The “Blue Belle of Asia,” the world’s fourth largest faceted blue sapphire, shattered the world record for any sapphire sold at an auction, at Christie’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels Sale held on November 11, 2014 by fetching a staggering US$17.7 million, which was also the highest selling lot at the auction. According to presale estimates,the 392.52-carat, […]
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Christie’s Geneva autumn jewelry auctions, titled Geneva Magnificent Jewels Sale will be held on November 11, 2014 at their salesroom in the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva. A total of 392 lots will be on offer at the auction to be held in two sessions. Lots 1 – 245 will feature in the […]
Christie’s kicks off its series of autumn jewelry auctions for 2014, beginning October 22, 2014 with the New York Important Jewels Sale to be held at their Rockefeller Plaza salesroom. A total of 350 jewelry lots will be on offer at the auctions taking place in two sessions; lots 1 – 158 going under the […]
Alrosa, the Russian diamond mining giant and the world’s leading diamond mining company, producing 36.9 million carats in aggregate rough diamond production in 2013, announced on June 27, 2014, the commissioning of its Udachny underground mine, the fourth underground mine to be operated by the company in Russia, anticipated to become the largest underground diamond […]
Hard on the heels of the record-breaking Sotheby’s Geneva May 13, 2014 Magnificent Jewels sale, in which an unprecedented seven world records were set, including the highest total ever for a jewelry sale of US$ 143,135,770, Christie’s auction house announced on May 14th, 2014, the successful conclusion of its Geneva Magnificent Jewels Sale, that not […]
India, one of the three largest markets for gold jewelry in the world, with China and the United States, where owning and acquiring gold jewelry has great cultural significance from time immemorial, is set to break with age-old traditions, according to a recent research conducted by the London-based Platinum Guild International. In the wake of […]
Gem Diamonds Ltd. a leading global producer of high-value diamonds, with a 70% stake in the Letšeng mine in Lesotho and 100% ownership of the Ghaghoo mine, currently in development in Botswana, has just released its Interim Management Statement (IMS) for the Period January 1, 2014 to May 9, 2014. According to the section dealing […]
U.S. Antique Shows, the world’s largest producer of indoor antique shows, serving the needs of both the antique jewelry trade and consumers worldwide, supporting sales in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Miami Beach and New York, announced on May 6, 2014 the holding of its annual New York Antique Jewelry & Watch Show at the […]
Auction house Tiancheng International has announced the scheduling of its 2014 Hong Kong Jewelry and Jadeite Spring Auction for June 8, 2014. The much-awaited annual spring sale will feature over 400 lots, 70 of which are placed under the “no reserve” category and over 360 lots consisting of Chinese and Western inspired jewels, expected to […]
The largest, natural, near-spherical, saltwater, nacreous pearl to appear at a public auction, and perhaps one of the largest spherical/near-spherical saltwater pearls in existence, set a world record for such a pearl at an auction selling for a staggering £811,000 equivalent to US$ 1,368,075, at a Woolley & Wallis auction held at its Salisbury Salerooms […]