David Yurman luxury jewelry designs have been for 25 years, his logo design — to distort the production of silver into a “rope” shape, is one of fashion’s most famous designs.David Yurman jewelry at Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus department stores, luxury goods are sold, while in some of the top upscale neighborhoods where the prevalence of small shops, such as Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive (Rodeo Drive is the fashion center , here Shops and to equate wealth and star, the film Pretty Woman (Pretty Woman) movie scene is within this context. Heung Cornell, Christine Dior, Tiffany and gucci and other world famous gather. too expensive It is hope of frightening away. each, diners have their unique architectural style.), New York City, Los Angeles. The world Supermodel Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell, often with a David Yurman jewelry to participate in public activities.
Sybil with the help of his wife, David Yurman has become well-known jewelry designer, and jewelry has become king of the empire. The “rope” design in his jewelry can be seen everywhere, from his most famous cocktail ring, to the sections of the necklace, and earrings. His wife, Sybil, a professionally trained artist, she use her expertise in color will be expensive gemstone jewelry and secondary mixed together for the good works of the same pieces of jewelry, this year, the Pearl also appeared in jewelry.
From the LA Lakers to the World Series Champs, diamond rings aren’t just for the ladies to flash. Check out championship ring styles guys like Kobe Bryant and A-Rod flaunt for being the best in the biz.
Show-stopping diamond rings are usually the domain of the Liz Taylors and Paris Hiltons of the world. But sports heroes get their fair share of bling to fling when they receive their championship rings after winning big.
Last month, the Los Angeles Lakers were presented with their whopping diamond rings created by celebrity jeweler, Jason of Beverly Hills. The $30,000 jewel is made from 15kt gold to celebrate the team’s 15th championship win and sports 14 diamonds surrounding a center gold trophy.
The New York Yankees will have to wait a few months for their 27th World Series championship rings to arrive, but last year the Phillies got to bring home a bling fest worthy of the title – a 14-karat white gold ring with a whopping 103 diamonds, totaling 3.84 carats.
Unfortunately, some sports stars have resorted to auctioning or pawning off their championship bling due to the failing economy (Lenny Dykstra recently sold his 1986 World Series ring for $56,762.50 at an auction in Dallas), but most stars covet the diamond like it was one of their own children – unless you’re Lakers Coach, Phil Jackson
“I don’t think any of them are wearable…” Jackson said, calling them “too gaudy, too large. You can’t shake hands with anybody.”
We’re sure we could find a few folks who would love to have that problem.
Michelle Graff, a friend and editor for the National Jeweler Magazine recently wrote an interesting blog post, ”Afternoon at the Museum,” on the incredible ”Olympia Diamond Collection” showing at the American Museum of Natural Historyhttp://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&shva=1#compose in NYC.
Relating her visit to see these awe-inspiring gems to childhood memories of childhood fieldtrips to the museum, Michelle successfully draws readers into the lure and the splendor of these incredible gems!
So when approached by gemologist Joshua Sheby of New York-based Scarselli Diamonds Inc. about spending an afternoon in the museum’s Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems, I naturally jumped at the chance.”
Philadelphia–Five diamond companies have filed an involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition against Philadelphia-area retailer Leo Robbins and Sons, Inc., which does business as Robbins Diamonds and is known for its ads featuring a cartoon character version of the jeweler wearing a diamond in his beard.
Two New York-based companies, Leo Schachter Diamonds LLC and Sandberg and Sikorski Corp. (doing business as A. Jaffe), and three Ramat Gan, Israel-based companies, including Salant Group Ltd., A.D.R. Kropveld Diamonds Ltd. and Yerushalmi Bros. Diamond Ltd., filed the joint petition Nov. 16 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
According to a summons filed in the case, Robbins Diamonds is required to submit a motion or answer to the Chapter 7 petition within 20 days.
Chapter 7 is a type of bankruptcy intended to fairly distribute the debtor’s available non-exempt property to its creditors. A Chapter 7 filing typically leads to liquidation when a company files on its own accord, although in some cases, the company settles its debt and can continue to operate under the direction of a court trustee and may avoid liquidation.
