Yes, King Midas of the "golden touch" lived and ruled in ancient Turkey. Seems he had quite a sendoff. It didn't involve much gold, but lots of wine and lots of amazing fibulae. Plenty of gold jewels on display as well at the Midas exhibit opening in Philadelphia. Here's a sneak preview!
Learn what to look for in terms of color and cut, but don't expect to tell a synthetic from a real stone - and forget trying to identify something based on a digital photo. "If something looks too good to be true," Christie Romero warns, "it probably is."
When you have to produce new jewelry images every week, as many sucessful Etsy shop owners do, it helps to have nature working for you. Sheila Arguello Slick's backdrop is the tropical paradise in her own backyard.
Jewelry historian and Antiques Road Show regular Christie Romero shares her tips for buying estate jewelry - and avoiding rip-offs.
With the holidays fast approaching, men everywhere are facing that age-old problem: what to get the jewelry-loving women in their lives. Here, some tips from experts - and a few guys who've figured it out.
For the last post in this model photography series, I’m turning my unforgiving lens on my own middle-aged self (gulp)....
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A good model shot can mean a sale. A really good one can lead to multiple sales. Just ask Alysia Sánchez Melnikov whose Etsy shop took off after she started posting photos of herself modeling her jewelry - with some help from her husband and business partner.
Nothing is more captivating than the glow of ancient gold under museum lights, except maybe for ancient gold in an...
You may be surprised who pulls out the skull rings and cross pendants on weekends. Seems everybody wants to be a rock star. Just ask Gerard Marti, owner of Célèbrités galleries in Maui. His customers include Steven Tyler, Tommy Lee and Paris Hilton, as well as the co-founder of MySpace.
If you're in the market for rubies, read this. There's an interloper among those red beauties - and it's been spotted at mainstream retailers, priced well above its true value.
When you examine a piece of jewelry through a loupe, are you seeing everything there is to see? A seasoned expert offers tips for mastering this tricky but incredibly useful little gadget.
As jewelry models go, no one is more available than you. Ask anyone who posts jewelry regularly on Instagram. Most...
How do you know the jewelry you're buying was made without harming people or planet? Ask the right questions.
Buying antique or vintage jewelry means first figuring out what it is, where and when it was made, and by...











