Sotheby’s auction house has announced the holding of its New York Magnificent Jewels spring sale on April 21, 2015, featuring stones and jewels, the auction house states highlights the strength of today’s market. A total of 368 lots will be on offer at the auctions, inluding an array of jewels incorporating rare and exceptional high-quality […]
Christie’s auction house kicks off its spring auction season with the first Magnificent Jewels Sale due to be held at the New York Rockefeller Center on April 14, 2015. A total of 312 lots will be on offer at the auction to be held in two sessions, the morning session featuring lots 1 to 160 […]
Christie’s auction house is at the center of a legal dispute involving the sale of the historic “Princie Diamond” a 34.65-carat, pink diamond of Golconda origin, which sold for a staggering US$39.3 million to an anonymous buyer at its New York Magnificent Jewels Sale held on April 16, 2013. The price realized was a new […]
Following the successful launch of the £33 million (US$50 miilion) Graff Hallucination Watch, coated with 110 carats of rare colored diamonds at BaselWorld-2014, that created a sensation at the show, Graff Diamonds has once again succeeded in stealing the show at BaselWorld-2015, this time launching the “world’s most valuable transformable timepiece” that can also be […]
In a press release dated March 5, 2015, Sotheby’s auction house announced the appointment of its Chairman of Jewelry, Europe and the Middle East, veteran auctioneer David Bennett to the newly created position of Worldwide Chairman of Sotheby’s International Jewellery Division. The announcement was made by Daryl Wickstrom, International Managing Director of Sotheby’s Jewellery & […]
The historic “Taj Mahal“ diamond, one of the three inscribed diamonds dating back to the classic Mughal period of India (1556-1707), during which the Mughal Empire reached the peak of its power and glory, excelling in the arts, literature, architecture and building construction, and the Mughal court attained its greatest pomp and pageantry, have received […]
According to a newsreport appearing in the Botswana Guardian on February 23, 2015, De Beers Group’s Executive Head of Strategy, Corporate Affairs, Business Development and Technology, Bruce Cleaver, addressing reporters from London, during a teleconference held recently, following the release of preliminary results for 2014 of Anglo American, De Beers’ parent company, said that the […]
Cartier has announced the launching of a high-end luxury timepiece for women, completely covered with round brilliant-cut diamonds, on the entire dial, case and bracelet – truly pure luxury Cartier style. The jewelry watch, part of Cartier’s successful larger Ballon Bleu timepiece collection is known as the Ballon Bleu de Cartier Vibrating Diamond Setting watch. […]
The Times of India reported on Sunday, February 22, 2015 the detection of synthetic diamonds for the first time in Surat, the world’s largest diamond cutting and polishing center, on Saturday, February 21, 2015. This is 19 months after the detection of a huge quantity of synthetic diamonds mixed with natural diamonds in Mumbai in […]
The Swiss Gemological Institute (SSEF) founded more than 40 years ago is today one of the world’s most respected gem research, education and grading institutions, based in Basel, Switzerland, providing its much sought after identification and grading services to the gemstone, jewelry and watch industries and reputed auction houses based not only in Europe but […]