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Sotheby’s announced it would be selling the world’s largest D flawless emerald-cut diamond later this month while lawyers in California filed to bring a class action lawsuit against Zale.
At 100 carats, the largest “perfect” emerald-cut diamond ever offered at auction is expected to sell for $25 million at Sotheby’s later this month. Read more here.
Sotheby’s announced it would be selling the world’s largest D flawless emerald-cut diamond later this month while lawyers in California filed to bring a class action lawsuit against Zale.
Career-wise, Michael Aram announced that Terri Eagle has been named the brand’s new president and CEO, and Jewelers Mutual’s Katherine Bodoh said she would be leaving the insurance company to work under Ruth Batson at the American Gem Society.
See all of this and more in this Friday’s edition of The Week in Photos.
At 100 carats, the largest “perfect” emerald-cut diamond ever offered at auction is expected to sell for $25 million at Sotheby’s later this month. Read more here.
Lawyers in California are seeking to bring a class action lawsuit against Zale on behalf of nearly 20,000 employees who allegedly were cheated out of overtime pay. Read more here.
Katherine Bodoh is leaving Jewelers Mutual to join the American Gem Society, where she’ll be second-in-command behind Ruth Batson. Read more here.
Purchased by a “European institution” for six times its pre-sale estimate, a 5,800-piece Swatch “superlot” sold for $6 million this week at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. The lot included prototypes, limited and special edition watches and artwork related to the brand. Read more here.
Terri Eagle is now the president and CEO of housewares company Michael Aram, which recently branched out into fine jewelry. Eagle has held executive positions at John Hardy, Stephen Webster/Garrard and David Yurman. Read more here.
This spring holds two milestones for designer Alexandra Mor: her brand’s fifth anniversary, and the launch of a 16-piece capsule collection at Bergdorf Goodman. Read more here.
The Philadelphia mayor’s office is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the abduction, beating and robbery of a jewelry store employee. The suspects’ van is a 1997-2002 burgundy Ford Econoline with tinted windows on the extended portion of the passenger side, and is smeared with either a compound or white paint. Read more here.
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