Rising Star Young Designer - New Jewelry Line

These lovely earrings are comprised of 2.67 carat Aquamarine and 3.60 carat total weight tri-angel shield Peridot and diamond earring jackets set in platinum. It can be worn on business day or a party night. This unique jewelry is designed by Tracy Janule.

Tracy Janule is a new & outstanding designer in the AGTA Spectrum Award competition. She won her first AGTA Spectrum Award in 2010 for "Best use of Platinum and Color".

Tracy's jewerly designs are contemporary, elegant, and versatile.

$155,000 Shoe Made Almost Entirely of Diamonds and Gold

In the gold era, we have seen many things made from gold:- clothes, car, bag, phone, and etc. For Sex and City fans, it will be beyond the wildest dreams to own this pair of shoes.

Borgezie has created a shoe that costs $155,000 per pair, comprised almost entirely of diamonds and gold.

Each shoe is first handcrafted by a goldsmith and then handed off to a diamond setter, who encrusts the shoe “with over 2,200 individual sparkling diamonds.” Total diamond used 30 carats.



Source: -http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/06/30/2010-06-30_luxury_jeweler_house_of_borgezie_creates_230000_stilettos_made_of_gold_30_carats.html

5.18 Carats Orange Fire Opal and Diamond Ring in Hong Kong Auction

Not often we find orange fire opal jewelry in auction. Black opal is more well-known in jewelry market. A cabochon fire opal set with two triangular-shaped diamonds within a pave-set diamond surround, to the elevated diamond-set gallery and three quarter-hoop, mounted in platinum and 18k white gold. The fire opal and diamond ring was priced at $15,308.

Precious fire opal is opal with an orange to red color with play of color. This type of opal is unique in the lush world of the opals. The three criteria which determine the price of a fire opal are play of color, body color and transparency. The more transparency and fire it has, and the more intense the deep red of its body color, the more valuable it will be.

A whopping 190.74 Carats Aquamarine and Diamond Pendant

A simple yet elegant Art Deco aquamarine jewelry in diamond pendant was priced at $92,500 in Christie’s auction at Rockefeller Plaza, New York.

The pendant set with a cut-cornered rectangular-cut aquamarine, weighting approximately 190.74 carats, mounted in platinum.

Do you realize how big a 190 carats stone is?

Nigeria Spessartite Garnet Jewelry - Never Fade in Favor

A 14.02 carats spessartite garnet and diamond ring found the new owner in recent Christie’s auction in Hong Kong.

By the time the discovery of Nigeria spessartite garnet veins was well known among people in jewelry trade. Top quality stones already stocked in the inventories of big companies. For year, we have seen big size spessartite garnet jewelry designed by renowned American or European jewelry designers. Little we know that Asian customers also crave for this natural un-treated yellow-orange colors gemstone. Especially, customers from the land of “rising sun”, Japanese like sun-burnt red-orange color of spessartite garnet.

Significant Un-heated 65.17 carats Mogok Sapphire from Christie's Dubai Sale

I just found a very huge cushion-shaped sapphire, Burma (Mogok, Pain Pyit) origin, weighed 65.17 carats in Christie’s Dubai auction results last April 2010.

The un-heated huge blue Mogok sapphire was certified by the GRS Research Swiss Lab for the origin and no treatment. Rarely, we can find un-heated Burmese sapphire in this size. I consider it priceless.

However, the auction ended with $164,500 from the estimate price of $45,000-$55,000. Actually it was the auction price for a blue sapphire, diamond, and emerald ring designed by Manuel Bouvier.