Category: Jewelry

Sotheby’s Geneva To Auction Antique Jewelry In February
All Headline News
January 24, 2007 4:48 p.m. EST

Shaveta Bansal – All Headline News Staff Writer
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/company-news/sothebys-holdings-inc/newsdetails.aspx?news-id=29582
http://www.shareholder.com/bid/downloads/news/20060117-184446.pdf
Geneva, Switzerland (AHN) – Continuing with the decades old custom, the world’s leading auction house, Sotheby’s Geneva, has announced the dates for annual auction of the antique jewelry collected from around the globe. This year’s traditional sale, which has been taking place every winter since 1976, has been organized at The Kulm Hotel – one of the most historic hotels at St. Moritz. Read more about Sotheby's Geneva To Auction Antique Jewelry In February …

Special – handmade jewelry from Baan Bangla village at Paklok
ThaisNews, Thailand

Special Report for Andaman News TV11 (VHF dial) + Radio Thailand FM90.5 Phuket City, both broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces, 8.30am & later on Phuket Cable channel 1, Wednesday 24 January 2007 & www.Thaisnews.com { Our news text and mini-videos can be freely copied , but please give credit to Andaman News TV11 Phuket}

These jewelries are the handmade products of Baan Bang la, if you want to know more stick with me… Read more about Special – handmade jewelry from Baan Bangla village at Paklok …

I-Team: Lead-Tainted Jewelry
Jenn Rourke
WTMJ-TV, WI

Dangerous lead-based jewelry may finally be yanked from the shelves.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing the ban. Now a Waukesha County girl’s efforts to get the stuff gone for good are paying off.

Millions of pieces of the jewelry have been recalled in the last few years because of the danger they pose to children. Read more about I-Team: Lead-Tainted Jewelry …

Mintee Jewelry – Necklaces & Bracelets
Waleg.com, Tunisia

It’s amazing how much the human body interacts with nature … Even semi precious stones & wood effect the human psyche in ways we might never really pay attention to.
Mintee Jewelry is all about that … It doesn’t only accentuate your beauty, but your spirit & compassion as well.

What’s even more interesting is that three percent of each product sold goes to supporting projects within women organization. Read more about Mintee Jewelry – Necklaces & Bracelets …

Vibrant Valentines Jewelry Helps African Families Leave Poverty Behind, One Bead At A Time
Send2Press (press release), CA

BOULDER, Colo. – Jan. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Women can sport strings of pink, red, and purple beads this Valentine’s Day to show their caring for industrious African women working their way out of extreme poverty. Nonprofit BeadforLife (www.beadforlife.org) offers Valentines Day-hued bracelets, necklaces, chokers, and other jewelry – also available in many other vibrant colors – handmade by Ugandan women who are HIV-positive or refugees from a brutal civil war in Uganda, all of whom were living on less than $1 a day. Many care for numerous AIDS orphans Read more about Vibrant Valentines Jewelry Helps African Families Leave Poverty Behind, One Bead At A Time …

Duck Band “Jewelry” from DU’s Goebel Ranch
Ducks Unlimited Magazine

Duck hunters love getting a banded duck. Shouts of joy and playful claims of “That’s my duck” come from every hunter in the duck blind once a banded duck is downed. Duck hunters proudly display their “jewelry” from duck call lanyards that become duck band necklaces. Ducks Unlimited’s recent research work at its Goebel Ranch complex in the Prairie Pothole Region of South Dakota is helping provide thousands of banded ducks for hunters this season. Read more about Duck Band "Jewelry" from DU’s Goebel Ranch …

Girlfriends: Taking Care of Fine Jewelry
ABC7Chicago.com, IL

January 12, 2007 – Many women and men received fine jewelry as a holiday present; and jewelry is a very popular gift for Valentine’s Day, which is coming up soon. But, few people know how to store and care for it. What you can use to clean gold, silver and platinum is different – and each gemstone requires its own special care and maintenance.
For example, did you know you should never wear your gold – such as a wedding band – in the swimming pool? Chlorine is one of its worst offenders Read more about Girlfriends: Taking Care of Fine Jewelry …

USA : Horse Jewelry goes online
January 11, 2007
Fibre2fashion.com, India

In an effort to fill the little touched market of horse jewelry on the web, successful woman entrepreneur, Cindy Eldridge of New Jersey, has just launched a new web site, http://www.myhorsejewelry.com that targets gifts for horse loving friends.
The web site offers a multitude of different equestrian jewelry including, horse necklaces, horse bracelets, horse earrings and horse pins well-suited as horse gifts for horse loving friends Read more about USA : Horse Jewelry goes online …

Small Business Spotlight — Houman Jewelry Design
San Diego Business Journal, C
By JESSICA LONG
San Diego Business Journal Staff

To most of us, a doodle is just a doodle. But for Houman Omidifar, a childhood attraction to drawing without rules has led to success as a small-business owner.

The Iranian born entrepreneur, who was raised in France, owns Houman Jewelry Design in Coronado.

“My parents (had) a jewelry store, I grew up around it as a kid,” Omidifar said. “But I also always was into arts and did drawings and things with my hands as a kid. When I was in high school, I already knew that this is what I wanted to do.” Read more about Small Business Spotlight — Houman Jewelry Design …

Photography, jewelry exhibits at city library throughout Januar
Brockville Recorder and Times, Canada

An up-and-coming amateur Brockville photographer will be exhibiting his work on the walls of the Brockville Public Library during January, while in the library’s display case will be a small exhibit of silver jewelry.

Derek Atkinson, a 24-year-old student in his second year of St. Lawrence College’s child and youth worker program, says his photographic work focuses mostly on nature but includes some abstract shots and some portraits and action shots of local youth bands. Read more about Photography, jewelry exhibits at city library throughout Januar …