Jewelry Likely To Dominate Sales This Mother’s Day, NRF Says Article source: @jckonline – April 22, 2022 Jewelry will dominate Mother’s Day spending in 2022 with consumers predicted to spend an estimated $31.7 billion on gifts, flowers, and special outings … Continue reading →
– United States Bans Russian Diamonds On Friday, March 11, 2022, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order banning imports of a wide range of Russian products, including what it called “nonindustrial diamonds.” The measure is the latest the United … Continue reading →
On Thursday, the U.S. Treasury announced a long list of sanctions against Russia, with some taking aim at state-owned diamond miner Alrosa and its CEO, Sergey S. Ivanov. The new rules do not proscribe U.S. companies from doing business with … Continue reading →
Fab Fabergé Exhibit On At London’s V&A Museum By Amy Elliott – JCKOnline | December 06, 2021 If you missed last week’s Christie’s London micro sale of Fabergé objects, a petite gathering of 84 carved animalia, objets de vertu, and … Continue reading →
Maggi Simpkins Has a Million-Dollar Ring in Sotheby’s Sale Article Credit: Amy Elliott of JCK Online The highly anticipated Brilliant and Black: A Jewelry Renaissance selling exhibition kicks off at Sotheby’s New York this Friday, and one of the headline … Continue reading →
– February Birthstone – Amethyst Amethyst is a semiprecious stone that is often used in jewelry and is the traditional birthstone for February. The crystal is a violet variety of quartz. The name comes from the Koine Greek αμέθυστος amethystos … Continue reading →
– Do you know the source of the gold you are wearing? The jewelry industry is full of problematic materials, from conflict diamonds to Burmese rubies. But arguably the most problematic material is also the most common: gold. The yellow … Continue reading →
