Sotheby's To Sell Big Blue Diamond

Although general precious gem charges are down, the sales for the large-scale and uncommon pebbles are still attractive strong. Petra Diamonds, a miner of pebbles in Africa, is wanting for a high number for their first sale of a slash and shone pebble through Sotheby's. They will be trading a 7.03-carat azure diamond from the Cullinan mine in South Africa. The Cullinan mine has yielded most of the best azure precious gems in the world. The pebble has a adorned vivid azure hue and is ranked internally flawless. Petra determined to deal the pebble as slash and shone versus trading the uneven as they generally do because they are wanting to get greatest exposure for the gem.

The pebble will be shown in Hong Kong, Paris, New York and London before termination in Geneva for the Sotheby's auction on May 12. It is approximated to deal for as much as $8.5 million. Maybe the pebble will apply to well renowned precious gem trader Laurence Graff. Last December he selected up the Wittelsbach diamond, a grayish-blue 35.56 carat pebble with an outstanding chronicled provenance, for $24.3 million making it the world's most costly azure diamond.

Nam Cho Moonstone Ring

This dome style ring by Nam Cho is exquisite. It's organised from white gold and detailed with a blue moonstone as the centerpiece and rose cut diamonds scattered round object it. Although it's a basically styled ring, Cho's craftsmanship and attention to item results in a classic detail that could basically be a family heirloom and passed on for generations to come. Price: $15,620.

Diamonds Are A Good Investment

Diamond business De Beers is looking for more than just weddings and other lifechanging events to deal their pebbles in this economy. The Financial Times says that De Beers has conceived a international crusade to throw investors on precious gems as a good, protected buying into alike to gold. They have been in feel with brokers who are "linked to sovereign riches capital and rich individuals" to farther the origin of precious gem investing. It appears a despairing seek for persons to purchase in a pebbles in a time when jewelry shops round the world are describing falling sales and De Beers has been labouring to turn a profit.

Are precious gems actually a good investment? Yes and no. Rare pebbles, like that big azure precious gem that traded for $9.5 million recently will habitually find their purchasers. Big pebbles, pebbles of odd hue or clarity, pebbles with a exclusive chronicled provenance, these pebbles will expected augment in worth over time. These pebbles are not the norm however.

Fortunoff's Remaining Inventory To Be Auctioned Off

Where does the jewelry from liquidated shops like Whitehall Jewelers and Friedman's end up? What doesn't deal in close-out sales may end up at SimplexDiam a business which was one time a constructor but has now swapped its enterprise design to buying up the assets of stores. The Wall Street Journal reports that SimplexDiam has acquired millions of dollars in leftover inventory from obsolete chains and then sells it online and at auction to other retailers. It has been selected to run an auction of more than $1 million worth of inventory leftover from Fortunoff's bankruptcy liquidation.

Neel Madhvani of SimplexDiam wrote an intriguing mail on his blog last month where he suggests a scheme for retailers trading to clients. He suggests that shops inquire the suppliers what they are endeavouring to eliminate other than going for what they believe they desire to buy. Then he states that the knack is to deal the clientele on what he periods "an buying into stone" other than an impulse stone. It's an intriguing concept but it suggests that the clientele has to actually believe the individual doing the trading that they are being traded the pebble that is best for them and not just best for the jeweler's base line.

Andrea Lucille

Andrea Lucille is an higher and originating jewelry designer with an intricate, elegant collection.

Educated at Rhode Island School of Design, Andrea Lucille Shin transferred to NYC in 2000 and commenced Andrea Lucille Designs. "To me," says Andrea, "I come the epitome of arrange triumph after my novel artistic creations elicit reactions of astonishment and intrigue; I know afterward that I have succeeded."

We are everlasting intrigued by this ring from the Willow Collection. This 18k yellow gold is set with white cultured pearls and diamonds with an assess total sinking implement of 0.15 cts. We love the coral style, which creates it facade as though the gold and jewels are just budding out of the ring.

Andrea Lucille Designs range in price from $60 - $6,000, and can be purchased from her website, as well as these stores. See the gallery on the floor heading down for a facade at more of her luscious pieces.

Jewelry from Hershey's

The classic Hershey's Kiss profile is an icon. It brings to psyche visions of more simple times -- uncomplicated cocoa pleasant being "kissed" on the confectioner's paper. With the Hershey's Kiss' close association with Valentine's Day and other love-related functions, it was only a subject of time until they came out with diamonds.

The new accumulation by World Trade Jewelers, which celebrates the Hershey's Kiss and is the agent Hershey's Kiss jewelry line, is showcasing this week in Las Vegas at JCK, and is obtainable in NYC this summer at Peachtree Jewelers, Golden Nugget Jewelers, AOL/Time Warner Center, and The Plaza Hotel -- charge from $499.00 - $7999.00.

The components are straightforward and adorable -- and a gorgeous way to give "chocolate" to a person who's monitoring their weight. The Hershey's Kiss accumulation, embracing the Medium Hershey's Kiss Pendant, 1.66ct, $3,995 (above), will be obtainable nationwide in the fall.

More rousing still: The first 20 Luxist readers joining JCK to give the computer encrypting "Luxist" to booth #7117 will accept a complementary sterling bright kiss necklace! Tell your acquaintances in Vegas!

Nubeo Organika Ring Collection

Founder of watch brand label Nubeo is as much watch producer as he is a jewelry designer. He has a extraordinary eye for worth boulders, and imbues his extraordinary particular aspect approach into his high size and satisfied Organika rings. This jewelry is not for the shadowy of heart, and is a gorgeous high size communication with a sole approach emulating what a open ocean inflorescence would be if such a thing existed. You can observe from the photograph that the ring is the size of a watch, but denoted for your finger.The index finger loop is set distinct from the "head" in order that it can be shabby properly. The Organika rings aspect a multi-piece makeup making them very included in makeup and design. The layered view in addition makes makes it probable to position so more valuable boulders on the white or went up gold metallic construction. Each ring aspects a multitude of precious jewels than either do or do not cover the index finger loop.

The shown portion showcases a 13.5mm large 13 carat aquamarine jewel, and an array of pink sapphires on the "leaves" along with the diamonds. There are in addition the six spherical cloudy Aquamarine orbs that are insist set into the ring making for a view you've in all likelihood not ever reflected possible. Aside from aquamarine, other Organika rings aspect sole gens for instance rubelite and morganite. Each is very beautiful and only for the right woman. The rings have about 75 to virtually 90 carats of valuable boulders each.