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NCDIA Sparkles at Latin Music Awards
JCK, April 28, 2008
The Natural Colored Diamond Association was the official and exclusive jewelry sponsor for the 2008 Billboard Latin Music Awards, held April 10 in Hollywood, Fla. NCDIA hosted a celebrity jewelry suite featuring more than $30 million worth of jewelry from Costa Mesa, Calif.-based Black, Starr & Frost and Anchorage, Aka.-based George Walton's Gold and Diamond Company. >>>
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ASA to Offer Jewelry Appraisal Classes
Jewelry News at Monday, April 28, 2008
The American Society of Appraisers Gems and Jewelry section will be offering classes in May and July. In May, GJ206: Gems and Jewelry Appraisal Techniques and Standards and a Sepcial Gemological Techniques Presentation by Douglas Garrod, FGA, DGA, will be offered at the Tuscany Suites Hotel in Las Vegas (prior to the JCK Show). >>>
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Know - How
Rare French Jewel Returns Home
JCK, April 23, 2008
The Louvre was able to negotiate the return of a 141-ct. diamond brooch, part of the French crown jewels, 121 years after it was sold at auction from the same museum.
The brooch was reportedly purchased for approximately $10.8 million. It was recently estimated by Christie's to be worth $6 million to $8 million. >>>
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IDEX Online Research: Luxury Buyers Tighten Purse Strings
Ken Gassman, April 24, 2008
Retailers who serve the highest income consumers have always thought that they were immune to a recession. Historically, that has been true, more or less. "Old-money" consumers traditionally have kept spending, regardless of economic cycles. But this time around, high-end merchants are reporting that their wealthy customers are cutting back. >>>
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In diamond world, brown is new white
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| National Jeweler, April 26, 2008 |
Long the redheaded stepchild of the diamond world, earth-tone diamonds in varying shades are now emerging as a favorite son.
Just don't call them "brown."
Marketed as "cognac," "champagne" or "chocolate," brown diamonds are in demand by today's fashion-conscious consumers who want jewelry that can be matched to their outfits. >>>
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DTC Prices +8.5% So Far in 2008
By Avi Krawitz, April 24, 2008
The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) informed sightholders it would raise prices at its sight next week in the run up to the JCK show in Las Vegas.
Prices including the April / May sight will have increased by an average 8.5 percent so far this year, DTC said.
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| National Jeweler, April 22, 2008
 Consumers plan to cut back on Mother's Day gifts this year, spending an average of $138.63 compared with $139.14 in 2007, but will spend more on jewelry, according to the latest study from the National Retail Federation (NRF). >>>
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NRF: Mother's Day spending to slip
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Online merchant Union Diamond sells a $390,000 diamond ring
Jewelry News, April 26, 2008
Web retailer Union Diamond Corp. has closed its biggest sale ever, selling a 6-carat, pear-shaped diamond solitaire ring to a customer in Singapore for $390,000. The woman, who had ordered more than $800,000 in jewelry from Union Diamond in the past three years, becomes the retailer's first million-dollar customer. >>>
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JA New York returns in late July
National Jeweler, April 25, 2008
The JA New York Summer Show will return to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City this year from July 27-30.
More than 15,000 jewelry-industry professionals will gather to experience a wide range of features, including a Designer Showcase for debuting designers, the exclusive Couture Pavilion and educational programs from Jewelers of America, among much more. >>>
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A Look Into the Captivating World of Jewelry Watches
National Jeweler, April 21, 2008
The common wristwatch has become so much more than simply information time devices, as they are carried around with us practically everywhere that we go and at times run our lives as well. The majority of us own at a minimum two watches, first since they're affordable (some start with a price as low as $10) and second due to the fact that there are so many various occasions which demand a suitable watch a match.
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High Price of Gold Can Make Your Mouth Worth Mucho Money!
By Barry Gutwein on April 24, 2008
The Associated Press reports that people are digging through drawers for old dental caps, fillings and bridgework they saved years ago and selling them at prices that would make the tooth fairy blush.
Instead of hanging on to the pieces as souvenirs, many are turning them over to pawnbrokers, coin shops and specialized firms that buy "dental gold," hoping to take a bite out of the metal's historic run to $1,000 an ounce. >>>
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By: Tracy Mullin, NRF President, 28.04.08
International shoppers took advantage of the weak dollar to travel to the United States to shop for Christmas presents late last year. At the same time, U.S. retailers were trying to determine how best to bring the merchandise to them. >>> |
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