GemFind Newsletter 4-21-2015

If You are Attending AGS

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The GemFind team is en route to the American Gem Society Conclave taking over New Orleans April 22-25th. If you are attending, meet with us to add DiamondLink, RingBuilder or JewelCloud Virtual Inventory to your website and receive a free iPad Air!

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PAUL ROWLEY: “WE MUST ALL INVEST NOW TO INCREASE OUR FUTURE RETURNS”

De Beers Group April 21

Speaking at the Dubai Diamond Conference, he said that all participants in the diamond industry must focus on targeted investments if they are to make the most of the opportunities over the medium and long term.

Jeff Miller Diamonds.net April 20

The type IIa rough diamond shows exceptional color and clarity, according to the firm. Lucara intends to sell the diamond along with two other stones that are larger than 100 carats.

Ken Gassman IDEX April 21

For the third consecutive month, retail prices for fine jewelry and watches in the US market have held steady, reflecting relatively stable jewelry suppliers’ prices.

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Power List 2015: Power Designers

April 2015 issue of JCK magazine

If we were betting people, we’d wager that you’ve got at least one of these artists’ pieces in your cases right now.These men and women are the brilliant (and super-stylish) minds behind the most desired designs on the market.

Noam Flint Naturally Colored April 20

We are barely over from the previous Sotheby’s auction that took place two weeks ago in Hong Kong and we are getting excited from the new one up ahead. Here are the key items to watch for in the colored diamonds niche:

Michelle Graff National Jeweler April 21

Jewelers’ Security Alliance statistics show that in 2014, trade shows ranked behind only highways/streets and parking lots as the most frequent scenes for off-premises crimes last year--and those are just the losses that were reported to the JSA.

Anthony Demarco jewelry News Network April 20

I went to the preview of Bonhams Space History Sale to view an Omega timepiece and discovered something else that was interesting and unusual.

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Sotheby's Geneva to Auction 'Historic Pink' Diamond

Erika Winters Price Scope

April 20

On May 12, 2015, Sotheby's Geneva will auction historic diamond jewels, rare colored gemstones, and signed works from renowned jewelry houses and designers. Leading the sale is an 8.72-carat fancy vivid pink diamond that is believed to have appeared at an auction of Princess Mathilde Bonaparte's (niece of Napoleon I) jewels in Paris in 1904.

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Coach’s corner: The need to “own it”

Pat Henneberry National Jeweler

April 15

There’s always something I can offer them. Maybe it’s someone I meet in spin class, at church, a neighbor, someone who friends me on Facebook. As professional sales people we need to own it. We need to generate our own leads, our own customers.