Diamond and sapphire prices soar for Bonhams

Sapphire and diamond jewellery designs achieved top prices when they went under the the hammer at Bonhams Fine Jewellery sale in London yesterday. Bidders in the New Bond Street saleroom, online and on the telephones, competed for 129 lots at the auction on Wednesday, 20 April, which achieved £4.98m with…

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Police appeal after failed robbery at Hampshire jewellers

Police are appealing for information after a failed robbery at a jewellery store in Lymington, Hampshire. At around 12:55pm on Tuesday, 19 April, a man stopped outside Barry Papworth Jewellers on St Thomas Street, on a bicycle. He used a mallet to strike a glass panel in an attempt to…

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Edblad launches ‘High Summer’ collection

Swedish jewellery brand Edblad has announced the launch of a new collection – ‘High Summer’. The collection is an extension of the brand’s spring ‘Body & Soul’ collection, and has been created for the “woman who seeks functionality and comfort without renouncing luxurious materials and beauty”. The range, which will…

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Shirley Temple’s blue diamond ring fails to sell

The blue diamond ring previously owned by former child-star Shirley Temple has failed to sell at an auction in New York. The Sotheby’s auction opened bidding for the ring at $19m (£13m) and closed it at $22m (£15m), which was below the ring’s reserve price. The 9.54-carat ‘fancy deep blue…

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Heritor launches the new Odysseus collection

Heritor, a brand from Resultco, has announced the launch of its new Odysseus collection. Taking inspiration from Ancient Greece, the company said the new collection has an “intricate and creative” design with etched detailed movement and purple gems creating a “modern and sophisticated” style. The collection features a bold black…

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Mobile sales soar 101% in first quarter of 2016

Sales via smartphones boosted online retail in the first quarter (Q1) of 2016 as online sales grew 15% compared with the same period last year. The latest eRetail Sales Index from IMRG and Capgemini found online sales growth was up compared with the same period in 2015 – when growth…

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£100,000 theft at Ernest Jones Eastbourne

Sussex Police are investigating a burglary at an Eastbourne jewellers in which thousands of pounds worth of stock was stolen. Officers were called to Ernest Jones, in Eastbourne’s Arndale Centre, at about 1:13 am on Monday (18 April) following a report from a member of staff about the break-in. Entry…

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9-carat rockets 16.4% in upbeat March hallmarking figures

The total number of hallmarked items grew 5.4% in March, boosted by an 8.2% jump in the number of gold articles. That’s according to the latest data from the four UK assay offices – compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office – which found there was a total of 740,976 articles…

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Three charged following armed robbery at Winchester jewellers

Three men have been arrested and charged following an armed robbery at a jewellers in Winchester on Friday 15 April. Police were called to the incident shortly after 9am at Justice Jewellers in Parchment Street, after two men wearing motorcycle helmets entered the store armed with an imitation firearm. The…

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Early Easter and bad weather deters shoppers away from high street

An early Easter and bad weather conditions deterred shoppers from the high street in March, as footfall fell 2.7% compared with the same month last year. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor found the decline in March was lower than the 1.1% fall in February.…

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