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Picchiotti high jewelery with a flowered sapphire

Published on January 26, 2023

Anello con zaffiro di 9,45 carati, diamanti, zaffiri blu

Sapphires and an evolution of the jewels of the Xpandable collection, which adapt to the volume of wrists or fingers: Picchiotti at Vicenzaoro presented various novelties, always in the top-of-the-range jewelery category. Jewels that add to the new collection of reversible, two-sided pieces that can be worn on different occasions, which we have already described here.

Bracciale reversibile in oro, diamanti, madreperla

The high jewelery of the Maison of Valencia, which enjoys deserved fame on many foreign markets, could be summarized by the flower-shaped ring with a 9.45-carat sapphire in the center, surrounded by white diamonds and other blue sapphires. This is perhaps one of the most significant examples of Picchiotti, who loves to combine a creativity that can be defined as pictorial with goldsmith craftsmanship.

Anello a forma di fiore con zaffiro di 9,45 carati, diamanti, zaffiri blu

Another maxi sapphire, weighing 9.27 carats, is mounted on a ring from the Xpandable collection. But it is unique, not only for the quality and weight of the stone, but also for the particular setting: seen from the side, the ring presents a series of diamonds that make the volume even more precious. Speaking of Xpandable: the collection is enriched with other increasingly rich pieces, with the combination of diamonds of different sizes, with a thin gold border that delimits the volume of the jewel.

Anello della linea Xpandable con zaffiro di 9,27 carati e diamanti. Copyright: gioiellis.com

La particolare incassatura vista di lato. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Anello della linea Xpandable con diamanti taglio brillante

Anello della linea Xpandable con diamanti taglio brillante e baguette

Sotheby’s sells a record sapphire to Moussaief

Published on November 12, 2022

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The sale of Magnificent Jewels was included in Sotheby’s Luxury Week, a series of auction sales that began in November 2020, between Geneva, Hong-Kong and New York. Result: 98.4% of all lots sold above the minimum estimates, and over 56% above the maximum estimates. The overall number of bidders increased by more than 80% from the same sale last year and by more than 126% from the same sale last year, but phone and room deals were also stronger than in the previous year. last year. Additionally, the number of new entrants more than doubled from last year for the equivalent sale. Another interesting fact: strong increase in participants under the age of 40, more than double the number of those who took part in the equivalent sale in 2021.

Zaffiro rosa con taglio cuscino di 20,58 carati

That said, the jewelry auction in Geneva also marks the record price per carat for a cushion-cut Burmese pink sapphire (90,622 per carat) weighing 20.58 carats. It was sold to Alisa Moussaieff, the mind and driving force of the jewelry house of the same name, for 1.8 million dollars, tripling the maximum estimate. Record price per carat also for a blue sapphire of Burmese origin ($ 137,525 per carat) set on a diamond ring weighing 20.16 carats, among the shoulders of Cartier diamonds sold for 2.8 million to Assil, a trading company gems of New York.

Zaffiro di 20,16 carati e diamanti su anello firmato Cartier

Another highly appreciated jewel, a record for Jean Schlumberger’s pieces, was a pink sapphire of Ceylon origin on a diamond brooch from the collection of Fiona Thyssen Bornemisza. The cushion gem weighing 92.01 carats has a frame of intertwined branches surrounded by small pear-shaped blue sapphires and diamonds. Made by Schlumberger in the 1950s, the brooch sold for $ 1.7 million.

Spilla di Jean Schlumberger con uno zaffiro rosa di 92 carati, diamanti e zaffiri blu

Overall, Sotheby’s fifth series of Geneva Luxury Week auctions reached $ 69.3 million, including a $ 14.2 million watch auction. A curiosity: sales also included the chassis of Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari F2003-GA, one of the most important sports cars of all time, sold for 14.8 million dollars, making it the Formula 1 car of ‘ it was the most valuable modern ever sold.

Anello con diamante vivid yellow di 37,50 carati, The Mouwad Empress

Anello con zaffiro di 12,73 carati e diamanti

Coppia di diamanti ovali di 20.03 e 20.19 carati venduti per 4,2 milioni di dollari

Anello di Cartier con diamante di 33,13 carati D Colour, VVS1 Clarity, potential Type IIA, venduto per 2,8 milioni di dollari

Diamrusa, the wind of the East

Published on May 29, 2022

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Diamrusa, a Thai brand specializing in precious stones and high-end jewelery ♦ ︎
Yes, India is the country with the greatest consumption of gold and the jewelery has a ancient tradition. But there is no doubt that nearby Thailand occupies a prominent place for its factories where precious stones and jewels, often of the highest quality, are worked. There are many European Maison that entrust the making of high jewelery, in whole or in part, to the laboratories where expert and skilled Thai artisans work. And so, after all, it is not surprising that one of the companies that partly produce third parties was founded by an Indian diamond dealer, Salil Shah.

In addition to buying and selling stones, in 1986 Salil Shah founded Diamrusa. It is not strange, however, that he chose the country of Southeast Asia, since in Thailand the trader also has been living for over 30 years and where, among other things, he devotes much of his free time to a charity organization engaged in various social awareness activities. Diamrusa is a manufacturer of high-end jewelery. In addition to diamonds, it effortlessly uses rubies, emeralds, sapphires in partly traditional designs, partly oriental for Asian markets. At the Swiss city fair, for example, he exhibited three large impact rings made with traditional gemstones surrounded by pear-cut diamonds.

Orecchini con diamanti e gemme multicolori

Collana e orecchini con rubini e diamanti

Collier con diamanti e smeraldi taglio a goccia

Diamrusa, collana con diamanti e zaffiro

Black sapphires for Suzanne Kalan

Published on April 11, 2021

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Anello in oro giallo, zaffiri neri e diamanti

She is famous above all for two characteristics: the use of white diamonds or colored sapphires and for the stones invariably cut into baguettes. Now, however, Suzanne Kalan extends a new variant in her collections: black sapphire. The first jewels, presented at the very beginning of spring, are designed to be stackable, a feature also present in past collections. But, in the intentions of the American designer of Lebanese origins, the black color makes the jewels potentially wearable even by men.

