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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Three thousand years ago, when the leader of one tribal group chose to visit a second tribal leader, he brought with him many gifts. Among those gifts, he invariably included some large and shiny pieces of jewelry.

Well, there you have it!  A world class jewelry designer and retailer moves into the ultra-expensive watch industry.

Professional Jeweler can exclusively reveal that Graff has developed its own watch movement for the first time and will be unveiling the movement, which it has dubbed Graff Calibre 1, in Basel this week.
The movement will be showcased [...]

Creating bracelets is fun.
If this is your hobby, then its time to make it more interesting.
The bracelet making and maintaining tips follows
1.Decide how many links you want to use in making your bracelet. Although it is easy both to add and remove the links even after you make your bracelet its better if you plan [...]

One thing that most people know is that emeralds are a major gemstone and that they are expensive. That’s largely because emeralds are a type of the mineral beryl and they are rare. They come in varying shades of green.
It is chromium, vanadium or iron elements in the stone which make that lovely green color. [...]

One activity that you will undoubtedly appreciate when preparing for your wedding ceremony is the wedding ring selection. Like most young girls, you have probably spent most of your life dreaming of the perfect diamond wedding ring. Hopefully, you and your fiance have decided to shop for rings together, or you have informed him of what you like. You will wear the wedding ring for a significant amount of time and it only makes sense that it’s something that you like. If your knowledge of diamond wedding rings is limited to size, it’s a good idea that you obtain more information before you make your wedding ring selection.

The universe of colored gemstones is endlessly fascinating, for centuries, nearly every culture has held the belief that colored gemstones possess magical powers or the ability to provide the wearer with certain attributes.
This way of thinking has motivated the world of fashion. Natural gemstone jewelry is mystical in all of its beauty. Women need to [...]

Another great opportunity to hear Richard Wise  speak!  Richard is a noted bench jeweler by trade on top of being an excellent writer and speaker.
For its 33rd Gemstone Gathering, the Gemological Institute of America GIA Thailand has invited Richard W. Wise, a graduate gemologist and president of R.W. Wise, Goldsmiths Inc., to share his experiences. [...]