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 […]
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Following Sotheby’s announcement of the sale of a trio of important and historic diamonds – the Graff Vivid Yellow, the Victory, and Graff round brilliant-cut diamonds – on the occasion of the display of these diamonds at Sotheby’s London, prior to their sale at the Sotheby’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels sale, coming up […]
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 […]
The Sotheby’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Spring Sale 2014 was held on Monday, April 7, 2014 at Hall No. 5, of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. A total of 322 lots assigned lot numbers 1601 to 1921, with an estimated value in excesss of HK$775 million (US$99 million) was on offer […]
The inaugural Dubai Global Gem & Jewelry Fair (GGJF) jointly sponsored by the Gem & Jewelry Export Promotion Council of India (GJEPC) and the Dubai Multi-Commodities Center (DMCC) was declared opened today (Thursday, March 20, 2014) at Atlantis, The Palm Hotel, the venue of this international event, by Mr. Ahmed bin Sulayem, executive chairman of […]
The inaugural version of the Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show, since the introduction of the “2 shows 2 venues” concept by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) with effect from year 2014, was declared open on March 3, 2014, at the AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE) by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development […]
Popular online jewelry industry news magazine, www.jckonline.com in a news article dated February 28, 2014, under the headline – “Sotheby’s : Big Pink Didn’t Sell After All” has revealed the sensational news that the record-breaking sale of the 59.60-carat, internally flawless, fancy vivid pink, type IIa “Pink Star” aka the “Steinmetz Pink” diamond for a […]
The Gems and Jewellery sector of India contributing to 6%-7% of the country’s GDP, and generating large scale employment and foreign exchange earnings has shown a decline in exports during the last 12 months, since the introduction of measures by the Government and the Reserve Bank of India to curb gold imports with a view […]
The exceptional 29.6-carat blue diamond described as an outstanding vivid blue with extraordinary saturation, tone and clarity, and whose recovery at the Cullinan Mine was announced by Petra Diamonds on January 21, 2014, has now been sold for a whopping US$ 25.6 million, at a recent tender of the company, according to a press release […]
The inaugural Dubai Global Gem & Jewelry Fair (GGJF) a joint initiative of the Gem & Jewelry Export Promotion Council of India (GJEPC) and the Dubai Multi-Commodities Center (DMCC), supported by the Dubai Gold & Jewelry Group (DGJG) will be held at Atlantis, The Palm, the majestic 5-star hotel, situated on the iconic Palm Island, […]