The JCK Las Vegas shows, the premium international Jewelry event, that provides a forum for jewelry professionals to gain access to news and expert insight, vital business driving events and connections, career development resources and product discovery, thereby driving jewelry sales throughout the year, was not held in the year 2020 due to the Covid-19 […]
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An eight-month old pet Sun Parakeet named “Frosty” from Bangkok, Thailand, created both national and international news recently, when the bird attracted by shiny appearance unknowingly swallowed 21 small diamonds of 0.2-carat size, set on a necklace belonging to its Mistress. It appears that “Frosty” the pet, raided it’s Mistress’ own jewelry box, and seeing […]
A +50 carat round brilliant-cut colorless diamond, only the fifth such diamond ever to be offered at a public auctiion during the last 15 years, set an auction record at a recent online auction. 50.03-carat G-color VVS2-clarity round brilliant cut diamond The 50.03-carat, round brilliant-cut, colorless diamond sold at a recent Sotheby’s New York online […]
Debswana Diamond Company, a fifty-fifty partnership company between the Botswana Government and De Beers, founded 52 years ago in 1969, one of the World’s leading diamond producers by both value and volume, operating four diamond mines, announced recently the sensational discovery of an extraordinarily large gem-quality rough diamond at their Jwaneng Diamond Mine, the largest […]
Sotheby’s New York June 9, 2021 Magnificent Jewels Live Sale featuring 97 exceptional signed jewels, together with important diamonds, colored diamonds and colored stones was successfully concluded, the auction being conducted in a combined format featuring both advanced online bidding and live auction. Around 74% of the bidders participated online, while 84% of the available […]
LOT 135 – THE CHRYSLER DIAMOND PENDANT NECKLACE Christie’s Live New Yora k Jewelry Auction held on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, featuring a total of 154 lots recorded a sale total of USD 26,559,250, selling 85% of the lots offered at the sale. Top lot of the sale was LOT 135 – THE CHRYSLER DIAMOND […]
Christie’s New York Live Magnificent Jewels Sale to be held on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, will no doubt be be a memorable event, led by a collection of impressive diamonds, and signed jewels comprising an elegant selection of Graff Jewels as well as a collection of signed jewelry by renowned jewelry houses such as Buccellati, […]
The 2020 Winter Editioin of GIA’s Quarterly Journal, “Gems & Gemology” reports of the submissiion of a round brilliant-cut, VS2 clarity, M-color diamond weighing 7.01 carats for grading, which on examination turned out to be a CVD lab-grown diamiond, the largest such diamond submitted to the Carlsbad Laboratory for identification and grading. The diamond was […]
Christie’s Auction House announced recently the holding of its live Hong Kong Magnificient Jewels Sale bearing No. 19860, on Sunday, 23 rd May, 2021, featuring an outstanding selection of exquisite gemstones, jadeite and stunning iconic signed pieces from famous jewellery houses, showcasing the very best of luxury. Top Lot of the Sale, according to the […]
London-listed Petra Diamonds Ltd. Owners of the historic Cullinan Diamond Mine in South Africa, announced on April 1st, 2021, the recovery of a 39.34-carat, Type IIb blue diamond of exceptional quality, both in terms of its color and clarity, at the high-value extension of the old deposit, known as the Cullinan’s C-Cut Area. The Company […]