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JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of Jan. 17
We hope you have time to spare this week—but if not, you may want to clear your calendars anyway.
Between a business forum, jewelry summit, and...
JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of Jan. 10
Well, 2021, we were hoping you’d go easy on us.
Sigh.
To distract you from the deeply unsettling events of the past week, we’ve got details...
What Jewelers Will Be Talking About in 2021
It’s both comforting and depressing to realize that most people around the world feel exactly the same way about 2020: Thank. God. It’s....
JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of Jan. 3
Happy 2021! And phew! A top contender for the worst year in history is over. We can practically hear the world’s collective sigh of...
The State of the Colored Stone Market Circa 2020
Few people have a better perspective on the colored stone market than Stuart Robertson, vice president of Gemworld International in Glenview, Ill.,...
3 Fantastic New Colored Stone Collections Born Of COVID
Bringing a new jewelry collection to life is a challenging process in the best of times. Doing so in the middle of a pandemic is darn near heroic....
Greenland Ruby’s Hayley Henning on What’s Coming in 2021
Even though the pandemic has barely grazed Greenland—the country has had just 17 cases of COVID-19 and no deaths—its most important gemstone...
Extraordinary Kashmir Sapphire To Lead Bonhams’ New York Jewelry Sale
On Dec. 7, a belle epoque platinum brooch set with a Kashmir sapphire—bearing two certificates, one from AGL, and the other from the Gübelin Gem...
Exploring Mark Patterson’s World of Color One Page at a Time
When Mark Patterson and Josette Menassa met as students at GIA in the early 1980s—back when the organization still had its campus in Santa Monica,...
3 Essential Books for Anyone Interested in Gemstone Tales and Talismans
With jewelry buyers embarking on a collective search for meaning this holiday, brushing up on gemstone lore and symbolism isn’t a bad idea. It’s...