Princeton, NJ: On Thursday, May 11, Rago’s Katherine Van Dell and Jennifer Pitman host an author talk and book signing with Elizabeth Hamilton, co-author of “Oscar Heyman: The Jewelers’ Jeweler” and Tom Heyman, third generation owner of the Oscar Heyman, Inc. Held at Princeton’s Present Day Club, admission is free by reservation, on a first-come, […]
Sotheby’s New York, April 25, 2017 Magnificent Jewels Spring Sale, is significantly titled “Magnificent Jewels, Including the Legendary Stotesbury Emerald,” highlighting jewelry collections of distinguished provenance that will be on offer at these auctions. Some of the iconic jewels of distinguished provenance that will feature at the auctions include the 34-carat Magnificent and Legendary Stotesbury […]
Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Spring Sale held on April 4, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, registered a total sale of HKD 908,081,250 (USD 116.9 million), setting three significant world records, viz. the record for any diamond or jewel sold at an auction or for that matter any lot sold by Sotheby’s […]
Sotheby’s Hong Kong has announced the holding of its Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Spring Sale for 2017, on April 4, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the sale being led by one of the world’s great natural treasurers, the 59.60-carat, oval mixed-cut “PINK STAR”diamond, the largest Internally Flawless, Fancy Vivid Pink diamond ever […]
Lambertville, NJ: Rago Arts and Auction Center’s Great Estates Auction on March 17-18 saw the sale of $960,838 in property. Property made by Mintons sold exceptionally well, including a run of five very fine pâte-sur-pâte plaques by Louis Solon, which sold for a total of $67,500 against a combined estimate of $15,000-25,000. Objects from Tiffany […]
Lambertville, NJ – Friday, April 7 through Saturday, April 8, Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold unreserved auctions of Early 20th C. Art and Design, Modern Art and Design and Scandinavian Furniture. “Our upcoming Unreserved Auction promises to be a large and varied sale packed with interesting and unique treasures,” says Michael Inghman, Director […]
Sotheby’s March Fine Jewels spring sale kicks off at their New Bond Street, Mayfair location in London, on March 22, 2017 at 10.30 am. A total of 281 lots will be on offer at the sale, consisting of a variety of jewels such as bracelets, brooches, cuff-links, earrings and ear-clips, necklaces, demi-parures and parures, pendants […]
The 3rd Mediterranean Gemmological and Jewellery Conference, organized by Independent Gemological Laboratory Athens (IGL-Hellas), Swiss Canadian Gemlab Inc. (CGL-GRS, Canada), in conjunction with CERTILINE (Italy) and the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers (NAJA-USA), is scheduled to be held between May 11th to 14th, 2017 in the ancient and historic city of Syracuse, Italy, following the […]
De Beers Group of Companies in a press release dated March 2, 2017, has announced the official commencement of production on this date, at their Gahcho Kué Mine, a joint venture between De Beers Canada (51%) and Mountain Province Diamonds (49%), the world’s largest new diamond mine to have opened during the course of last […]
In a press release dated 28th February, 2017, the De Beers Group of Companies announced that its subsidiary, The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), will unveil its next generation automated melee screening machine – the AMS2 – at the International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show in Hong Kong due to open at […]