On March 22, Christie’s sold a rare Patek Philippe for $5.8 million (or 45.5 million Hong Kong dollars) over the internet—setting a new record for the most expensive watch sold in an online-only sale.
Brilliant Earth, which had a credit agreement and loan facility with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), is “monitoring” events following the bank’s closure, it reported in its March 22 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Knowledge is power! Sir Francis Bacon first published this influential phrase in 1597, and it’s been quoted throughout history. As secretary general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan added his own iteration: “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating, Education is the premise of progress.”
With Middle Plaza, Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry is opening a luxury space near downtown Menlo Park that gives this upscale Silicon Valley area more than 35,000 square feet of luxury retail and upscale restaurants.
Brooches for bros, diamonds for dudes, gems for gentlemen—whatever you want to call it, there’s no denying that jewelry for men has been on the rise, and if recent red carpets are any testament, it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
Sourced in the United States, the American Mined™ Collection includes Oregon jasper and other fair-mined gemstones, cabochons, and beads. An opaque form of chalcedony, or quartz, jasper derives its name from French roots meaning spotted or mottled–that appearance is due to an abundance of iron oxides, hydroxides and other inclusions in its composition.