The new jewels are also designed for baguette-cut stones, which Suzanne Kalan considers a very contemporary shape but, at the same time, not linked to a fashion of the moment. The stones are arranged on the jewelry so that they appear irregular and asymmetrical. In addition, black sapphires are in some cases combined with small white diamonds, which accentuate the contrast. A choice also shared by Patile, daughter of the designer who has long supported her mother in the family Maison.

Bracciale tennis in oro giallo e zaffiri neri

Anello in oro rosa e zaffiri multicolori

Bracciale in oro bianco e diamanti bianchi

Napoleonic jewels at auction with Christie’s

Published on March 31, 2021

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Octagonal step-cut sapphires, rose and old-cut diamond, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie's

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Christie’s is a British auction house founded in 1766. It was born, therefore, three years before Napoleon, who came into the world in 1769 and died in Sant’Elena on May 5, 1821, 200 years ago. The anniversary also finds a sort of celebration in the world of jewelry, with the sale of the spectacular sapphire and diamond set that belonged to the adopted daughter of the French emperor and general, Stephanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (1789-1860). The set will be among the attractions of the Christie’s Magnificent Jewels auction, scheduled in Geneva on 12 May.

It consists of nine pieces, including a tiara, a necklace, a pair of earrings, two pendants and brooches, as well as a ring and a bracelet, offered as individual lots. A total of 38 sapphires from Ceylon were used to create this set in the early 1800s. The collection also includes the important sapphire crown of Mary II, Queen of Portugal, set with an extraordinary Burmese sapphire in the center.

Octagonal step-cut sapphire, single and old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800, ring size 6½. Photo: courtesy Christie's — Octagonal step-cut sapphire, single and old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800, ring size 6½. Photo: courtesy Christie’s

The reconstruction history recalls that Napoleon I in 1796 married Josephine de Beauharnais, Stephanie’s aunt, born on August 28, 1789. Her mother died two years later and Stephanie spent her first years with the nuns in the French countryside. Soon after her aunt’s marriage to Napoleon I, she joined them and grew up in Versailles and Paris. A month before her marriage she was adopted by Napoleon and she became the imperial highness of her princess Stephanie Napoléon and she was then able to marry on 6 April 1806 with Prince Charles of Baden. Together they had five children: two boys, who died at an early age, and three daughters.

Bracelet, octagonal step-cut sapphires, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie's — Bracelet, octagonal step-cut sapphires, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie’s

A record in writing, found between the boxes of jewels, stated that these sapphire jewels were given to Stephanie by her cousin Hortense de Beauharnais. Such an origin is very likely. In many paintings Hortense, and her mother Empress Josephine, can be seen wearing precious belts. Furthermore, Hortense’s financial papers, which are kept in the Napoléon archive in Paris, give evidence of her fortune between 1817 and 1837, the year she passed away. They show that she left Paris in 1816 with little money, but a lot of jewellery.

Crown, octagonal step-cut and oval-shaped sapphires, varied old-cut diamonds, gold, 1850s. Photo: courtesy Christie's — Crown, octagonal step-cut and oval-shaped sapphires, varied old-cut diamonds, gold, 1850s. Photo: courtesy Christie’s

After Stephanie’s death in 1860 the sapphire parure described as ‘necklace, pendant, earrings, 7 pins and a belt’ was inherited by Stephanie’s second daughter, Josephine, Princess of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen. Under Napoléon’s court, belts decorated with precious stones were part of any jewellery parure, as fashion dictated that the waist was very high on dresses and court ladies needed a belt which was placed just under the décolleté.

Earrings, pear and cushion-shaped sapphires, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie's — Earrings, pear and cushion-shaped sapphires, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie’s

It seems the belt was remodelled into a bandeau-tiara and a bracelet by Princess Josephine, who died in 1900, aged 83. In her will, she left the sapphires (necklace, bandeau-tiara, earrings, pendants and bracelet) to her eldest son, Léopold (1835-1905). At this point, Stephanie’s sapphire parure was joined by another spectacular sapphire jewel: a crown with detachable brooches from Queen Maria da Gloria of Portugal (1819-1853).

Pendant, octagonal step-cut sapphire, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie's — Pendant, octagonal step-cut sapphire, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie’s

Maria was born in 1819 in Rio, where her family, the Braganza dynasty, took refuge when Napoléon I invaded their kingdom of Portugal. Her father Pedro, King of Portugal and 1st Emperor of Brazil, abdicated the crown of Portugal in her favour in 1826. Therewith, Maria da Gloria became Queen of Portugal at the age of seven. She died in 1853 after having given birth to 11 children. Her seventh child Infanta Antonia (1845-1913) married Léopold, Prince of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen in 1861, and it is believed that their union united the two sapphire parures.

Brooch, octagonal step-cut sapphire, rose and old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie's — Brooch, octagonal step-cut sapphire, rose and old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie’s

Necklace, octagonal step-cut sapphires, rose and old-cut diamond, gold, circa 1800, 40.5 cm, black fitted case. Photo: courtesy Christie's — Necklace, octagonal step-cut sapphires, rose and old-cut diamond, gold, circa 1800, 40.5 cm, black fitted case. Photo: courtesy Christie’s

Brooch, oval-shaped sapphire, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie's — Brooch, oval-shaped sapphire, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie’s

Pendant, oval-shaped sapphire, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie's — Pendant, oval-shaped sapphire, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie’s

Sotheby’s puts a large Kashmir sapphire on sale

Published on March 30, 2021

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Spilla con zaffiri e diamanti degli anni Trenta, con il più grande zaffiro del Kashmir mai apparso in un’asta e che sarà battuto a Ginevra il prossimo 11 maggio: è una gemma ovale da 55,19 carati, assieme a un altro zaffiro del Kashmir a forma di cuscino del peso di 25,97 carati

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Big, beautiful and expensive jewels and gems: Sotheby’s has planned a rich spring for collectors of exceptional pieces. The auction house has put on sale, for example, gems weighing over 100 carats, a psychological limit that attracts the attention of those who love or invest in precious stones.

