Photos Up: 2011 AGTA Cutting Edge Awards

December 3, 2010

We were able to show you some of the 2011 Spectrum – Cutting Edge Award Winners earlier – but the AGTA has now posted the COMPLETE Set of photos…and these are glorious!!! …of course the jewels are beautiful…but the photography of Robert Weldon makes them SING! Check out the complete set at:http://www.agta.org/awards/2011-winners.html …and a few […]

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Photos In: 2011 AGTA Spectrum Awards

December 2, 2010

We were able to show you some of the 2011 Spectrum Award Winners earlier – but the AGTA has now posted the COMPLETE Set of photos…and these are glorious!!! …of course the jewels are beautiful…but the photography of Robert Weldon makes them SING! Check out the complete set at: http://www.agta.org/awards/2011-winners.html …and a few new teasers… […]

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December’s Turquoise Blues…

December 2, 2010

“If cold December gave you birthThe month of snow and ice and mirthPlace on your hand a turquoise blue;Success will bless whate’er you do.” If you are a December baby you have a great choice of stones to celebrate your “cold December” birth! While the Traditional December Birthstones have long been Turquoise and Blue Zircon, […]

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Celebrity Jewel: Holiday Celeb Sightings…

November 30, 2010

The Holidays bring lots of events and lots of Celebrity Sightings! …of course the obvious is the American Music Awards. While there wasn’t as much edgy fashion and young jewelry designers as I have always hoped for in this show – there were great nods to some of the big names in Red Carpet Jewelry. […]

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Sad To See – Courtney Love Sued Over Borrowed Jewels

November 28, 2010

Just when it appeared that Courtney Love (front woman for alternative rock band Bush) was pulling her life together and looked cleaner than I ever remember her being… Jacob & Co – company of famed jeweler to the stars Jacob the Jeweler – is suing the troubled celeb for not returning over $100,000 worth of […]

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Pioneering Cartier Pieces Highlight Bonhams December Jewellery Sale

November 27, 2010

Two important Cartier pieces are among the top lots of the Bonhams Art of Jewels: Fine Jewellery and Iconic Gems sale on December 9th at New Bond Street. An impressive Art-Deco diamond necklace by Cartier, 1936 demonstrates the pioneering nature of the French jewellery house during a time when they were attempting to push the […]

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Chanel Spring 2011 Press Day

November 27, 2010

Last week the iconic house of Chanel invited the press to view their 2011 Spring Collection. There were all the fabulous handbags and accessories that we have come to expect from Chanel but this is a jewelry blog so lets take a look at the Chanel Jewelry. Fashion Bracelets…enamel with their iconic double C logo […]

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This Week in Celebrity Jewels

November 22, 2010

Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester attended the Court of Jewels Recreation launch at the Harry Winston store, wearing a Marchesa romper from the Spring 2011 collection, Nicholas Kirkwood shoes, Marchesa handbag, and Harry Winston jewels. Read more: http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/11/17/leighton-meester-plunging-neck-line-for-harry-winston/#ixzz15y09ePn7 Halle Berry attended a cocktail party in NYC celebrating Harry Winston‘s Court of Jewels. Simply classic in a […]

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Stuart Robertson Receives 2011 Antonio Bonanno Award

November 20, 2010

The Antonio C. Bonanno Award for Excellence in Gemology The Accredited Gemologists Association (AGA) is pleased to announce that Stuart Robertson has been awarded the 2011 Antonio C. Bonanno Award for Excellence in Gemology. Stuart’s interests in gemology formed during the mid 1980’s while studying criminalistics at the University of Illinois, Chicago. While attending the […]

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Mystery of the Hope Diamond – Sunday!

November 17, 2010

From the Smithsonian Channel’s website: A TEMPORARY SETTING FOR A TIMELESS GEM AMERICA VOTES The Hope Diamond has been through many changes in its life. It has traveled through the depths of the earth and around the world. It has been downsized by more than half its original size, stolen under cover of night and […]

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