Elmwood’s to Offer Pendant Bearing Tsar Alexander I’s Monogram

Elmwood's will auction a circa-1810 pendant carrying the monogram of Tsar Alexander I, the ruler who helped lead the coalition against Napoleon. It...

Watches Tied to £7 Million UK Payroll Fraud Head to Unreserved Online Auction Oct. 29

A Philippe Dufour Simplicity, among the most sought-after watches in independent watchmaking, leads an unreserved online auction of timepieces...

Sell More by Using These Fun Facts With Clients

Fun facts are pieces of useful information that go beyond nickel knowledge. They are intended as edutainment—stimulating conversation that teaches...

A La Vieille Russie Parts With 300-Plus Works in Sotheby’s Sale Estimated Above $15 Million

A La Vieille Russie, the gallery that supplied many of America's major Fabergé collections, is consigning more than 300 pieces from its own holdings...

Christie’s Jewels Online Sale Tops Out With an 8.17-Ct. Diamond Ring

Christie's has a lot of signed jewelry in its latest online sale, but the top lot is all about the stone: an 8.17 ct. D-color Internally Flawless...

Boucheron Brings Nearly 170 Years of Jewelry to Christie’s New York in Its Largest U.S. Archive Show

Boucheron will open In Focus: A Monograph of a Visionary at Christie's New York Oct. 9–18, marking the French house's most ambitious U.S. archive...

Rare Rolex Collection Headed to Phillips Geneva Sale

For over 30 years, Pucci Papaleo has dedicated himself to studying, collecting, and photographing Rolex chronographs, helping establish the scholarly...

Elmwood’s to Offer Rarest Blue Diamond Seen at UK Auction in 18 Years

On Oct. 1, a Scottish collector's 8.03 ct. natural fancy light blue pear-shape diamond will become only the third blue diamond above 8 ct. ever...

£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...

Christie’s Devotes November Sale to Single Anonymous Collector’s 300-Lot Trove

Christie's is devoting a live auction and simultaneous online sale to a single collection this fall. "Exceptional Jewels & Objects of Elegance: A...

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...