Category: Jewelry

RandR Grosbard and New Age Diamonds present the Fire Flower Jewelry Collection
24-7PressRelease.com
The collection was designed by RandR Grosbard with colored diamonds cultivated by New Age Diamonds.

/24-7PressRelease/ – June 01, 2006 – R and R Grosbard together with New Age Diamonds launches a new jewellery collection – FIRE FLOWER. The collection was designed by R and R Grosbard using cultivated diamonds supplied by New Age Diamonds.

The collection will make its debut at the JCK in Las Vegas on June 3rd this year and will feature a number of matching ensembles. The diamonds from New Age Diamonds are presented in fancy yellow and orange colors in princess and round cuts. Colorless natural diamonds also appear in the collection that is completed in white and yellow gold settings Read more about RandR Grosbard and New Age Diamonds present the Fire Flower Jewelry Collection …

Pearl Jewelry: Historic 5-Ft Wide, 3-Ft Tall ‘Pearl Capitol’ With 200,000 Akoya Pearls ‘Worth Millions,’ On Its Way To Houston
Emediawire (press release), WA

Pearl Jewelry goes patriotic — A 5-ft. wide, 3 ft.tall replica of the nation’s most famous federal building has been “re-built” with more than 200,000 rare cultured pearls said to be equivalent to 4,000 pearl necklaces — “and it’s a feast for the eyes”, says Houston-area jeweler Norman Hargrave.

Baytown, TX (PRWEB) June 1, 2006 — An imposing 5-ft. wide, 3-ft tall replica of the U.S. Capitol handmade from more than 200,000 Akoya pearls and said to be the equivalent of 4,000 pearl necklaces “worth millions,” is coming soon to a small Texas jewelry store with large connections in the pearl world.

The “Pearl Capitol,” owned by Rhode Island-based Imperial Pearl Company will reside June 13-17 in the showroom of Robson Jewelers during a promotional event sponsored by the 80-year-old family-owned store. Imperial Pearl president Peter Bazar says this is the first time the rose-lustered pearl Capitol has been displayed outside of Washington, D.C. Read more about Pearl Jewelry: Historic 5-Ft Wide, 3-Ft Tall 'Pearl Capitol' With 200,000 Akoya Pearls 'Worth Millions,' On Its Way To Houston …

Gold Jewelry Sales Are Up.
Free Market News Network, FL

Posted by Barry at 06:18 PM in Precious Metals
National Jeweler reports that despite rapidly rising gold prices, U.S. gold jewelry sales grew in terms of both dollar and unit sales for 2005, according to new statistics from a survey commissioned by the World Gold Council (WGC).

Dollar sales grew 4.4 percent for the year to a record $17.7 billion, the strongest growth for the category since 1999, according to the study, conducted for WGC by GfK Audits & Surveys. In the fourth quarter of 2005, gold jewelry sales rose 5 percent in dollar sales. Read more about Gold Jewelry Sales Are Up. …

Belk launches fine-jewelry acquisitions
Charlotte Business Journal, NC 

Belk Inc. has agreed to acquire the inventory and assets of Migerobe Inc., a Mississippi company that leases and operates fine-jewelry departments in 35 Belk stores.

The transaction is slated to close in August. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

In addition, Belk will begin operating 80 other fine-jewelry departments in its stores that are leased by Finlay Fine Jewelry Corp. of New York.

Belk will assume the management and operation of those departments early next year when Finlay’s lease agreement expires. Read more about Belk launches fine-jewelry acquisitions …

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 …