A stunning 10.3-carat fancy vivid blue diamond, named The Mediterranean Blue, sold for an impressive $21.5 million at Sotheby’s High Jewelry auction in Geneva, becoming one of the most talked-about sales of the season. Originally discovered in 2023 at South Africa’s legendary Cullinan mine, the gem was cut from a 31.94-carat rough diamond. Its transformation […]

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Rago/Wright is excited to announce a follow up to the landmark 1984 exhibition at Fifty/50 Gallery of American modernist studio jewelry, Structure and Ornament, curated by Mark McDonald, who organized the original show at Fifty/50. This auction expands the narrative of jewelry in the twentieth century—its evolution away from precious metals and stones that adorned […]

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The collection features a number of outstanding diamonds, including the Mirror of Paradise Diamond and the Arcot II Diamond, both of which originate from the Golconda mine, the earliest diamond mine known to man. The Arcot Diamond, a brilliant-cut, pear-shaped, D-color stone weighing 17.21 carats, was one of two such diamond ear drops sent as […]

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This Spring, Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite auction in Hong Kong promises to deliver “a wealth of color and design through rare gems and intricately crafted jewels.” The auction house will feature signed pieces by legendary maisons, such as an exquisite emerald and diamond necklace by Van Cleef & Arpels, alongside a specially curated collection […]

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Tiffany & Co.’s worldwide net sales for the three months (third quarter) ended October 31, 2016, amounted to US$ 949 million, marginally higher y-o-y by 1%; while comparable store sales declined 2%. “On a constant-exchange-rate basis that excludes the effect of translating foreign-currency-denominated sales into U.S. dollars, worldwide net sales were unchanged from the prior […]

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