Press Release: Ariva Fine Jewelry Introduces Echo Collection.

Ariva Fine Jewelry, a division of Pranda Group, has launched an iconic new collection of sterling-silver jewelry, Echo™. From bold silhouettes to petite dimensional-designs, with diamond accents, high-polish sculptural sterling silver defines the Echo Collection.

Match Your Macaron to Your Pearls.

In what we imagine was a common occurrence at Versailles (or at least Sofia Coppola's version of it), a pâtisserie and a jeweler worked together to create a collection of edible baubles. The collaboration, available from April 24th, includes the pearlescent Mikimoto macaron, filled with rose and lychee cream and a monumental Pièce Montée de Choux, a pyramid topped with small pastries filled with cream and covered in a pearly pink icing.
Inspired by the collection, we matched our favorite Ladurée flavors with Mikimoto jewelry- proving that even when this collaboration ends, you can still match your desserts to your pearls.

1. Ladurée vanille macaron, Mikimoto Akoya pearl strand,

5 simple tips to pair vintage-style engagement rings with modern wedding bands.

Wedding season is almost in full swing. Brides, while you're frantically trying to finalize all of the infinite details for your big day (it's easy to get caught up in selecting the right flowers and the perfect cupcakes for your guests), don't forget one of the biggest things to think about is those two pieces of jewelry you'll be wearing on your left finger likely for the rest of your life.
Gone are the days of needing an engagement ring and wedding band that are an exact match. Today's trends are leaning more towards wearing what you love, even if it isn't a precise extension of your engagement ring. While you and your soon-to-be groom are likely a picture-perfect match, you're both probably different in many ways - but that's what makes you work so well together. They say opposites attract and make the best couples. You could say that the same goes for your engagement ring and wedding band.
"Making sure your engagement ring and band matches is the tradition," says Joseph Denaburg of Levy's Fine Jewelry. "But now, women seem to care more about having a wedding band and engagement ring that complement one another and get noticed and appreciated independently, instead of it looking like one big ring. The big fashion trend right now is to wear something you love, and not worry about whether or not it goes together, as long as it looks good."

Bonhams' Fine Jewelry Sale Brings $6.5M

Colored gemstones were the star lots at Bonhams’ first London sale of the year, of Fine Jewelry, which raked in a total of £4.34 million ($6.54 million) on April 22, the auction house said.
Notably, some sapphire lots achieved prices that tripled their pre-sale estimates: A 21.27-carat sugarloaf cabochon-Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring (pictured above, left) achieved $436,438, while a 17.97-carat Burmese sapphire and diamond ring (pictured above, right) sold for $274,182; and a pair of sapphire and diamond ear pendants, each set with a cushion-shaped sapphire weighing 10.5 carats and 9.5 carats (pictured above, center), sold for $138,969.

Natural Pearl Necklace Sells for World Auction Record $5.1 Million

The necklace comprises four strands of 81, 76, 69 and 63 natural gray and brown pearls, measuring approximately 12.65 to 4.90 mm. The Swiss Gemmo-logical Institute report confirms the authenticity of these saltwater natural pearls that, according to the report, have no indications of artificial color modification.

Tiffany & Co. thinks outside the blue box

Back in February at the Academy-Awards, Australian actress Cate Blanchett made her usual regal turn on the red carpet, a vision of cool beauty in a silk velvet sheath. The dress, designed by John Galliano for Maison Margiela, was so conspicuous for its lack of frippery it might have easily been interpreted as an emblem of Galliano's continuing public chastening.
The point was not the dress, however. The dress was just a foil for what was draped about Blanchett's milky throat.
To call the jewelled bib she wore that evening a "statement" necklace, as many did, was a bald understatement. Five hundred carats of turquoise beads undulated on its surface, held in place with diamond capped pins. Beneath them lay a platinum armature to which were affixed 400 additional carats of stones - turquoise cabochons, faceted diamonds and aquamarines all contrived to imitate the effect of sunlight refracted through water.

‘The Bachelor’ 2015 Engagement- See the Neil Lane Diamond Engagement Ring....

I make these rings with love and compassion, and really hoping that these people stay together. And, what happens afterwards? I don’t know. If they break up, the ring, it goes to ring heaven. There are a bunch of rings in ring heaven and God is watching them and probably trying them on!
Neil Lane him-self flew out to Iowa to sit down with Bachelor Chris Soules as he picked out an engagement ring for his fiancee. At the time that Soules was choosing a ring, he said he had not yet chosen his future bride, so it was a bit nerve-wracking. Fortunately, he made up his mind and presented the above beautiful ring to fiancee Whitney Bischoff.

Empowering Women And Artisans Through Jewelry In India.

What began as a simple love for jewelry taught one female entrepreneur that what works in Europe does not work in India, as she travelled the path of creating wearable pieces of art with an empowering message.
Among the beautiful images of jewelry and inspirational thoughts, Eina Ahluwalia’s instagram account is peppered with hard hitting statements. The words “love has no boundaries, maps do” accompanies a photo of necklaces indicating the word ‘love’ in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic, and Hebrew. There is a photo of women in white  Indian widows  typically forbidden from enjoying color, playing with brightly colored powders during the spring Holi festival.

