Christie’s has announced the holding of its New York Magnificent Jewels Sale on December 10, 2014 bringing to a successful end the end-of-year jewelry auction season for the year 2014. The auction to be held in two sessions at the Christie’s flagship Rockefeller Center salesroom will offer a total of 323 lots, expected to register […]
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Just six months after Christie’s Geneva set an auction record for total sales at a Magnificent Jewels Sale of SFr.138,963,250 on May 14, 2014, the feat has been repeated again at the same venue by Christie’s Geneva at its November 11, 2014 autumn sale, setting a new auction record of SFr.147,256,875 for total sales at […]
In a press release dated October 20, 2014 Sotheby’s has announced the holding of its much-awaited Geneva autumn sale of Magnificent Jewels & Noble Jewels on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. The auction that will be held in three sessions will feature a total of 470 lots expected to achieve a total sale value in excess […]
Sotheby’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels Sale held on May 13, 2014 was significant in the history of jewelry auctions for more than one reason. The auction set an unprecedented seven world records, including the world record for a jewelry sale, the world record for a various owner jewelry sale and the world auction record for a […]
The 2014 CIBJO Congress, hosted by the Russian Jewellers’ Guild, is scheduled to take place in Moscow, Russia from May 19-21, 2014 at the headquarters of the Guild, the main venue of the congress, with pre-congress meetings starting two days earlier on May 17, 2014. In anticipation of holding this international conference, the CIBJO – […]
The GIA’s DiamondCheck machine that was offered free-of-charge to all member bourses of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), an organization committed to enforcing its stand of “zero tolerance” in the non-disclosure of synthetic diamonds, and accordingly installed first at the New York Diamond Dealers Club on January 30, 2014, followed by the Israeli […]
As anticipated Sotheby’s New York, April 29, 2014 Magnificent Jewels, Spring Sale ended on a successful note realizing a total of US$44,313,500 which was US$7 million above the projected US$37 million, selling 81.8% by lot and 87.0% by value. As expected the top lot of the sale that registered the highest price of US$6,101,000 within […]
Sotheby’s New York Annual Magnificent Jewels Spring Sale is due to take place on April 29, 2014 and will be preceded by an exhibition of the highlights from the sale, at Sotheby’s York Avenue Galleries, beginning April 25, 2014. The auction offering more than 450 lots will be held in two sessions, the first session […]
Christie’s New York Spring Sale, kicked off successfully at its flagship Rockefeller Center sales room on April 16, 2014, registering a sale total of US$60,561,125, much above the estimated US$50 million, with 82% sold by lot and 80% sold by value. The private collections of Riki and Jerome Shaw and Kathleen and Martin Field also […]
Sotheby’s has announced the auctioning of three important diamonds at its Magnificent Jewels Geneva Sale coming up on May 13, 2014. The three diamonds, the 100.9-carat “Graff Vivid Yellow” diamond, the 31.34-carat, D-color, Type IIa “Victory diamond,” and a 103.46-carat, round brilliant-cut Graff diamond, all set in rings are exhibited at Sotheby’s London, in anticipation […]