The fascination for large gems goes back centuries. Shrouded in mystery and steeped in legend, these stones have been treasured by rulers, while also prized for their presumed magical powers, and even sometimes feared for being cursed. In recent years, by virtue of the market’s increasing connoisseurship, we have seen demand for these gems grow fast and far beyond the traditional pool of collectors. These new buyers are looking for different kinds of stones, and this is reflected in the great diversity of this season’s offering, which range from unmounted world-class diamonds and diamond-led jewellery, to pieces with noble provenance and signed jewels marrying colourful gemstones with the extraordinary craftmanship of renowned houses, such as Cartier and Harry Winston.
Gary Schuler, world president of the jewelry division

Part of this small group of exceptions is a brooch with sapphires and diamonds from the 1930s, with the largest Kashmir sapphire ever to appear at auction and which will be auctioned in Geneva on 11 May: it is a 55.19 carat oval gem. , along with another cushion-shaped Kashmiri sapphire weighing 25.97 carats. The jewel was part of the collection of Maureen Constance Guinness, Marquise of Dufferin and Ava (1907-1998). The estimate is 2-3 million dollars.

Spilla con zaffiri e diamanti degli anni Trenta, con il più grande zaffiro del Kashmir mai apparso in un’asta e che sarà battuto a Ginevra il prossimo 11 maggio: è una gemma ovale da 55,19 carati, assieme a un altro zaffiro del Kashmir a forma di cuscino del peso di 25,97 carati

With their mining history dating to just a few short years at the end of the 19th century, Kashmir sapphires are among the rarest coloured gemstones known to man. Coveted for their unique set of characteristics, including their unrivalled, rich cornflower blue hue, their soft, velvety texture and the fact that they retain their lustre in any light, these gems have over the years acquired an almost legendary status. Kashmir sapphires of over 30 carats are a very rare occurrence, so the appearance of a gem of 55.19 carats – the largest ever to come at auction – is an important event. Hailing a distinguished provenance and set as a stunning brooch alongside another Kashmir sapphire, it will undoubtedly evoke much interest among collectors.
Benoit Repellin, head of Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels auction in Geneva

The Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels auction also includes other exceptional sapphires, such as the sapphire and diamond necklace, which supports a detachable pendant with a cushion-shaped 111.73-carat Ceylon sapphire and royal blue color. Another necklace with sapphires and diamonds, on the other hand, is signed Harry Winston, and dates back to around 1969. The jewel has a detachable pendant set with a cushion-shaped 126.43-carat sapphire of Ceylon origin.

Collana con zaffiro di 111,73 carati di Ceylon

Another highlight of the auction will be Harry Winston’s brooch / pendant combination with emeralds and diamonds, circa 1974, with a 104.40-carat pear-shaped emerald of Colombian origin. Also on sale is another brooch / pendant with emeralds and diamonds, set with an 80.45-carat step-cut emerald of Colombian origin. Among the prominent pieces there are diamonds, such as the ring with a 40.08 carat emerald-cut square diamond, color D, Flawless, type IIa and a diamond ring from the Noble collection, Harry Winston Set, with a diamond a 43.24 carat pear shape, color D, clarity VVS1, type IIa Est diamond. Also by the American jeweler a diamond necklace, circa 1973, with eight pear-shaped diamonds weighing between 3.77 and 20, 72 carats, for a total of 280 carats.

Spilla/pendente con smeraldi e diamanti, incastonato con uno smeraldo tagliato a gradini da 80,45 carati di origine colombiana

Spilla/pendente con smeraldi e diamanti di Harry Winston, circa 1974, con uno smeraldo a forma di pera da 104,40 carati di origine colombiana

Harry Winston, collana di diamanti, circa 1973, con otto diamanti a forma di pera di peso compreso tra 3,77 e 20,72 carati, per un totale di 280 carati.

Super sapphire Royal Blue at Sotheby’s auction

Published on September 29, 2020

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Lo zaffiro birmano Royal Blue non riscaldato di 118,88 carati e l'anello con rubino birmano di 6,41 carati

While the West zigzags in an attempt to avoid coronavirus blockages, in the East a climate of normality is returning. It is no coincidence that the sales of luxury goods have restarted, as evidenced by the auctions of Magnificent Jewels. Sotheby’s after announcing the sale in a single lot of a 102.39 carat D Color Flawless Oval cut diamond, with the unreserved offer formula, on 7 October offers another rarity in the mythical world of 100 carat stones: one 118.88 carat unheated Royal Blue Burmese sapphire. This is the largest Royal Blue Burmese sapphire offered by Sotheby’s in the past two decades. The gem estimate has not been given, but it is for sure at six zeros.

In the same auction it is also interesting to observe the interest in jewels of two avant-garde designers: the Forms brand, which features a spectacular Burmese ruby, and Nicholas Lieou, virtuoso of pearls.

