This Jeweler Foiled a Scam That Would Have Bankrupted an Elderly Woman

From the start, Yianni Roupas (pictured) thought something was off when the 84-year-old woman entered his store, Costa’s Fine Jewelry and Coins in...

Analysts Reduce 2026 Gold Forecast as Price Tumbles to New Low

The spot price of gold fell below $4,000 per ounce on Wednesday, dropping to a new low for 2026 and leading at least one firm to lower its price...

The Golden Opportunity

Our fascination with gold is about as old as the history of mankind. We are inherently captivated by the metal; just ask any infant who...

A $2.1 Million Diamond Flower Is Redefining What You Can Hang From a Birkin

The magenta-colored Birkin bag was already eye-catching enough. To Ashna Mehta, however, it was merely a backdrop. As the founder of an eponymous...

Roberto Coin Celebrates 30 Years With Largest-Ever High Jewelry Showing in Venice

Roberto Coin is a Venetian by birth, a hotelier by training, and a fine jeweler by trade, but as he demonstrated last week at his eponymous jewelry...

M.S. Rau’s $348,500 Diamond Soccer Ball Is Ready for Its World Cup Close-Up

Just in time for the FIFA World Cup tournament, which opened June 11 and concludes July 19, the New Orleans antique and jewelry dealer M.S. Rau is...

The Trapeze Cut Gets Its Moment in the Spotlight

If diamond shapes were animals, the trapeze cut would be a leopard: beautiful and impressive, yet rather elusive. Mingle Trapeze Arch Diamond...

5 Diamond Trends That Ruled 2026 Las Vegas Jewelry Week

Las Vegas Jewelry Week offered a crash course in what’s trending across the fine jewelry universe. If the designer collections we saw at the JCK,...

This Berkshires Jeweler Has a Simple Strategy for Selling Natural Diamonds

Tim McClelland, a classically trained jeweler based in the Berkshires, is convinced that the most effective way to sell natural diamonds begins and...

Natural Diamonds Steal the Scene at Luxury in Las Vegas

The Luxury show in Las Vegas is an excellent place to go diamond trendspotting, as JCK discovered last week. From the designers showing in the...

“Vegas Is My Favorite Week”

Fallon Bock was 15 or 16 years old when she attended JCK Las Vegas with her father, Lawrence Bock, owner and president of the Dallas-based retailer...