Antique & Estate Jewelry

Why Celebrity Sightings and Designer Interest Keep Cameos Coming Back

The venerable cameo is having yet another comeback in estate and vintage jewelry cases, as well as through a more modern take as today’s designers...

Hancocks, Grima Unveil 5-Piece Collection Built Around French-Cut Diamonds

Two of Britain's most distinctive jewelry houses have formalized a friendship into a collaboration. Grima for Hancocks, a five-piece series three...

£5 Charity Shop Brooch Turns Out to Be a Diamond Piece Worth £1,000

An 18k Italian gold tulip brooch set with a 0.2 ct. brilliant-cut diamond (valued at over £1,000, or approximately $1,330) was identified at a...

15th-Century “Blood of Christ,” St. Margaret Rings Found by Metal Detectorist Head to Noonans Mayfair

Andrew Riley, a semiretired architect from North Yorkshire, England, goes metal detecting at least twice a week—rain or shine, mostly for the...

These Harry Winston Earrings Belonged to the Man Who Designed the Oscar

Hancocks London has named a pair of circa-1950s Harry Winston convertible diamond chandelier earrings its Jewel of the Month for...

Pragnell Fancy Yellow Diamond Ring Auction

A 22.09 Ct. Fancy Yellow Diamond With Kimberley Mine Provenance Anchors Heritage’s Fall Auction

Heritage Auctions' Sept. 28 Fall Fine Jewelry Signature Auction is anchored by a 22.09 ct. fancy yellow diamond called the Kimberley Sunshine, set by...

571 Fancy Colored Diamonds and a Snake That Tells Time: Inside Morphy’s September Sale

Morphy Auctions is hosting a 357-lot Fine Jewelry & Watches sale on Sept. 24 at its Denver, Pa., gallery, with three lots carrying estimates...

Bonhams to Sell Nearly 1,000 Lots From Cisco Cofounder Sandy Lerner’s Cat Art Collection This Fall

Sandy Lerner has had one of the more improbable careers in American business history: cofounding Cisco Systems, launching Urban Decay, and spending...