We are excited to present another exceptional season of Magnificent Jewels, and offer some of the world’s finest gemstones – a 118.88 carat Burmese sapphire, one of the largest Burmese sapphire ever offered at Sotheby’s, and a 6.41 carat Unheated Burmese ‘Pigeon’s Blood’ ruby ring designed and mounted by FORMS, sourced from important private collections. The jewellery market has proven to be highly resilient, with our clients in Asia eyeing the best quality jewels on offer. This auction is distinguished by invaluable treasures that will surely dazzle collectors across the region and beyond.
Wenhao Yu, Vice President, Jewelery, Sotheby’s Asia

Anello con diamante vivid blue di 4,84 carati

Anello con giada e diamante pink di Nicholas Lieou

Mary Esses, samba in New York

Published on August 31, 2020

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Collezione Una, orecchino in oro bianco 18 carati e smeraldi

The jewels of the Brazilian Mary Esses with her collection Between Heaven and Earth ♦

The Brazilian designer Mary Esses (but is living in New York) creates high jewelery unique. Perhaps his style was influenced by his experience with painting and ceramics: the result is that she points to a quality craftsmanship of each piece. As in her collections as Una (written just like that, in Italian) or Between Heaven and Earth: “The goal was to use colored stones in a new, clean, simple and modern, something fun and elegant way, but also for everyday “, has explained.

Special silver and gold tones 18k (specially developed by the designer) is mixed with white, gray, champagne and black diamonds, emeralds, rubies, garnets, leather straps and brass chains. Well, they like. Among her clients is the former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, who chose jewelry Mary Esses on four occasions officers. The Una collection, brings together jewelry that is inspired clothing with pieces in which the stones are to be in the foreground, positioned in abstract geometric shapes. Here are the pictures. Lavinia Andorno

Anello in oro bianco e zaffiri della collezione Between Heaven and Earth

Anello in oro giallo 18 carati con andaluzite, zaffiro rosso e diamanti marrone chiaro

Collezione Tribe, orecchini in argento ossidato

Collezione Tribe, pendente in argento ossidato

Orecchini con smeraldi e pale della collezione Between Heaven and Earth

Orecchini oro bianco annerito e smeraldi della collezione Between Heaven and Earth

Anello in oro bianco annerito e smeraldi della collezione Between Heaven and Earth

Antonini’s Extraordinaire novelty for Voice

Published on August 6, 2020

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Antonini, anello della linea extraordinaire in oro rodiato nero, zaffiro di 7,8 carati e pavé di diamanti

The preview of a piece of high jewelery that Antonini will present at Voice (12-14 September), the event that replaces Vicenzaoro with a format adapted to the circumstances. It is likely that the Vicenza mini-fair-summit, in reality, is not prodigal about new collections, given that in the spring the jewelry companies remained stopped due to the lockdown dictated by the covid. In the meantime, however, here is one of the new features that will be presented.

It is a high jewelery ring, which is part of the Extraordinaire line, the top of the range of the Maison of Milan Antonini. The jewel is a unique piece, a ring in which a 7.8-carat blue sapphire shines in the center, mounted on black rhodium and surrounded by small diamonds. The ring joins the other pieces of the Extraordinaire line presented in January, however centered on the use of emeralds. Other unique pieces made with blue sapphires, however, have been presented in past years.

Anello della linea Extraordinaire 2019 in oro satinato e zaffiri

orecchini della linea Extraordinaire 2020 in oro, diamanti e zaffiri — Orecchini della linea Extraordinaire 2020 in oro, diamanti e zaffiri

Anello della linea Extraordinaire 2016 in oro, zaffiri e smeraldo

Bonhams, the best jewelry at auction

Published on September 20, 2019

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Gioielli di Van Cleef & Arpels, oro giallo e rubini con la tecnica Mystery Set

Jewels by Van Cleef & Arpels, sapphires and carved emeralds: these are the most beautiful pieces from the next Bonhams auction ♦ ︎

For lovers of vintage jewels, but those that will never go out of fashion or even lose value, Thuesday 24 September, in London, the auction house Bonhams proposes some pieces that can entice collectors and lovers of fine jewelry. For example, a series of pieces by Van Cleef & Arpels that share a generous use of rubies are in the catalog. The jewels are part of a collection acquired around 1990, which includes a bracelet with rubies and diamonds made with Mystery Set, the patented technique of the Maison. The bracelet contains 177 perfectly matched rubies, each cut and set without spaces or claws.

Another strong point of the auction concerns sapphires, which after all are also the stone of the month of September. Two rings in particular are in the spotlight. The first has a 5.16-carat oval-cut sapphire flanked by two brilliant-cut diamonds. The second is a ring with a sapphire of 4.46 carats and diamonds, dated around 1900. Both sapphires come from Kashmir and have not been heated.

Spilla Noeud Ruban con rubini e diamanti di Van Cleef & Arpels

Collana Bellegarde con rubini e diamanti di Van Cleef & Arpels

Spilla Art Dèco con diamanti e uno smeraldo intagliatodi Hennell, circa 1925

Anello con zaffiro e diamanti, circa 1900

Bracciale con diamanti e smeraldi di Graff

A sapphire for Sotheby’s

Published on September 5, 2019

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A bracelet with an exceptional 47-carat Burmese sapphire from Cartier at the center of upcoming Sotheby’s auctions ♦ ︎

The big, spectacular, expensive jewels are back on the boards of the great auction houses. It is the turn of Sotheby’s, which presents a group of extraordinary jewels from an important American collection. The jewels will be auctioned in the fall in New York (25 September) and Geneva (11 and 13 November).

Bracciale di Cartier con zaffiri e diamanti

It is a large collection of Cartier designer jewelry, which was collected by an important collector, who over the course of 50 years has acquired important pieces from the best jewelry houses, and in particular from Cartier. But it also includes jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels and the King of Diamonds, Harry Winston. The result is a collection consisting of two distinct strands. On one side, a nucleus of pieces in classical style adorned with important diamonds and precious stones. On the other side, beautiful but less precious day jewels.

