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Tomorrow, Christie’s is holding it’s the first of its biannual Magnificent Jewels auction’s in New York and I am so excited! Magnificent Jewels is my favorite jewelry auction because the offerings are always over the top. People ask me why I enjoy looking at auction results and I think it boils down to three things: (1) It’s an opportunity to see vintage or antique…
The world’s only reliable source for pink diamonds, the Argyle mine in Western Australia, is scheduled to close this year. Since 1983 the mine has produced 90% of the world’s supply of pink diamonds along with some amazing blue, violet and red stones. What will the world be like once pink diamonds from Australia become extinct? Well, for most of us it will be exactly…
A dear friend of mine is looking to buy his first piece of fine jewelry and called me up to talk about starting his collection. The first part of the journey, and I think many of us have been there, was to come down out of the clouds circling his daydreams of a large canary yellow diamond. I was able to text him some pictures of loose diamonds…
I’m a shopper, and I love to get a good deal. I’m one of those people that if you complement my shoes, I will proudly tell you I got them for next to nothing in a special “extra 25% off clearance for email subscribers only” discount code sale. When I was single, this invariably led me to having a lot of stuff that I kept in…
I decided to write this post because I mentioned something to my husband about a sapphire in a piece of jewelry, I was looking at being so perfect that it looked synthetic and he had no idea what I was talking about. I felt like I had failed him! Luckily if he had been inspired to do a little impromptu gift giving and just waltzed into a jewelry…
Let’s have a conversation about engagement rings. Traditionally, one party purchases a diamond ring to propose to the love of their life and puts up a significant chunk of money to do so. The amounts vary from person to person, but DeBeers told us in the 80’s that two months’ salary would really prove your love. Times have changed and so have engagement rings, but…
