Woolly mammoth ivory jewelry is everywhere.
Luxury retailer Stanley Korshak in Dallas can’t keep it in stock. Michelle Obama has been photographed numerous times wearing it. For CFDA design darling Monique Péan and Ivory Jacks in Bothel, Washington, that create jewelry out of the material, business has been good.
The First Lady wore woolly mammoth jewelry by [...]

Los Angeles–A Los Angeles-area jewelry store owner opened fire during an attempted robbery last night, killing one suspect and wounding another, according to news reports.
The Associated Press (AP) reports that the incident occurred Wednesday evening at Rios Jewelry when a group of four men burst into the shop, in Los Angeles’ Wilmington neighborhood, and attempted [...]

Influenced by the warm hues of the Caribbean and the art deco “power cuffs” starlets wore in the 1940s, Hassan Bounkit jewelry exudes the kind of sparkly, sophisticated glamour magpies like we can’t ignore.
Already embraced (and worn) by Salma Hayek, Oprah Winfrey, Taylor Swift, Blake Lively, Vanessa Williams and Mariel Hemingway, just to name a [...]

The recent history of Jacob & Co. is arguably more interesting than their recent watches. With the brand’s founder Jacob Arabov in jail, the brand’s relevancy in the luxury market has more or less plummeted to irrelevancy. Especially in times like these when style, grace, and value are more important than showiness, [...]

Reminiscent of an Egyptian artifact that you find in a glass case at an art museum exhibit, the Sun Pendant Necklace ($7,341) by Jean-Francois Fichot is breathtakingly beautiful. Drawing his inspiration from ancient Hindu and Buddhist artifacts, the pendant is made from two ancient shells to form concentric circles that are lightly decorated with sterling [...]

Lois Hill is a jewelry designer who travels the world to unearth native and ancient methods of jewelry-making. From granulation (tiny silver dots) dating back to King Tut’s Tomb to metal weaves spotted in museum artifacts, Hill’s natural curiosity and love of travel has taken her all over the globe to learn, create and teach.
“I [...]

Snoopy turns 60 years old this year and to celebrate the anniversary the Hong Kong fine jewelry brand TSL has created a 5.5″ diamond statue of the iconic cartoon character that just might get into Guinness as the world’s most expensive. “Diamond Snoopy” features 207 carats of gems, with a total of 9,917 diamonds, 783 [...]

Statement necklaces are everywhere this season and I love it! The Clustered Rosette Necklace ($330) by Nicole Romano is one of my favorites because it’s timeless and would work well into the autumn season. It sits right at the collarbone and adds instant wow to your outfit. It’s a chunky piece that exudes strength and [...]

Jewelry Selling 101: A Review of the Basics

For anyone in the sales industry, the ultimate accomplishment is making a great sale. When it comes to a luxury item like jewelry, the sale can be an even harder goal to achieve. With the right approach, doubters and misers buy products and services everyday. So why not [...]

New shop on the block feels the same
Now that “Pawn Stars” and the Harrison family have become the hottest things to hit the strip since strip joints, everybody wants to cash in.
Enter TruTV’s new show, “Hardcore Pawn,” a reality show about a suburban Detroit pawn shop that’s roughly the size of Costco — with almost [...]

Last week, Michael Achenbaum in ripped jeans and an open shirt led a group of journalists around his newest hotel,
Gansevoort Park Avenue NYC at the corner of Park Ave and 29th Street. “This is downtown vibe meets uptown chic,” he says while standing in the hotel’s three-story atrium lobby. Unlike anything you have seen, it [...]

First the shoppers, then the retailers, and now the counterfeiters. It’s official: the recession really is affecting everybody. The economic downturn hasn’t exactly hurt the multi-billion dollar knock-off industry but what it has done is change the way counterfeiters do business. The usual victims, high-end retailers like Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Coach, are being replaced [...]

For men Franck Muller has been focusing on sport and complications, and for women, the focus is all about colorful jewelry watches. Some might even call them fashion pieces – which is a bit of a departure from the avant garde classicism I am used to in Franck Muller designs.

Here are some new Infinity and [...]

WOOD DALE, IL–(Marketwire – August 12, 2010) – lia sophia wants budget-conscious shoppers to know that they don’t need a new wardrobe to step out in style when days and nights begin to turn cool. A few well-chosen fashion jewelry accessories can turn last year’s outfits into this year’s top looks — and help [...]

FAIRFIELD, N.J., Aug 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Bergio International, Inc. /quotes/comstock/11k!brgo (BRGO 0.02, +0.00, +10.60%) , Bergio International announced today that they are pleased with the positive second quarter results reported in the 10-Q Financial Statement, second quarter ending June 30, 2010.
The company reported a second quarter sales increase by 40% for total net [...]

I’d heard about Q-Pot, a Japanese line of dessert-inspired jewelry that has just opened its first U.S. location, at Ala Moana Center. But I was dubious. Dessert-inspired jewelry? Sounds awfully cutesy.
Having been to the store, I have to say it’s worth checking out. Sure, it’s set up as a faux sweets parlor, complete with products [...]

Even in television, where good ideas are routinely imitated, the debut of “Hardcore Pawn” on TruTV next week is enough to make you marvel.
Just like one of the year’s breakout hits, History’s “Pawn Stars,” it’s a reality series about a family run pawn shop. Both are effectively comedies, drawing on the everyday absurdities of the [...]

A year and a half after tumbling into bankruptcy protection, Fortunoff is trying to engineer a jewelry comeback.
The retailer, which once sold jewelry, crystal and china at its stores, liquidated its assets in 2009 during a return trip to Chapter 11. But the company’s former owners (NRDC Equity Partners owned the company when it filed [...]

Bare arms and bangle bracelets are a summer classic. Julia Roberts is on her “Eat Pray Love” media tour this month and she wore an armful of golden bangles to her appearance at the Regis and Kelly show this morning, Monday August 9th. Roberts was wearing a stack of bangles by Melinda Maria: a pair [...]

With gold prices continuing to trade at all time highs (just look at the historical gold market data at www.kitco.com), it is easy to think one could get into the gold trading business. For those of you who are thinking about selling gold jewelry, it is crucial that you understand fully how to determine the price for gold jewelry.