow through and give me the service and results that I wanted. They’re the number one rock stars in this industry.”