If you haven’t seen The Nature of Diamonds exhibit, you’ll have one last chance in Chicago, where it opened last... Read More
Month: October 2009
Will wearing opal bring you bad luck if it isn’t your birthstone? Of all the ancient myths about gemstones, none endure like the superstitions surrounding opal. The bad-luck opal myth isn’t really ancient. It comes from 19th-century fiction. Read More
Christie's Rockefeller Center will auction off 200 priceless jewels and art objects from the Fred Leighton collection this week. Here are some details and images of the prize pieces. Read More
Diamonds brought big prices at Christie’s New York jewelry sale today and the much publicized 32-carat Annenberg Diamond did not disappoint,... Read More
Whether it's fifties Hitchcock or seventies caper movies, jewels (especially diamonds) always make for the best Hollywood-style heist. Three classics that pack glamour, suspense and a nice payoff: To Catch a Thief, Le Cercle Rouge and Flawless. Read More
Both Sotheby’s and Christie’s hold their big jewelry sales this week in New York City, and their hopes are pinned... Read More