Category: Diamonds & Gemstones
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“Autumn passed through Paris”
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with tags: Biennale des Antiquaires, Boucheron, Bulgari, Cartier, Chaumet, Grand Palais, high jewellery, Paris, Piaget, Van Cleef & ArpelsBiennale des Antiquaires 2014 welcomed 81 exhibitors, galleries, merchants, and high-end jewellers, all of whom presented their art works.
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Oriental longing
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Gorgeous travel through five countries with Boucheron dreamy high jewellery collection.
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Tears of Gods – Part 3
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During the Art Deco and the Art Nouveau periods as well as the “Roaring Twenties” life, priorities and pearls jewellery went through a significant shift.
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Tears of Gods – Part 2
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Pearls are one of the oldest gems, they have been known and in use for 4300 years. They had a symbolic meaning and were used in sentimental jewellery.
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Tears of Gods – Part 1
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Victoria & Albert Museum is hosting an unparalleled pearls exhibition in cooperation with the Qatar Museums Authority from September until 19 January 2014.
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Dancing diamonds
If you follow my site, you will probably know by now that I developed serious attraction to diamonds and sincere respect to craftsmen. You can never know enough about these stones, and their valuation, cut and the design of jewellery that highlights their beauty requires…
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DJWE, Part 2 – Diamonds & Pearls
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Being one of the most traditional jewellers in the Middle East, Mouawad had a prominent spot at DJWE with their stall built in Mouawad’s New Generation boutique style. This year the company presented the Incomparable Diamond Necklace, featuring the spectacular 407.48 ct modified shield step-cut,…
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HRD – Is the future synthetic?
We heard a rather interesting presentation by research scientist Dr. Bert Willems in the afternoon, about synthetic diamonds, and whether opportunities lie in these, or they pose a threat to the market by their sheer existence. As opposed to diamond imitations, synthetic diamonds bear the…
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The hammer is up – 20,355,000 Francs
Even as a diamond expert, the record price fetched at Christie’s auction in Geneva is exceptionally exciting, but being a Hungarian person, the Hungarian background of the diamond’s first owner makes the news of the record-breaking diamond auction even more interesting for me. As one…