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JAR titanium & aluminum jewels: what they’re worth today

Five years after JAR Jewels opened at the Met, the costume jewelry he designed for its shop is appearing at auction, along with the Somerset florals. If you sprang for those $2,000 baubles, here's how your investment panned out.
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Trying on JAR Jewels in Paris – the one in Vegas

I recently wrote about some rare jewels by Joel Arthur Rosenthal that were up for auction. I missed the previews but found the jewels. Welcome to JAR: Vegas edition.
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A little JAR for the ears: getting radical with pavé

Who says a bespoke jewelry designer can’t be a rebel? Joel Arthur Rosenthal is proof that you can be both...
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Best books for jewelry lovers: Celebrating Jewellery

Holidays are approaching, as is Black Friday. No reason to brave the madding crowds when you can make a jewelry...
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Contemporary

A little opal and zircon JAR for the ears

Three pairs of JAR ear clips in the December Magnificent Jewels sales showcase designer Joel Arthur Rosenthal's way with unusual gem material like pink and blue opal, carved quartz and zircon.
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A little more JAR for the ears

Lily Safra's JAR jewels have begun to circle back to the auction block, including earclips with mismatched stones. JAR jewels that lure the biggest spenders are never run-of-the-mill.
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Contemporary

7 JAR jewels & world’s 4th largest polished sapphire on the block

It’s not the record-breaking 18-piece JAR collection that went on the block last year or the legendary 17 actress Ellen...
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Contemporary

Season of JAR: a connoisseur’s approach to gems

As yet another eye-popping jewel by the Bronx-born designer known as "JAR of Paris" goes on the block next month, a few observations of what a designer can achieve by going against convention when it comes to gemstones.
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On the Loupe’s 7th anniversary: a few lessons learned

Musings from the founder and editor of The Jewelry Loupe, one of the first magazine/blogs aimed at collectors, creators and connoisseurs of jewelry, on its first seven years - and the four years of dreaming and scheming before that.
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Time travel: highlights from NY Antique Jewelry & Watch Show

Come with me on a time-traveling tour of the best of NY Antique Jewelry & Watch sale, from Victorian England to wartime Paris to swinging sixties serpents.
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New JAR jewelry & watch collection for sale at the Met. Worth the price?

Joel Arthur Rosenthal designed a special collection of jewelry and watches to sell exclusively at the Metropolitan Museum with the...
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JAR in full flower: 18 rare jewels on the block

As Christie’s prepares to sell the largest private collection of JAR jewels ever offered at auction – at Geneva’s Four...
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