Lo zaffiro birmano del peso di 47,07 carati, affiancato da due diamanti bianchi a forma di pera del peso rispettivamente di 9,27 e 8,60 carati

Cartier’s Art Deco bracelet has an extraordinary design; its central stone is a sensational Burmese sapphire of the highest quality and color. Timeless pieces like these will surely have a global appeal.
David Bennett, international president of Sotheby’s Jewelery

The most important piece in the collection is considered to be an Art Deco style sapphire and diamond bracelet created by Cartier in 1927: these are the years that many consider the golden age for the jewelry house. The bracelet is decorated with a sensational Burmese sapphire weighing 47.07 carats, flanked by two splendid pear-shaped white diamonds weighing 9.27 and 8.60 carats respectively. The estimate is 2-3 million dollars.

Due anelli di Cartier, con zaffiro e diamante taglio smeraldo

The sapphire and diamond bracelet at the center of the collection is a superb example of Cartier’s art. The strong and powerful geometric design, which somehow resembles the solidity of architecture, is the perfect structure for the exceptional Burmese sapphire cabochon.
Daniela Mascetti, European president of Sotheby’s Jewelery

Spilla di diamanti e zaffiri, Cartier, 1937

Spilla e orecchini di rubini e diamanti di Van Cleef & Arpels

Bracciale con diamanti all'asta a New York — Bracciale con diamanti all’asta a New York

Orecchini con diamanti all'asta a New York — Orecchini con diamanti all’asta a New York

The charm of 21 sapphires

Published on November 28, 2018

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A necklace of diamonds and sapphires reaches the highest price ($ 14.9 million) at Christie’s auction ♦ ︎

The necklace has been purchased for 14.9 million US dollars: it has 21 cushion cut sapphires from 10.56 to 3.02 carats each, 23 diamonds with the same cut from 4.05 to 1.03 carats, mounted on platinum. It was the highlight estimate of the Magnificent Jewels auction organized by Christie’s in Hong Kong. And so it was. But also a ring with an oval ruby of 10.04 carats, half-moon and circular-cut diamonds, platinum and gold, it is been sold for 7.2 million dollars.

Unexpectedly, the first jewel sold made with jade, a much loved stone in the East, is far below: $ 2.8 million for a jade necklace consisting of 20
pearls with an oval pink sapphire.

Better they made a pair of earrings with fancy rose cut diamonds of 5.21 and 5.01 carats, sold for 4.3 million dollars. A bracelet with seven octagonal emeralds designed by Edmond Chin for Boghossian has reached 3.2 million dollars. However, some pieces were not sold. Federico Graglia

Anello di Cartier con diamanti e smeraldo di 14 carati

Sutra in color or in black and white

Published on November 27, 2018

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Bracciale Rainbow di Sutra, 110 carati di zaffiri multicolori

With the colors of the rainbow or in black and white: the jewels of Sutra for the tenth anniversary ♦ ︎

The rainbow has inspired poets, writers and painters. But it has also inspired jewelry designers such as the Arpita couple and Divyanshu Navlakha, who founded the Maison Sutra just ten years ago. Rainbow is the name given to a collection of Sutras that, as you can imagine, includes multicolored jewels. Yet they are jewels made of one stone: the sapphire. This precious stone, in fact, can take on different colors, from blue to orange, from yellow to green.

Almost to balance this rainbow, Sutra also offers jewelry in a strict black and white.

Choker convertibile in braccialetto con diamanti neri e bianchi

The complementary collection at Rainbow is called, in fact, Black & White. Even the jewels of this collection are made with a single stone: the diamond, obviously in white or black version. But, in this case, they are available with white gold, or yellow or pink. In short, the two opposites used to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Indian Maison based in Texas. Giulia Netrese

Anello della Black & Withe collection con diamanti bianchi e neri

Il choker convertibile in braccialetto con diamanti neri e bianchi. The Diamond Feather Collection

Sutra, collezione Tassel, diamanti bianchi e neri

The new collections of Bjork Jewelery

Published on October 26, 2018

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Anello in argento placcato oro con perla barocca, diamanti e smeraldo

Small gemstones locked in sapphire crystal, pearls that become emoticons: the novelties of Bjork Jewelery ♦ ︎

Bjorg Nordli-Mathisen is a charming Norwegian designer living in Oslo. She started her work in textiles, but from 2004 she moved to jewelry. Bjorg Jewelery does not produce pieces that cost figures to many zeros. Indeed, prices are cheap. But in return his silver and bronze jewels, sometimes gold-plated, with precious little stones, have an unmistakable style, which appeals to lovers of minimalism and Nordic design.

The stones are used rough or poorly worked, the metals are often a bit ‘irregular, because the jewels are handmade and the emphasis is on production that is sustainable.

Although the style of the collections is in line with the latitude in which they are conceived, Bjork adds to the jewels a bit of irony. For example, in earrings or rings that transform a baroque pearl into an emoticon. Or in the series of letters of the alphabet composed of a female silhouette. The prices of Bjork jewels start from a few hundred euros to go up to about 1500 euros with silver necklaces with a pendant that contains small precious stones encased in sapphire glass. Cosimo Muzzano

Orecchini con perle barocche, con due diamanti taglio a rosa e uno smeraldo

Collana con perla barocca, due diamanti con taglio a rosa e uno smeraldo

Anello Shaker in argento placcato oro, zaffiri neri chiusi da vetro zaffiro

Ciondolo in argento annerito, rubini chiusi da vetro zaffiro

Orecchini in argento placcato oro, smalto

Orecchini in argento placcato oro, perle barocche

Christie’s in auction with rare pearls and three Jar

Published on October 24, 2018

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spilla multi-gemma Bouquet of violets è stata creata nel 1993 e comprende tormaline rosa, rubini, zaffiri, diamanti colorati e incolori, granati verdi e tanzaniti

The Magnificent Jewels at Christie’s auction in Geneva: sapphires, pearls of historical origin and three pieces of Jar ♦ ︎

There will not be only The Pink Legacy, the 19-carat rose diamond estimated at up to 50 million dollars to attract the attention of collectors on November 13 in Geneva. The auction of Magnificent Jewels by Christie’s at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues provides, in fact, a parade of over 300 jewels. Diamonds, in fact, but also precious stones and pearls, with jewels of historic Maison and contemporary masters like Jar.

