Connoisseurs

Hancocks partners with Native American artist Verma Nequatewa

Hancocks London has announced its new partnership with the celebrated Native American artist Verma Nequatewa, known professionally as Sonwai, marking the first  time she will be making jewels for a jeweller in Europe.  Recognised globally as one of the “most important” Native American jewellers working today,  Sonwai will be creating…

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Fabergé opens new London St James’s boutique

Fabergé has announced the opening of its new boutique in London’s St James’s, at 14 Piccadilly Arcade. The new retail space offers clients an opportunity to view its core jewellery and watch collections, as well as selected high jewellery and egg objets. The first Fabergé London boutique opened in 1906…

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Connoisseurs launches three new diamond care essentials

Connoisseurs has announced the launch of its new Diamond Care Essentials line. The new collection includes three new products designed to “protect and enhance the brilliance of diamond jewellery”. The first product is the Diamond Dazzle Cloth, an Ultra Soft Micro Suede Cloth for removing oils/lotions and fingerprints and comes…

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Christies to auction largest pink diamond ring for £18.2m

Christie’s has announced that a 15.81 carat “fancy vivid purple pink type lla” diamond ring, estimated between HK$195m (£18.2m) – HK$300m (£28m) will go under the hammer at the Magnificent Jewels live auction on 23 May 2021. The rare ‘Sakura’ pink diamond is reportedly the largest of its kind to…

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GemGenève cancels November show

GemGenève has announced the decision to cancel its November 2020 show “after careful consideration”.  It comes as its organisers said the current pandemic, travel restrictions and increased sanitary precautions make it “impossible for GemGenève to be the interactive experience that we intend it to be”. In a “show of understanding…

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Guardian Brands appointed as new distributor for Engelsrufer

Guardian Brands has been appointed as the new distributor for the Engelsrufer brand in the United Kingdom. Engelsrufer said it believes that the brand has “yet to achieve its full potential in the UK market”, which is why it has selected a distributor which is solely focused on marketing and…

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Graff reveals new Lesotho Pink diamond ring

Graff has unveiled a new ring made from the cut and polished 13.33ct Graff Lesotho Pink diamond. According to the group, expert gemologists and craftsmen spent many months analysing the “complexities” of the rare diamond, and how best to capture the “extraordinary beauty of its unusually vibrant pink hue”. The…

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Inverness Ear Piercing announces new UK partnership with Goodman Bros.

Inverness, maker of the world’s safest & gentlest ear piercing system*, is pleased to announce that Goodman Bros, a leading distributor of Connoisseurs and Lox, has signed on to distribute the company’s ear piercing products to jewellery retailers throughout the UK. The partnership will launch formally at IJL September 1-3,…

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17.43ct Kashmir sapphire headlines at Bonhams London auction

A 17.43 carat Kashmir sapphire ring will lead the first Bonhams Jewels sale in London on 30 April 2019. Dating from the late 19th to early 20th Century, the cushion-shaped sapphire displays a “saturated and vivid blue colour” and is estimated to be worth between £300,000-400,000. It will be the…

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Christie’s Geneva auction to feature largest fancy vivid pink diamond worth $50m

Christie’s Geneva auction will present the largest and finest fancy vivid pink diamond ever offered at auction by the company with a price estimated between $30m to $50m (£22.8m to £38m). Weighing just under 19 carats (18.96 carats), the rectangular-cut gem named the The Pink Legacy will lead Christie’s Magnificent…

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