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Natural History sale to highlight tourmaline
...9-carat carved black opal and diamond pendant from the world-renowned locality of Lightning Ridge, Australia, estimated between $50,000-$60,000. Dubbed "Aqua Profonda" by designer Jenni Brammall, the piece was created specifically for use during the Australian Masters of Fashion Awards 2008 in Melbourne, Australia.Items for women by well-known jeweler Robert Wander will also be included. Wan... |
Simmons Jewelry Co. decks SpongeBob in diamonds
This $75,000 diamond pendant is the debut piece from a new SpongeBob SquarePants jewelry collection designed by Nickelodeon and the Simmons Jewelry Co.New York--Nickelodeon's most rapt audience for its SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon might be the school-age set, but the show also counts die-hard fans well past elementary school, and the Simmons Jewelry Co. is betting on that with a new jewelry line.... |
Pitch to diamond consumer may get rewrite
This "Byzantium" diamond pendant by Jewellery Theatre in Moscow might best be pitched as a modern classic, diamond marketing experts say.Las Vegas--Jewelers who arrived in Las Vegas at the beginning of last month expecting to see a bloodbath were disappointed.Business was spotty, but based on the trade's exceedingly low expectations, the Couture and JCK shows--held at the Wynn and the Sands Expo ... |
Yael releases new black & white diamond collection for fall/winter
...endants. "The black and white diamond pendants and earrings would look gorgeous paired with a little black dress or a cocktail gown," said the designer. "The chunky diamond rings would also help spice up a jeans-and-blouse look." All Mosaic pieces have micropave setting, the newest trend in jewelry that allows to showcase the diamonds by hiding all the metal underneath. The collection will be avai... |
De Beers' 'Millenium Blue' sells for $6 million
...lor internally flawless white diamond pendant garnered $2.5 million.Quek Chin Yeow, head of the Sotheby's Hong Kong jewelry department and deputy chairman of Sotheby's Asia, said in the release that Wednesday's record-setting sale demonstrates that perfection and rarity are what drive buyers and collectors in this market."Our top lots ... provided the very special and the very rare and were the ob... |
EXCLUSIVE: Jewelers see uptick in sales since Black Friday
..., with diamond stud earrings, diamond pendants and Journey diamond jewelry doing particularly well.Further south, in San Antonio, Aaron Penaloza of C. Aaron Penaloza Jewelers says this weekend was better in terms of both traffic and sales compared with last weekend, with jewelry across the board selling well.From here, Penaloza only sees it getting better."It's typical low-key, it starts slow," he... |
Family Centric Pendant - a valuable fashion piece
...rates white or color-enhanced diamonds for a total karat weight of 0.4 This one-of-a-kind pendant is designed and named for the depiction of the family unit: father, mother, and baby. Each pendant is made by hand using the finest materials with exceptional attention to detail. Mark's vision for the piece was inspired by a conversation with a friend who had recently become a first time father. He w... |
Platinum and gold manufacturers test drive silver
...left, features 1.95 carats of diamonds and mixes sterling silver with 18-karat gold. It retails for $3,800, ChadAllison.com. The Lana Jewelry "Lucky 3 Earrings" in silver retail for $125, LanaJewelry.net.New York--With the price of gold continuing to be a hurdle at the sales counter, more jewelry manufacturers that once worked solely in gold and platinum have been moving into the silver market, ex... |
Emmy Award actresses mad about drop earrings
...eft) wore Sutra moonstone and diamond earrings plus Amrapali diamond bands to the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. Photo: Courtesy of D'Orazio and Associates. Mad Men actress January Jones traded Betty Draper's necklace and earring sets for diamond drop earrings and a diamond leaf bracelet from Neil Lane. Photo: Getty Images/Jason Merritt.Los Angeles--Mad Men may have snagged one of the top series nods... |
'Forever' now costs more
.... And with advertisements for diamonds proclaiming "a diamond lasts forever", the classic styles continue to be the most popular. Zhu Yun, chief product officer of I DO, and Chen Xinyi, chief product officer of M&L, two companies that specialize in the design of diamond rings, said consumers have been setting high standards for diamond jewelry.First of all, as more knowledge about diamonds has... |
