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The rising price of gold and the falling price of lab-grown diamonds are key issues for the jewelry industry this year, said panelists during a session titled “360-Degree View of 2024: Industry Market Outlook, Expert Insights, and Business Opportunities,” held April 15 at the American Gem Society Conclave in Austin, Texas. After soaring during the COVID-19…
“Jewelry with stories to tell” is the tagline of jewelry designer Francesca Villa’s eponymous brand, founded in Valenza, Italy, in 2007. That Villa’s jewels have much to say indeed feels true once you see them: Incredibly thoughtful designs, many utilizing found vintage items (objets trouvés), these are no everyday creations. This continues with a new…
Over the centuries, many animals have become jewelry icons—think: serpent, panther, lion—but it takes an outsider artist like Carolina von Wickenburg to see the beauty in…a hippopotamus? It’s unconventional and perhaps a bit genius. Using a bulbous, water-loving mammal as your signature is a baller move, as the kids might say. It also shows that…
Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science in South Korea say they’ve developed a new way to grow diamonds that doesn’t require high pressure or diamond seeds. But contrary to what’s suggested by some headlines, it’s not clear whether their method will have an impact on the market for lab-grown diamond jewelry. “Our research is…
The Women’s Jewelry Association (WJA) has elected Kristie Nicolosi of the Kingswood Company to its international board of directors. Nicolosi, who will now head the WJA audit committee, was a WJA board member from 2011 to 2018, serving then as WJA treasurer and chair of the investment committee. She has been president and CEO of…
The Canadian Jewellers Association (CJA) will host its second annual Industry Summit in Toronto on Oct. 21, expanding the event with more educational sessions and increased opportunities for jewelers to meet and talk shop. Two well-attended parts of the first CJA Summit—held last October in Vancouver—will return in 2024: the cocktail hour and the awards…
No one had it on their 2024 bingo card, but somebody could win a solid gold bar in the shape of a stick of butter, worth $100,000. To publicize its new Buttery-er Crackers, cracker brand Ritz has partnered with New York City jewelry designer Greg Yüna for a contest that will award a butter-shaped 24k…
Starting next month, Phillips will sell 10 pocket watches that have been part of a private collection for decades, many of them never before offered at auction. Half of the pieces will be part of the Hong Kong Watch Auction: XVIII on May 24 and 25, and the other half will be featured in the…
I’ve been thinking about what I might want for Mother’s Day this year—aside from a few hours alone, at the spa—and in my line of work, of course the focus is on jewelry. As much as I love an excuse to wear any kind of jewelry, I happened upon a couple of items that feel…
Rogelio Villarreal was surfing the internet when he saw a pair of Cartier diamond-encrusted earrings priced at 237 Mexican pesos, or about $13. “I swear, I sweat cold,” Villarreal, a resident of Mexico, wrote on X. He had seen other Cartier jewelry online, with more typical Cartier prices. “I was amazed at what the necklaces…
This week: You can buy gold bars at Korean convenience stores. The fake-Rolex epidemic. And Melania Trump gets into the jewelry business. All below. Anglo American reportedly mulling sale of De Beers – De Beers lowers production levels – Paul Zimniksy: De Beers shouldn’t be “a value play” – Former De Beers Botswana CEO…
A long list of nongovernmental organizations and eco-minded industry groups have signed an “open letter” that says gold currently billed as “recycled” does not have the advertised environmental benefits. “The term ‘recycled’…falsely implies to consumers that using such gold has a decisive positive social and environmental impact, and deserves to be called eco-friendly, ethical and…