According to court documents, the five companies are claiming the retailer collectively owes them about $1.37 million for goods.
The largest claim, court papers show, belongs to the Israeli company Salant Group, which claims the retailer owes the company nearly $1.02 million. Leo Schachter is next, with a claim alleging it is owed $182,772, followed by Yerushalmi Bros., which submitted a claim for $106,887 and A.D.R. Kropveld with a claim of $60,000. Sandberg and Sikorski entered a claim for $5,000.
Owner Gerald Robbins did not respond to request for comment on the filing.
According to the company’s Web site, the company operates four retail locations: Robbins 8th and Walnut on Walnut Street in Philadelphia; Robbins Allentown Diamonds in Allentown, Pa.; Robbins Delaware Diamonds in Newark, Del., and Robbins Hamilton Marketplace in Hamilton, N.J.
In a National Jeweler profile story which originally ran in the March 2009 print edition, Robbins Diamonds Vice President Gordon Robbins said the retailer considered itself a “bridal superstore,” and seemed confident the business would weather the tough economic times.
“The challenges we’re facing now are due to the economy, but they’re cyclical and they’ll pass,” he said. |
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A RARE gold medal discovered by a jeweller is going under the hammer.
The 20ct gold Life Saving Medal made by Tiffany & Co was uncovered in a pile of old gold by a jeweller in Old Swan.
Peter Edwards, of WJ Edwards on Prescot Road, found the rare medal in a leather pouch amongst broken gold jewellery.
After much research, he discovered the medal had been awarded to Alfred N Beavan, the captain of the steamship ‘Birka’ which sailed from Liverpool in 1911.
The medal was presented after Beavan rescued three seamen from their sinking ship ‘Theresa’ which was found in heavy seas 120 miles off St Michael’s in the Azores.
The seamen from Spain had set sail to fish off the North West coast of Africa but they arrived as shipwrecked mariners in New York onboard the Birka on 2 August 1911.
Peter Edwards, who runs the family business with his sister Margot Walker, said:“We found it in an assortment of old gold that we were going to get rid off, we spotted the leather pouch and couldn’t believe it when we looked inside.
“The pouch has protected the coin so it was perfectly preserved, we spotted it was by Tiffany & Co the old jewellers and I started searching on the internet. I contacted the Life Saving Benevolent Association of New York but it’s now the Seaman’s Mission and it was through them that we learned the medal had quite a history to it. It dates back to August 1911 which was a year before the famous Titanic sunk in 1912.”
The medal, designed by CH Lovett, is up for auction at Birmingham’s Fellows & Sons and is expected to fetch between £2,000-3,000.
It will be sold alongside an account of the rescue in the New York Times.
Stephen Whittaker, managing partner, Fellows & Sons, said: “This medal is unique and carries an interesting history. Currently there is a tendency for jewellers to scrap gold but I am delighted they spotted the potential interest of this medal for collectors both in the UK and the USA.”
How the medal ended up back in a jewellers in Liverpool is a mystery but Mr Edwards thinks the medal was pledged at his family’s pawnbrokers.
His family business dates back three generations, but Mr Edwards said the medal was the greatest find he knew of.
He added: “We get all sorts handed in, bits of old gold among false legs, pocket watches and compasses. Liverpool’s strong maritime history means we get a lot of navigation aids but we’ve never had a medal like this.”
PARIS — A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hanged in her Paris apartment, a police official said Friday.
Daul Kim was found dead Thursday by her boyfriend, who alerted French police, the official said. He declined to be named in accordance with policy.
Paris police were working under the hypothesis that Kim committed suicide, he said.
Kim’s agent, Alessandra Bertoldini of the Next modeling agency, said the model’s mother was arriving in Paris later Friday. She declined to elaborate.
Raised in Seoul and Singapore, Kim modeled in Asia before making her fashion week debut in Paris in 2007, modeling for top brands like Chanel, Dries van Noten and Maison Martin Margiela, among others, her Seoul agency, Esteem, said. She most recently appeared during Seoul fashion week in October.
Known for her thick mane of hair — sometimes dyed blond — and her quirky sensibility, the 5-foot-10 (178-centimeter) model was celebrated for her sense of style. She was featured recently in a commercial for designer Christopher Kane’s line of clothing for British retailer Topshop.
