The Blue Beyond Compare: Why Kashmir Sapphires Command Such Extraordinary Prices at Auction
Why do Kashmir sapphires command record prices at auction? Their legendary history, velvety blue, and why a lab certificate changes everything.
Category: Gemstones
Spinels – a bit of history
Bits of history and some masterpieces featuring the spinel – the gem that used to be mistaken for a ruby.
Sapphires and Spinels at Bonhams London
Coveted Kashmir sapphires and important spinels from Tajikistan to lead Bonhams London jewellery sale.
For a transparent gemstone industry: Gübelin Gem Lab presents the “Emerald Paternity Test”
Gübelin Gem Lab, one of the leaders in gemstones certification, has developed the “Emerald Paternity Test”, a breakthrough technology that utilises special nanoparticles based on DNA, allowing emeralds traceability all along the supply chain and back to their exact place of origin.
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Auction Results: Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels – Geneva, November 11 2015
What a night it must have been yesterday night! The hammer went down, at Sotheby’s Geneva, to mark a new world record forContinue Reading
Red Carpet inspiration
Find a one-of-kind piece and make your very own dramatic entry. – 1stdibs, Red Carpet Inspiration quote AllContinue Reading
Merry Christmas with the world’s most valuable necklace.
An egg-shaped diamond, found in a lump of rock by a poverty-stricken African girl, has gone on sale – asContinue Reading
A triumph of colours at next Fine Jewellery auction, Bonhams New York, December 8
A superb and colourful selection of 250 pieces by some of the world’s most renowned designers will headline the FineContinue Reading
Bonhams Hong Kong unveils exceptionally rare “flawless collection of hearts and arrows diamonds” – Jewellery and Jadeite Auction on 26th November 2014
Bonhams Hong Kong is pleased to present “A Flawless Collection of Hearts and Arrows Diamonds” at its upcoming Jewellery andContinue Reading