﻿{"id":103,"date":"2009-11-11T19:24:17","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T00:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tucsongemshow.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2009\/11\/11\/agta-spectrum-awards-2010-cutting-edge-awards\/"},"modified":"2009-11-11T19:24:17","modified_gmt":"2009-11-12T00:24:17","slug":"agta-spectrum-awards-2010-cutting-edge-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/2009\/11\/11\/agta-spectrum-awards-2010-cutting-edge-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"AGTA Spectrum Awards 2010 &#8211; Cutting Edge Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span><span>I am sharing some of the highlights (my faves) of the Cutting Edge Awards from the <\/span><\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agta.org\/awards\/index.html\"><b><span><span><span>2010 AGTA Spectrum Awards<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span><span> &#8211; follow the links to view the entire field of entries. <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div><b><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><span><span>My thanks to <\/span><\/span><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/cherylkremkow.com\/jewelry-trends\/2010-agta-spectrum-award-winners-list\/\"><b><span><span><span>Cheryl Kremkow for her list of the winners<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span><span>&#8230;I have added the winner info to the end of  each category (with a photo where available).<\/span><\/span><\/b><br \/><span><\/p>\n<h2><span><span><span>2010 AGTA Spectrum Awards\u2122 Collection &#8211; A1 &#8211; Open Category <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agta.org\/awards\/2010-collection-a1opencategoryclassicgemstone.html\"><span><span>Classic Gemstone<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/tucsongemshow.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/d2317_2010entry021.jpg\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width: 200px;height: 150px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span>Entry 21 <\/span><\/span><strong><span><span>Ruben Bindra<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span>B &amp; B Fine Gems <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span>Los Angeles, CA<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span><\/span><\/span><span><span>13.11 ct. cushion-cut orange <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span>Sapphire.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"http:\/\/tucsongemshow.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/8fd3d_2010entry041.jpg\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;width: 200px;height: 150px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span>Entry 41 <\/span><strong><span>Roger Dery<\/span><\/strong><span><br \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spectralgems.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>Spectral Gems, Inc.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span><br \/>Royal Oak, MI<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>31.80 ct. rectangular antique<br \/>cushion-cut yellow Sapphire.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span><b><span>Is it just me, or are you totally falling for the subtle Champagne colored gems?<br \/><\/span><\/b><\/span><span><br \/><\/span><img src=\"http:\/\/tucsongemshow.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/8fd3d_2010entry540tn.jpg\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width: 140px;height: 105px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><span><br \/><\/span><span><span><b><span><span>Entry 540 <\/span><strong><span>Joseph Ambalu<\/span><\/strong><span><br \/>Amba Gem Corp<br \/>New York, NY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>7.34 ct. oval-cut natural Padparadscha<br \/>Sapphire.<\/span><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and the winner is!!!!<br \/><\/b><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><b><span>A1 \u2013 Open Category Classic Gemstone, 1st Place: Robert Kane, Fine Gems International, Helena, MT, 4.53 ct. cushion-cut natural pink Sapphire.<br \/><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>(sorry no photo)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/tucsongemshow.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/8fd3d_4875325186336119095-1377562641599066782?l=tucsongemshow.blogspot.com\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am sharing some of the highlights (my faves) of the Cutting Edge Awards from the 2010 AGTA Spectrum Awards &#8211; follow the links to view the entire field of entries. My thanks to Cheryl Kremkow for her list of the winners&#8230;I have added the winner info to the end of each category (with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/tucsongemshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}