Kim also was an accomplished painter and video filmmaker who had a solo show of her artwork in Seoul.
Bloggers in South Korea mourned her death, speculating she felt the pressure of high-fashion modeling and a loss of identity.
In an Oct. 30 entry on her blog, Kim wrote she was “mad depressed and overworked,” and in another entry said “the more i gain the more lonely it is … i know i’m like a ghost.”
The last entry on her blog, dated Nov. 18, was titled “say hi to forever” and carried a video of the song “I Go Deep” by British singer Jim Rivers.
South Korea — which has the highest suicide rate among the 30 nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — has had a string of high-profile suicides over the past year.
Former President Roh Moo-hyun jumped to his death in May while embroiled in a widening corruption scandal and the ex-chairman of South Korea’s oldest conglomerate killed himself earlier this month. In 2008, top actress Choi Jin-sil committed suicide, following in the footsteps of a fellow actor. A young actress in one of South Korea’s popular soap operas also died by suicide.
As predicted, the rumourregarding Blake Lively as the new face of Victoria Beckham’sfashion line was all just a fanciful dream. A spokesperson for Beckham has dismissed yet another rumour which originated from the Daily Mail in as many weeks.
“I don’t know where this one has come from – other than from Blake being a fan of the Victoria Beckham collection,” her spokeswoman told Vogue.com. “She is not Victoria’s ‘muse’ and there is no ‘face of’ the advertising campaign.”
The Gossip Girl starlet became a fan of Victoria’s line after the pair met during New York Fashion Week. She and her pal Leighton Meester have worn pieces from the Spice Girl’s collections both on and off the screen. Blake was spotted just last month at the 2009 Angel Ball (pictured) wearing one of Beckham’s spring/summer 2010 tailored dresses.
New York–An array of flawless colorless diamonds, artistic works by master jewelers such as Cartier, JAR and Louis Comfort Tiffany, and an offering of jewels from the collection of a late fashion model will be among the highlights of Sotheby’s New York sale of Magnificent Jewels.
The Dec. 9 auction is expected to bring in more than $20 million, Sotheby’s said in a media release, with pieces of exceptional provenance and craftsmanship defining the sale.
“From the perfection of flawless diamonds and the rarity of natural pearls to the originality of one-of-a-kind pieces, our sale this season presents a captivating array of jewels that can only be found at auction,” Lisa Hubbard, chairman of Sotheby’s International Jewelry Department, North and South American divisions, said in a media release.
Hubbard added that after the success of the auction house’s recent sales in Hong Kong and New York, it has been clear that buyers are actively seeking diamonds with an extra something special, whether that be the stone’s inherent charm, rare shape or perfect quality.
Among the important colorless diamonds set for auction is a magnificent and rare oval diamond weighing 30.48 carats, of D color, with flawless clarity and type IIa “Golconda-like” classification, estimated to sell for more than $3.3 million.
Additional unmounted specimens worthy of attention include a round diamond weighing in at 18.11 carats, of H color and graded triple-X with excellent cut, polish and symmetry, as well as a pear-shaped diamond cut for candlelight and weighing 13.85 carats, with D color and VS2 clarity. The stones are estimated to fetch between $750,000 to $1 million, and $400,000 to $500,000, respectively.
As for mounted stones, highlights include a square emerald-cut diamond of 9.69 carats set as a ring and estimated between $350,000 and $450,000. The stone has E color, VVS2 clarity, is potentially flawless and certified type IIa.
Works of art by 20th-century master jewelers that are slated for the auction include two seminal pieces from Cartier’s famed 1920s period, including an Egyptian-style jeweled scarab belt buckle ($250,000-$350,000) and an Egyptian-style lapis lazuli, turquoise, diamond, black onyx and enamel bracelet ($75,000-$100,000).
The pieces feature exceptional provenance: The belt buckle was purchased in 1926 by Mrs. Cole Porter, and the bracelet was made by special order for her in 1929. Prior to her death in 1954, Porter gave the jewels to her friend, Princess Natalie Paley, in whose family collection the jewels have remained to the present day.