Auctions at London. Jewelry and Watches at Chiswick

A Victorian gold crescent bar brooch, set with diamonds and rubies and centred with a pearl (lot 7).
Chiswick Auctions has 12 specialist departments, based in West London the auction room was established over 20 years ago and hosts weekly specialist sales, in addition to its general sale. Successfully selling antiques_ it also auctions a variety of modern items and designer goods. Chiswick Auctions is located within easy access from central London.

Taste the Rainbow

Fabergé 18k yellow gold, ruby, tsavorite, emerald, multi-colored sapphire, and diamond ring, $38

Bling at its best at the Denver Art Museum

DENVER  From the jewels of Elizabeth Taylor to the diamonds of the Duchess of Windsor, the latest exhibit at the Denver Art Museum brings some of the world's most extravagant jewelry under one roof.
Brilliant  Cartier in the 20th Century takes visitors through luxury and style of celebrities, socialites, princesses and princes from the 1900s up to 1976.

Andy Lee Kirk Works Headline A Lifetime Collection of American Indian Jewelry at Garth's

The collection is comprised of over 200 lots of Native American jewelry including necklaces, cuffs, rings, pendants, and belt buckles. Gemstones such as turquoise from Battle Mountain, coral, mother of pearl, jet, malachite, and abalone will offer a wide variety of designs to buyers. Several well known artist’s pieces will be offered throughout the day and will include works by Loren Thomas Begay, Albert & Dolly Banteah, Carol Kee, Raymond Quam, Wayne Silvers, and over 50 pieces by Andy Lee Kirk. Amelia Jeffers, president of Garth’s noted, “while American Indian jewelry frequently comes to market with some degree of regularity, you don't often see  a lifetime collection that has been curated with the kind of interest and enthusiasm. She traveled throughout the West, getting to know the artist’s families, and she learned to love the culture and traditions as well as the jewelry”.

Vintage Indian Jewelry Inspires Red Carpet Style

It may come as a shock for some, but the old dictum “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” made famous by Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, may no longer prove universally true. A testament to how things have changed, Jennifer Aniston told the New York Times how hesitant she was with the enormous diamond engagement ring she received from her fiancé, actor Justin Theroux, “It took me a while to get used to it. I’m not a diamond girl. I’m more Indian jewelry and stuff.” Diamonds are not necessarily the ultimate accessory for contemporary women who want something colorful and bold. For traditional pieces that are vibrant and bespoke, look no further than antique Indian jewelry.

High Jewelry Art: Van Cleef & Arpels Carpe Koï Watch Bracelet

The 16 brands of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) held January in Geneva presented a number of quality jewelry watches but what Van Cleef & Arpels unveiled was a work of art. The Carpe Koï watch bracelet combines all of the strengths of the Parisian jewelry and watch house design, craftsmanship, the use rare gems in unique combinations, and storytelling

The bracelet combines yellow gold, white gold, diamonds, yellow sapphires, spessartite garnets, black spinels and “Paraíba like” tourmalines (I’m assuming these are tourmalines (likely from Africa) with the same bluish and greenish color characteristics as the rare Brazilian Paraíba).

The carp has more than the sparkle of thousands of gems. It also has movement. The main feature is the mouth, which opens to reveal a quartz powered watch dial, made of yellow gold, princess-cut diamonds, spessartite garnets and yellow sapphires.

Piaget Mediterranean Garden High Jewellery Collection

The Swiss luxury watchmakers and jewellers, founded in 1874 by Georges Piaget in the village of La Côte-aux-Féesand looks to the Mediterranean for its high jewellery collection.

Celebrating the free spirit of the 1960s and 1970s, the Extremely Piaget Mediterranean Garden collection recalls a stellar period of creativity and innovation in the history of the Maison, marked by an explosion of colour and new shapes, and enhanced by the most precious materials: diamonds, colourful stones and exquisite gold.

With the same boldness that captivated the most stylish personalities of the era, Piaget Mediterranean Garden brings to life the beauty of blooming roses, palm trees and shimmering waters in a style that is uniquely Piaget, masterfully combining the fine art of gold-smithing and the expertise of gem-setting to create seductive pieces.

NAPOLEON’S JEWELLERY HITS AUSTRALIA

An impressive array of Napoleon Bonaparte’s belongings have arrived in Australia at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). The collection not only includes luxurious jewellery, watches and silverware, it demonstrates Napoleon’s links to Australia.
A 300-piece exhibition titled ‘Napoleon: Revolution to Empire’, has opened at National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV).

The exhibition includes jewellery and other luxury items as well as an impressive collection of furniture, paintings and ornaments. Also on display are Napoleon’s uniforms, decorative weaponry and trademark hat as well as his first wife’s (Josephine) jewellery, books and silverware, all of which showcase the power-couple’s status and wealth.

Some Most Expensive Jewelry of The World

$14 million

This 40.63-carat, heart-shaped Burma ruby, mounted on a 155-carat diamond necklace, claims top spot in the British jeweler’s collection. Got a debutante-in your family? The diamond necklace can be transformed-into a tiara. The stone is accompanied by two independent Swiss laboratory reports that-verify its rarity.

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