Orecchini con zaffiri di 40.29 e 38.60 carati e diamanti bianchi taglio circolare di David Morris

For example, the earrings with sapphires of 40.29 and 38.60 carats and white circular cut diamonds of David Morris, or a Panthére of Cartier with diamonds and onyx. Out of the ordinary is also the 16.33 carat cushion-cut sapphire set with triangular-shaped and circular-cut diamonds and a 7.83-karat Kashmir sapphire set among baguette-cut diamonds.

Christie’s also highlights the steel and diamond tiara designed by Cartier, dated 1912-1915.

Tiara in acciaio e diamanti firmata da Cartier, e datata 1912-1915

It brings the brand of creator Henri Picq, who was responsible for some of the most exceptional jewelry made by Cartier in the early twentieth century. This tiara was not only designed by one of the greatest fashion houses of all time, but was also made by one of the best laboratories in the world at the time. After a long history, the tiara was part of the heritage of the von Fürstenberg family until 2015.
Among the pieces of the big names in jewelery, there is an Egyptian-style sautoir by Van Cleef & Arpels dated 1924, in full Egyptology of those years. It depicts a winged scarab, representing Khepri, the morning sun. In antiquity these objects were placed on the chest of the dead as a symbol of resurrection. The cartouche-shaped panel surrounding the scarab remembers those used to write the names of kings in the hieroglyphs. The hawk was the protector of royalty in ancient Egypt.

Sautoir in stile egizio di Van Cleef & Arpels datato 1924

The three jewels of Jar for sale were purchased by their current owners directly from the Place Vendôme atelier in Paris and will be offered for auction for the first time.

The spectacular multi-bud brooch Bouquet of violets was created in 1993 and includes pink tourmalines, rubies, sapphires, colored and colorless diamonds, green garnets and tanzanites. The butterfly brooch dates back to 1990, while the Ivy Leaves earrings, created a year later, are set with single-cut diamonds in silver and gold.

Jar, orecchini Ivy Leaves, incastonati con diamanti a taglio singolo in argento e oro

For pearl lovers, there are some with an adventurous story. Like the pearl necklace purchased by Cartier in May 1920 by Horace Elgin Dodge (1868-1920),a former mechanics who became rich in America producing engines and automobiles. Horace Dodge gave the necklace to his daughter by paying a sum equivalent to 70 million today’s dollars. The origin of the pearls is attributed to the Empress of Russia Catherine the Great.

Collana con diamanti taglio rettangolare, marquise e baguette. Ex proprietà Maria Luisa de Lacambra, figlia del conte di Lacambra

Spilla di Pierre Sterlé che raffigura un uccello del Paradiso con rubini, diamanti e acquamarina

The women as goddesses by Paul Wild

Published on April 21, 2018

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Set per collier con smeraldi colombiani e tormalina rossa

Spinels, tourmaline, emeralds, tanzanite … The incredible compositions of precious stones created by Paul Wild for women like dee ♦ ︎
There are people who have a gray life. There are others who have a color life. And there are others that see more nuances than others. Markus Wild, CEO of Paul Wild, is part of this small group of ultra sensitive to the invisible photon waves that determine what we see. Indeed, we often see without seeing. Because you have to have not only special eyes, but also a sensitivity out of the ordinary to choose, connect and compose strategies of gems in jewels that are not yet jewels. Which they will be.
Paul Wild is a German company that since the Twenties deals with buying and trading precious and semi-precious stones. But it is also a unique case in which buying and selling stones is accompanied by the ability to tune in to the tastes of the market and, often, to precede trends and evolutions in demand. Furthermore, the company’s proposals are always contextualized by an idea.
For 2018, for example, Paul Wild thinks to the “growing awareness of women’s issues is sounding a call to action that is empowering women in the workplace, in government and in their public and private lives”. Perhaps it is a unique case of social sensitivity towards women in the jewelry world.
As goddesses

Alongside these good principles there is, of course, the work of the company, that is, the choice and the proposal of the stones, this year associated with the goddesses of Greek mythology. For example, the red «dramatic, warm and captivating». Imagining jewelry that suits the goddess of love and passion, Aphrodite, Paul Wild created patterns with red and pink spinels from Tanzania. The most notable is a set of nine red heart-shaped spinels for a total of over 112 carats; an earring inspired by flowers with 80 mauve spinels weighing 21 carats with two tanzanites for a total of 9.78 carats; and two single red spinels: a 17.15 carat marquise-cut spinel and a 11.67-carat heart-shaped spinel.

Set per orecchini con tanzanite e tormalina rossa

The second color is blue, that of the sea and the sky, associated with open spaces, freedom, imagination and inspiration. Inspired by Amphitrite, goddess of the sea, Paul Wild created tanzanite designs from lilac blue to deep purple blue. As an exceptional group of 31 pieces, earrings and rings of natural tanzanite for a total of almost 252 carats. Equally noteworthy is a bracelet of four rows of tanzanite and rubellite composed of 78 pieces for a total of about 144 carats.
Thinking of Artemis the goddess of the earth, however, the Maison has designed a necklace with 208 emerald cabochons from Zambia and nine faceted pink tourmalines totaling almost 358 carats; a multi-row organic bracelet with 113 Zambian emerald cabochons weighing about 315 carats with a 25.65 carat rubellite. In the Pantone palette there are shades like Spring Crocus and Pink Lavender. In this spectrum of colors, Paul Wild has brought together outstanding sapphires and amethysts. Like a necklace with an earring with amethyst cabochon and navette cut stones for a total of about 190 carats with a 139 carat-shaped amethyst rose pendant. Or a suite of old cut amethyst and morganite of 47 pieces for a total of over 189 carats.
Finally, the Paraiba tourmaline. Here, then, different layouts with tourmaline: a necklace of earrings, earrings and imaginative rings consisting of 60 pieces for a total of over 108 carats, as well as a 30-carat cabochon frog carved that would have been pleasant, unique ring of its kind. From Brazil, an organic necklace and earring composed of 160 pieces for a total of about 58 carats, and a dreamy pear-shaped Paraiba of 5.7 carats for an excellent solitaire. Unique, beautiful and confident, perhaps there is no better gem than the Paraiba tourmaline for a woman who shakes her inner goddess. To watch and admire. Alessia Mongrando

