Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Spring Sale held on April 4, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, registered a total sale of HKD 908,081,250 (USD 116.9 million), setting three significant world records, viz. the record for any diamond or jewel sold at an auction or for that matter any lot sold by Sotheby’s […]
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Sotheby’s Hong Kong has announced the holding of its Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Spring Sale for 2017, on April 4, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the sale being led by one of the world’s great natural treasurers, the 59.60-carat, oval mixed-cut “PINK STAR”diamond, the largest Internally Flawless, Fancy Vivid Pink diamond ever […]
Sotheby’s March Fine Jewels spring sale kicks off at their New Bond Street, Mayfair location in London, on March 22, 2017 at 10.30 am. A total of 281 lots will be on offer at the sale, consisting of a variety of jewels such as bracelets, brooches, cuff-links, earrings and ear-clips, necklaces, demi-parures and parures, pendants […]
The 3rd Mediterranean Gemmological and Jewellery Conference, organized by Independent Gemological Laboratory Athens (IGL-Hellas), Swiss Canadian Gemlab Inc. (CGL-GRS, Canada), in conjunction with CERTILINE (Italy) and the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers (NAJA-USA), is scheduled to be held between May 11th to 14th, 2017 in the ancient and historic city of Syracuse, Italy, following the […]
In a press release dated 28th February, 2017, the De Beers Group of Companies announced that its subsidiary, The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), will unveil its next generation automated melee screening machine – the AMS2 – at the International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show in Hong Kong due to open at […]
In a joint press release dated February 27, 2017, issued by Israel-based Sarine Technologies Ltd. and Swiss-based GGTL Laboratories, two leading companies in the forefront of using technology to enable full transparency and disclosure, benefiting all players in the diamond industry, have announced the signing of a collaboration agreement to research new approaches to diamond […]
Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s (HKTDC) twin parallel shows, the 34th-edition of the Hong Kong International Jewelry Show and the 4th-edition of the Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem and Pearl Show, creating the world’s largest jewellery marketplace is all set to kick off on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 and continues until Monday, March 6, 2017. […]
Guernsey’s, the New York City-based auction house, renowned for conducting extraordinary auctions such as – the largest auction in history, the sale of one million items from the super liner United States, the fastest passenger ship ever built; the sale of vintage cars and artwork from the Soviet Union; pre-Castro Cuban cigars; the 3-million-dollar baseball […]
The 10th edition of Signature IIJS and 4th edition of the India Gem & Jewellery Machinery Expo (IGJME) sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry and organized by the Gem & Jewelry Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) of India, a four-day event held at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, came to a successful conclusion on […]
The 10th edition of Signature IIJS and 4th edition of the India Gem & Jewellery Machinery Expo (IGJME) sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry and organized by the Gem & Jewelry Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) of India, was inaugurated in the morning of February 6, 2017, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, by […]