Smith Completed AGL Acquisition

May 22, 2009

Christopher P. Smith has completed his acquisition of American Gemological Laboratories (AGL).  Smith, Former VP & Chief Gemologist for AGL these past two years, reached an agreement…   click image for complete details.

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Lazy Link Love – Set Up Shop!

May 20, 2009

We are all familiar with Ebay and most of us know Etsy…but, there are many more selling sites available to jewelers, lapidarists, lampworkers, crafters, etc. The links below represent selling opportunites. Retail and Auction Sites…1000 Markets – http://1000markets.com/ArtFire – http://www.artfire.com/Bonanzle – http://www.bonanzle.com/Dewanda – http://en.dawanda.com/Ebay – http://www.ebay.comEtsy – http://www.etsy.com/JustBeads – http://justbeads.com/Crafting Crazy – http://craftingcrazy.com/RubyLane – http://www.rubylane.com/Search […]

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AJF Accepting Applications for 2009 Award to Emerging Jewelry Artists

May 18, 2009

Photo: Masumi Kataoka Winner of Eighth AJF Emerging Artist Award ART JEWELRY FORUM NEWS RELEASE Mill Valley, CA, February 5, 2009—The Art Jewelry Form (AJF) is accepting applications for its 2009 Emerging Artist Award. The amount of this year’s award is $5,000. This is the 9th year that AJF has awarded a contemporary jewelry artist […]

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Negotiation by Jewelry….

May 15, 2009

Photo: ‘Serpent Pin’: Madeleine Albright wore this brooch dating from about 1860, after the Saddam Hussein government called her a serpent. – Photo provided by Museum of Arts & Design …as reported by ArtDaily.org Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s Pin Collection Exhibited for First Time at Museum of Arts and Design NEW YORK, NY.- […]

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Magnificent Jewels Auction – Sotheby’s Geneva

May 15, 2009

GENEVA, 12TH MAY 2009 – Tonight Sotheby’s spring Magnificent Jewels sale series realised a strong total of $35,762,327 and was 76.9% sold by lot and 91.3% sold by value. The centrepiece of the Magnificent Jewels auction series – an important and rare fancy vivid blue, internally flawless, cushion-shaped diamond weighing 7.03 carats from Petra Diamonds’ […]

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Designer at Close-Out Prices!

May 14, 2009

Photo: amrita singh featured today at ideeli If you know me you know that Designer names don’t make a huge impact in my life! They do however make a HUGE impact on a large portion of the population. Whether we are willing to admit it or not they determine trend and if you wait long […]

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How Much Does That Gold Ring Cost…Really?

May 8, 2009

I received this note today and felt it was prudent to post it as received…thank you Margot your info is appreciated: I know that your blog is dedicated to sharing daily posts of jewels and gems that inspire you so I thought you might be interested in hearing about a show where tonight’s topic is […]

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Kreativ Blogger Award

May 6, 2009

I have, in the past received this honor (or something like it) from bloggers & friends. In the past I haven’t posted a response because the request was for personal information that I wasn’t comfortable sharing online. This one however from the talented Lea Avroch of LA Jewelry Designs ( http://lajewelrydesign.blogspot.com/) is one I can […]

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