Set per orecchini con 80 spinellii e due tanzaniti

Set per orecchini con tanzaniti, tsavoriti, tormalina e spinello

Set per bracciale con tanzaniti e rubellite

Set per collier, anello e orecchini di spinello

Set per collier e orecchini di tormalina paraiba

Bonhams celebrates David Webb

Published on April 12, 2018

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David Webb, bracciale con smeraldi, rubini e smalto a forma di volpe

Rubies, sapphires, diamonds and 16 pieces by David Webb at Bonhams auction in New York ♦ ︎
Even if you do not have the money to buy the magnificent jewels of the magnificent auctions held in the wealth capitals, first of all Geneva, London, Hong Kong and New York, browsing the catalogs can be enjoyable. You can find exceptional jewels discovered, true masterpieces not only for their estimated value, but also for their artistic quality.
Also the auction scheduled by Bonhams in New York for April 17, 2018 (133 lots) does not miss interesting pieces in the catalog. A solitaire ring with premium quality, brilliant cut, 10,01 carats is the most valuable piece, with an estimated 500,000-700,000 dollars. But, if you are not a diamond enthusiast or an investor who wants to close the ring in a safe, it is not the most pleasant piece to watch. Better, for example, the Art Déco bracelet with rubies and diamonds by Cartier, dated around 1935. It has contrasting rubies with white diamonds, in seven rows, interspersed with baguette-cut diamond bars, with other old-cut diamonds. Rubies are of Burmese origin and not heated. With rubies (50) is also composed of a necklace of Bulgari, with oval-shaped graduated stones, the largest weighing about 2.15 carats, alternating with round brilliant-cut round diamonds. Rubies are of Burmese origin (Myanmar). In the catalog there is also a ring of rubies and diamonds by Mermod & Jaccard.
Rubies are the fashion stone at the moment, but sapphires never set. At the auction of Bonhams, for example, a ring with 9.85 carats of Kashmir sapphire and diamonds is estimated at 80.000-120.000 dollars, while a pendant necklace with Sri Lanka sapphire of 40.07 carats and diamonds rises to 280.000- 320.000 .
The David Webb jewelery
One of the reasons of interest of the auction are also the 16 pieces by David Webb. The American designer was famous for his large and daring jewels, in which he also used materials such as exotic shells, carved rock crystal, enamel and coral. The collection that Bonhams will offer includes a bracelet with fox-head diamonds, diamonds, emeralds, rubies and enamels: a perfect example of Webb’s love for jewelry in the shape of animals, made with enamels, diamonds, emeralds and rubies. Federico Graglia

Anello con zaffiro del Kashmir da 9,85 carati e diamanti

Bulgari, bracciale in oro giallo e smalto

Bulgari, collana con diamanti e 50 rubini

David Webb, collana con ametiste e corallo

Bracciale di Cartier, 1935, rubini e diamanti

Pendente con zaffiro dello Sri Lanka di oltre 40 carati

Anello con diamante solitaire da oltre 10 carati

Royal Sapphire for Princess Eugenia

Published on January 24, 2018

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A ring with sapphire Padparadscha for the engagement of Princess Eugenia ♦ ︎
The jewels of members of the British royal family are always a topic that excites curiosity. After the engagement of Meghan Markle with Prince Harry, and the relative ring designed personally by the queen’s nephew, now is the time of engagement between Princess Eugenia and Jack Brooksbank.
Read also: Harry’s ring for Meghan
In fact, Princess Eugenia, 27, marries in autumn with her historic boyfriend, Jack Brooksbank, 31 years old. The official announcement was made by Buckingham Palace with a statement explaining that the engagement of the second daughter of Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew took place in Nicaragua at the beginning of the month. The news was announced on Twitter, and the couple has published the now institutional images of the ring. The jewel is different from the classic solitaire in white gold and diamonds. In fact, it is made with a striking oval cut Padparadscha sapphire surrounded by a circle of diamonds on a yellow gold band, with two other diamonds on its side. The stone used, the sapphire Padparadscha, is rather rare. It is a type of sapphire that takes its name from the Sinhalese word which indicates the pink lotus flower. From a gemological point of view the sapphire Padparadscha is a corundum (the same family of rubies). In addition to Sri Lanka (the most valuable), these stones are found in Madagascar and Tanzania. Alessia Mongrando

La principessa Eugenia e il fidanzato, Jack Brooksbank

Un anello con zaffiro Padparadscha, simile a quello della principessa Eugenia

Boucheron at the Tsar’s Court

Published on January 17, 2018

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Composizione grafica con diversi pezzi di alta gioielleria Boucheron della collezione Hiver Impérial. Il grande flocon Impérial ha al suo interno orecchini con perle (gli occhi), un orecchino con zaffiro (il naso), due orecchini Baikal (la bocca)

