Category: Jewelry World

Carlson Jewelry closing after 61 years
Month of June will be the last for the business
Dalles Chronicle

By RODGER NICHOLS
of The Chronicle
Three stores and 11 presidents ago, while still a student at The Dalles High School, 18-year-old Jerry Carlson became an apprentice watchmaker for Pounds Jewelry.
After three years of study, he passed the state board of watchmakers exam, an exacting test which included a requirement to machine several watch pieces out of metal stock.

“I started at no pay,” Carlson said, “And worked up to $5 an hour.”
In 1965, he struck out on his own, and set up shop as an independent business inside Monahan’s Jewelry to repair watches and clocks, while his wife Carole did engraving Read more about Carlson Jewelry closing after 61 years …

Alaska woolly mammoth ivory excavated for jewelry, scrimshaw
Pravda

In Anchorage’s downtown ivory shops, alongside whale baleen baskets and walrus tusk statuettes, are souvenirs made from the fossils of shaggy Ice Age beasts that died on the tundra thousands of years ago.

The bones, teeth and giant curving tusks of woolly mammoths can be found in abundance in Alaska, and the fossils of the elephant-like beasts are routinely, if not always legally, turned into jewelry and other curios. Read more about Alaska woolly mammoth ivory excavated for jewelry, scrimshaw …

3 Weeks After Shooting Jewelry Store Owner Works Again
KETV.com

OMAHA, Neb. — An Omaha jewelry storeowner who was shot in the head three weeks ago is now back to work.
Larry Gilinsky lost his left eye in the shooting, but he told KETV NewsWatch 7 that he’s not going to let it hold him back. Gilinsky is back doing what he said he loves — selling jewelry — at his Bergman’s Jewelry store near 94th and F streets.

“I just feel tremendously fortunate,” Gilinsky said.
Gilinsky was shot twice the afternoon of May 9. The bullets landed in his leg and his head.

Police identified the shooter from store surveillance cameras as Steven Berentson, 56. Gilinsky said his employee yelled as the suspect fled from the store. Read more about 3 Weeks After Shooting Jewelry Store Owner Works Again …

BOTSWANA PRESIDENT MEETS WITH JAPANESE DIAMOND JEWELRY INDUSTRY LEADERS Tacy, Israel During a trip to Tokyo in Japan, Festus Mogae, President of Botswana, met with local diamond jewelry industry leaders, following a meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan, Junichiro Koizumi. Moage was in Japan to participate in ‘Botswana Week’ activities in Japan. The week […]

Pakistan : Gems & jewelry sectors set export target of $500mn
May 29, 2006/Fibre2fashion.com, India

Pakistan Gems and Jewelry sector is attracting better investment as local players turn more competitive through skills and technology upgradation, informed Pakistan Gems and Jewelry Strategy Working Group (SWOG).

SWOG is made of industry leaders, Government officials and relevant NGOs that work together to form strategies and implement them in proper manner. Read more about Pakistan : Gems & jewelry sectors set export target of $500mn …

Hip-Hop Jewelry Becoming Mainstream Fashion
LiveArticles.org, CA

Profit demands are reducing the sources for quality wholesale custom sterling silver jewelry manufacturers daily. Some now prefer to produce the more lucrative gold jewelry and most of the others will only accept very large orders. Samsoneinc.com is one of the few quality
wholesale custom sterling silver jewelry manufacturers that will produce small quantities of custom designs at a reasonable price.
Quality wholesale custom sterling silver jewelry manufacturing starts with good craftsmanship and materials. Read more about Hip-Hop Jewelry Becoming Mainstream Fashion …

Horace Designs Silver Jewelry Luxist, CA There’s a new jeweler in town. Well, only if town for you is London. But don’t worry, Horace Designs will ship to the States. Their pieces are all unique and both designed and manufactured in their studio in London. All of the jewelry looks quite nice, but prices may […]

Gold Prices Fall in London on Slowing Investor, Jewelry Demand
Bloomberg

May 29 (Bloomberg) — Gold prices fell for the first trading session in three in London on speculation that a surge in prices is slowing demand from investors and jewelers.

Two years of increased investor demand spurred by accelerating inflation helped send gold prices to a 26-year high on May 12. Consumption by jewelers, the biggest buyers of gold, will plunge 15 percent this year, the first drop in three years, Barclays Capital forecast in a May 26 report.

“Gold is losing all fundamental demand at these prices,” said Jay Mehta, managing director of Mumbai-based Maximus Commodities. “Jewelers won’t buy unless they have a confirmed order.” Read more about Gold Prices Fall in London on Slowing Investor, Jewelry Demand …

Web Diamond Outlet – A Diamond Jewelry Shopper’s Internet Friend
Newswire Today (press release)

NewswireToday – /newswire/ – Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 05/28/2006 – Web Diamond Outlet offers diamond engagement rings, diamond pendants, diamond earrings, diamond wedding bands, diamond bracelets, diamond gold chains, loose diamonds and one of a kind unique diamond jewelry.

Looking for Diamond Jewelry on the Internet but don’t know where to begin? No time to travel to retail shopping malls or jeweler stores? Have not had success in finding that special piece of diamond jewelry whether a diamond ring, diamond pendant, diamond earring, diamond wedding band or diamond bracelet?
Tired of paying high inflated prices? Read more about Web Diamond Outlet – A Diamond Jewelry Shopper's Internet Friend …

Mammoth ivory excavated in Alaska for jewelry, curios
Jeannette J. Lee /Associated Press May. 28, 2006 12:00 AM
AZ Central.com, AZ

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – In downtown ivory shops, alongside whale-baleen baskets and walrus-tusk statuettes, tourists finger curios made from the fossils of shaggy Ice Age beasts that died on the tundra thousands of years ago.

Woolly mammoth fossils, abundant on riverbanks and beaches in the interior, are shaped into jewelry or etched with scrimshaw, then sold to collectors and retail shops.

Alaska’s borders contain the largest caches of mammoth remains in the United States, and a consistently cold climate has kept much of them in carvable condition.
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