Jewelry gets a boost at SAG Awards
...' /> Kate Hudson wore Cartier diamond jewelry, including a sautoir necklace that dangled down her back. Photo by Kevin Mazur/Wire Image, courtesy of diamond Information Center.Los Angeles--From black-and-white diamond combinations to snake designs to turquoise, there seemed to be no parameters for the jewelry-wearing starlets who made the red-carpet rounds at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild (S... |
Petra unearths 507-carat rough diamond
...lds up the 507.55-carat rough diamond recently recovered at Petra's Cullinan Mine in South Africa.London--Petra diamonds has announced the recovery of a 507.55-carat rough white diamond from the famed Cullinan Mine in South Africa.According to a media release, Petra recovered the diamond on Sept. 24.While experts currently are analyzing the stone, initial examinations indicate that the stone is of... |
Chinese diamond demand puts gleam back into gem trade
An employee reaches for a diamond necklace at a jewellery shop in China's southern city of Shenzhen October 19,2009.SHENZHEN, China - diamonds may have lost their luster for many in the economic downturn, but China's legions of wealthy, status-conscious customers are helping the precious gem trade glow again.Imports of polished diamonds to the U.S., the world's biggest diamond market, roughly halv... |
AGTA names Spectrum Award winners
...(3.34 total carat weight) and diamonds (4.40 total carat weight).Fashion Forward Honors Gregore Morin, Gregore Joailliers, Santa Barbara, Calif.18-karat white gold "Hummingbird" brooch featuring pink sapphires (0.85 total carat weight), Paraiba tourmalines (0.42 total carat weight), brown and yellow diamonds (0.50 total carat weight), and boulder opal (0.04 total carat weight).Bridal Wear 1st Plac... |
Antwerp Diamond Bourse to debut invite-only fair
...ttended by 43 leading Antwerp diamond firms and an exclusive group of diamond buyers.The Antwerp diamond Trade Fair will take place from Feb. 7-9, 2010, at the Antwerp diamond Bourse. The bourse's historical trading floor will be temporarily converted into an exclusively designed exhibition hall. The choice of location for the event was logical, according to Antwerp diamond Bourse President Artur ... |
Ernest Jones launches Italian Fope Gioielli jewellery collection
...- Ernest Jones, the watch and diamond specialist, has announced the launch of the new Fope Gioielli jewellery collection through a specially selected 8 stores and online only. Steeped in European glamour, Fope jewellery offers quality and style combined with a classical Italian jewellery tradition. With Ernest Jones's reputation as the UK's leading diamond and watch specialist, combined with 60 ye... |
GAO report: Conflict diamonds still entering U.S.
...ust be done to stop "conflict diamonds" from entering the United States.While noting that the legitimate trade of rough diamonds can make a major contribution to economies of producing, exporting and importing countries, the report, released Wednesday, states that rough diamonds fueled severe conflicts in countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola during t... |
Oprah discusses 'Blood Diamond' today
...d Djimon Hounsou had a fairly diamond-industry-positive discussion on conflict diamonds with host Oprah Winfrey.The episode, which was taped earlier, offered viewers information on the film and the issue, and gave airtime to how the diamond industry has addressed conflict diamonds. Winfrey didn't editorialize while praising the actors and the film, but she addressed her audience directly in a segm... |
Filing shows uncertain future for Lazare Kaplan
...nditions have improved in the diamond industry, the company still is impacted by continued economic weakness and its future remains uncertain. "diamond and jewelry purchases are ultimately dependant on the availability of consumer discretionary spending," the filing states. "Uncertainties regarding future economic prospects and a decline in consumer confidence during fiscal 2009 and fiscal 20... |
Antwerp upbeat as polished, rough figures rise
...ts of both rough and polished diamonds increased for the fifth consecutive month in the diamond-trading center of Antwerp, Belgium, with per-carat prices for diamonds growing robustly, statistics released Wednesday show."Demand for polished goods has risen phenomenally with statistics indicating that not only do buyers want diamonds, but that they are willing to pay higher prices per carat for pol... |
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