Boucheron celebrates imperial Russia with a collection of jewels that would have loved by the Tsars ♦︎
Between France and Russia, before and after the October Revolution, there has always been a very close link. Escapeed aristocrats or revolutionaries in exile have found shelter in the tolerant Transalpine state, along with musicians and painters. In Russia the official language of the nobility was French, idiom used in the Tsar’s court and in the good society. The jewelery industry has also maintained a privileged channel between Paris and Moscow. Boucheron remembers it, with the Hunt Impérial jewelry collection. The luxury here walks on the soft, silent snowy surface that covers the big country, bridge between the West and the East, when the winter starts.
Boucheron, more, was the first French jeweler to open a venue in Moscow in 1897 when the tsars still reigned. Boucheron has revisited three of its main themes: Nature (the Lumiere de Nuit line describes the aesthetics of the Nordic landscape), Couture (Femmes Boréales idealizes the beauty of women’s of North), and Architecture (The Anneau d’Or is inspired by the imperial cities of Russia, Moscow and Saint-Petersburg). The pieces are extraordinary, starting with Baïkal, a necklace-corset with an oval aquamarine of 78.33 carats, woolen stones and cultured pearls, diamond paved, white gold. Other jewels, however, remind the snow crystals, or the onion domes of the Kremlin. Margherita Andorno

Anello Boule de Neige, oro bianco, diamanti, cristallo di rocca

BaÏkal, orecchini in oro bianco, diamanti e acquamarina taglio a pera

Banquise, anello in oro bianco con diamante ovale e perle

Collier BaÏkal, in oro bianco, acquamarine, perle

Collier Lumière de Nuit in oro bianco, diamanti, cristallo di rocca

Collier L'Anneau d'Or in oro bianco e diamanti — Collier L’Anneau d’Or in oro bianco e diamanti

Anello in oro bianco con smeraldo dello Zambia, diamanti — Anello in oro bianco con smeraldo dello Zambia taglio cuscino, diamanti

Nevesta, collier in oro bianco e diamanti

Van Cleef & Arpels reveals its Secret

Published on December 19, 2017

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Spilla Cupido, con uno zaffiro arancione a forma di pera di 2,74 carati dello Sri Lanka, abbinato a uno zaffiro viola a forma di pera da 1,36 carati, una rubellite a forma di cuore di 12,04 carati, con diamanti e zaffiri

The secret of Van Cleef & Arpels in the Le Scret collection is a very high quality jewelery. And full of surprises ♦ ︎

The secret of Van Cleef et Arpels was well guarded: a collection of high jewelery, masterpieces which required until 275 days for a necklace. In all, the Le Secret collection has a hundred pieces, some of which conceal a secret in the secret. For example, a bird with colored feathers can open one of the two wings to unveil a small newborn. The top of a ring can be rotated to show a gold engraved band or hide other rings. A bracelet with butterflies can blink the wings to display the hands of a tiny watch. Secrets kept and unveiled, and so, concealed just to be shown with greater pleasure: surprise is not just in the overwhelming technique of the French Maison craftsmen, who have hidden phrases, quotations and dedications in the most striking spaces of jewels, but also in exuberant forms that have the jewels. In addition to the rich necklaces, composite rings, exuberant earrings, there are brooches that fall into that kind of chameleon jewelry, that is, that it takes shapes and colors of objects, plants or animals.
On the other hand, Van Cleef & Arpels’s has just invented the secret in jewelery, as in the case of the secret setting, a patented system that allows the stones to be stacked without any visible metal grippers.

Anello Labyrinthe, con un diamante giallo a taglio cuscino da 13 carati, onice, oro bianco e giallo, diamanti

Van Cleef & Arpels, orologio Papillon, con-movimento meccanico a carica manuale. Uno smeraldo colombiano di 14,57 carati, oro bianco, diamanti, smeraldi, spinelli neri, onice e madreperla

Colombe Mystérieuse. Spilla con rubini mystery setting, diamanti e smeraldi (gli occhi)

Anello Fleur Bleu, in oro bianco, diamanti, smeraldi, zaffiro

Bracciale Dentelle, con diamanti e rubini, può avere l'opalescenza della madreperla o il nero dell'onice — Bracciale Dentelle, con diamanti e rubini, può avere l’opalescenza della madreperla o il nero dell’onice

Oiseau sur la branche, collana trasformabile con perle di rubini birmani

Sous Son Aile, clip con rubini, diamanti e zaffiri: l'ala dell'uccello si muove e svela un altro piccolo uccellino — Sous Son Aile, clip con rubini, diamanti e zaffiri: l’ala dell’uccello si muove e svela un altro piccolo uccellino

The Séraphîta: un anello con zaffiro e diamanti che nasconde ben quattro segreti

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The jewels of the Brazilian Mary Esses with her collection Between Heaven and Earth ♦

Jewels by Van Cleef & Arpels, sapphires and carved emeralds: these are the most beautiful pieces from the next Bonhams auction ♦ ︎

A bracelet with an exceptional 47-carat Burmese sapphire from Cartier at the center of upcoming Sotheby’s auctions ♦ ︎

A necklace of diamonds and sapphires reaches the highest price ($ 14.9 million) at Christie’s auction ♦ ︎

Unexpectedly, the first jewel sold made with jade, a much loved stone in the East, is far below: $ 2.8 million for a jade necklace consisting of 20 pearls with an oval pink sapphire.

With the colors of the rainbow or in black and white: the jewels of Sutra for the tenth anniversary ♦ ︎

Almost to balance this rainbow, Sutra also offers jewelry in a strict black and white.

Small gemstones locked in sapphire crystal, pearls that become emoticons: the novelties of Bjork Jewelery ♦ ︎

The stones are used rough or poorly worked, the metals are often a bit ‘irregular, because the jewels are handmade and the emphasis is on production that is sustainable.

The Magnificent Jewels at Christie’s auction in Geneva: sapphires, pearls of historical origin and three pieces of Jar ♦ ︎

Christie’s also highlights the steel and diamond tiara designed by Cartier, dated 1912-1915.

The three jewels of Jar for sale were purchased by their current owners directly from the Place Vendôme atelier in Paris and will be offered for auction for the first time.

Unexpectedly, the first jewel sold made with jade, a much loved stone in the East, is far below: $ 2.8 million for a jade necklace consisting of 20
pearls with an oval pink sapphire.