A rare and important, fancy intense-yellow diamond and emerald ring from Tiffany and Co., designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany circa 1915-1920, will also be featured ($200,000-$300,000), as well as a colored-stone and diamond bracelet designed by Van Cleef and Arpels, dating to 1930 ($100,000-$150,000). The yellow diamond in the Tiffany ring weighs in at 11.05 carats and is decorated with calibre-cut emeralds, while the Van Cleef bracelet incorporates 11.25 carats of colorless European-cut diamonds accented with sapphires, rubies, emeralds and onyx.
Also highly anticipated are pieces from the collection of Lucia Moreira Salles, a former model from Brazil and a dedicated philanthropist. Salles began her career in Paris at the end of the 1950s, and became a muse for both Valentino and Coco Chanel.
Highlights from her collection include three gemstone rings accented with diamonds and mounted in platinum by Paris designer JAR: one featuring a 27-carat cabochon Colombian emerald ($400,000-$600,000); another featuring a sugarloaf cabochon Burmese ruby weighing approximately 16.3 carats ($150,000-$200,000); and the third, a diamond “String” ring set with a 16.04-carat oval diamond of F color, SI1 clarity and type IIa ($350,000-$450,000).
Salles’ collection also features a selection of pearls, including a natural-pearl and diamond necklace ($250,000-$350,000) and a natural-pearl and diamond ring ($30,000-$50,000).
“Lucia Moreira Salles’ very personal collection offers a window into the innate style and elegance for which she was revered,” Hubbard said in the release. “She did not collect to impress; these are pieces that she loved to wear and which were part of the remarkable style that enabled her to work for two of the most influential fashion designers of all time during a legendary era in Paris.”
Prior to the December pre-sale viewing, highlights from the Magnificent Jewels auction will be exhibited in Geneva, Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
NEW YORK — Reality TV personalities Heidi and Spencer Pratt said Monday they want to branch out from MTV’s “The Hills” and star in their own reality show to give viewers a bigger peek into their lives.
In an interview to promote their new book, “How to be Famous: Our Guide to Looking the Part, Playing the Press, and Becoming a Tabloid Fixture,” the couple told The Associated Press they’re shopping the idea around to various networks.
They said that while “The Hills” — which doesn’t acknowledge its cast members’ fame — only focuses on a small part of their lives, their own show would reveal everything that happens to them. They also said they’d be even be willing to include live segments.
“You don’t get to see our everyday lives and what we do,” Heidi Pratt said.
But the Pratts also said they don’t plan to leave “The Hills” and hope to appear in both shows.
Last summer, the newlyweds also appeared on NBC’s “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!” during a break from “The Hills.”
MTV did not immediately return telephone calls seeking comment Monday.
You have to be a very important collector to get your own sale at Christie’s. Most collections are amassed into larger sales but a single owner collection of 10 jewels is set for December 10, is set for the same day as the New York Jewels sale at Christie’s New York. This smaller sale features some big stones. The most important is the “Evening Star” diamond, a pear-shaped, 39-carat, D-color diamond mounted in a platinum pendant. This stone is a type IIa diamond the type which was found in India’s famous ancient Golconda mines. It is certified to be VVS1 clarity and is accompanied by a working diagram indicating that the clarity may be potentially internally flawless.
The Evening Star alone is estimated at $3.6 million to $5.5 million. The name comes from the owner’s habit of wearing the stone to evening galas. She wore the stone suspended from a diamond necklace that consisted of 68 graduated pear-shaped diamonds. That necklace is also for sale with an estimated value of $400,000 to $600,000. And to complete the parure you can pick up the matching pair of diamond ear pendants with two pear-shaped, D-color diamonds of 10.21 and 10.51 carats. The earrings which are also type IIa stones are estimated to bring in $1.7 million to $2.5 million.
Other diamond pieces in the sale include a diamond bracelet by Van Cleef and Arpels and a 36.78-carat, rectangular-cut, D-color, internally flawless diamond ring mounted in platinum with an estimated value of between $2.75 million and $3.5 million. If diamonds aren’t your favorite you can bid on an a rare color-change alexandrite ring. The 3.6 carat stone show teal in daylight and purple in incandescent light.