GENEVA.- Sotheby’s Geneva announces that it will present an important pink diamond, weighing 10.99 carats in its sale of Magnificent & Noble Jewels on 17 May 2011 six months after the record breaking sale of the ‘Graff Pink’ – the most e…
Elizabeth Taylor’s Jewels, Art, Fashion and Memorabilia to Be Auctioned at Christie’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Elizabeth Taylor’s renowned collection of jewelry, works of art, clothing and memorabilia will be sold at a series of auctions, Christie’s said on Saturday. “Christie’s will be selling the historic collection of Elizabeth Taylor,” who di…
Christie’s to Offer a Beautiful Rectangular-Cut Diamond Ring Owned by Gloria Swanson
PARIS.- Christie’s Jewels Department will offer a beautiful rectangular-cut diamond ring weighing 5.1 carats (estimate: €70,000-100,000) in Paris on May 23rd. This ring belonged to Gloria Swanson, the American actress, who was a superstar of …
Sotheby’s Geneva to Sell the Most Important Emerald & Diamond Tiara to Come to Auction in 30 Years
GENEVA.- David Bennett, Sotheby’s Chairman of Jewellery for Europe and the Middle East, today announced that Sotheby’s will sell the most valuable emerald and diamond Tiara to have appeared at auction in over 30 years in its sale of Magnifice…
Premier Exhibition of the Full Images of the Lukhang Murals of Tibet at the Rubin Museum of Art
NEW YORK, NY.- Some of the finest works of art from the Rubin Museum’s collection are presented in Masterworks: Jewels of the Collection. Masterworks highlights the stylistic diversity and relationships between different strands of Himalayan and n…
Cooper-Hewitt Museum Presents "Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels"
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum presents “Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels”. The exhibition examines the renowned jewelry firm’s significant historical contributions to jewelry design an…
More than 350,000 have Visited the First Exhibition in Mexico Dedicated to Moctezuma II
MEXICO CITY.- More than 350,000 persons have visited the exhibition “Moctezuma II. Time and Destiny of a Ruler”, which opened at the Templo Mayor Museum on June 17th 2010, where 220 Prehispanic and Colonial jewels account for the life of the …
Jewels & Objects Formerly in the Collection of The Duchess of Windsor Sell for Double-Estimate
LONDON.- Tonight at Sotheby’s, a group of 20 exceptional jewels and precious objects formerly in the collection of The Duchess of Windsor were presented for sale, some 23 years after they were last auctioned in the legendary auction of “The J…
Sotheby’s to Offer the Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor, One of the Greatest Jewellery Collections
LONDON.- Twenty-three years after the legendary auction of the “Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor” – still the most valuable single-owner jewellery collection ever sold* – Sotheby’s offer twenty pieces for sale in London on 30 N…
Sotheby’s to Offer the Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor, One of the Greatest Jewellery Collections
LONDON.- Twenty-three years after the legendary auction of the “Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor” – still the most valuable single-owner jewellery collection ever sold* – Sotheby’s offer twenty pieces for sale in London on 30 N…