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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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Jewelry

Elizabeth Taylor jewelry auction breaks five world records

Christie’s sale of Elizabeth Taylor’s famous jewels was anticipated to be the most important single-owner jewelry sale in a decade,...
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Van Cleef & Arpels: glamour and invention

Turquoise never looked as glamorous as in the Van Cleef & Arpels “Panka” necklace Eva Mendes wore to this year’s...
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Jewelry

Unzipped: Van Cleef & Arpels statement necklace steals the show

At the Oscars Sunday night, statement necklaces and earrings ruled the red carpet, but many jewelry aficionados agree Margot Robbie...
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Vintage

Van Cleef & Arpels: celebrity style

Curator Sarah Coffin talks about the “Bejeweled Lives” section of the exhibit opening this Friday at the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels.
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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

Smithsonian jewels for the masses, courtesy of QVC

December birthstones blue topaz and turquoise play starring roles in the jewelry collection QVC launched in September, based on the Smithsonian Institution's historic gems and jewelry. Judith Ripka took her design cue from a famous blue diamond.
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