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Week in Photos – September 26, 2016
The week began with news that the star stone of Sotheby’s New York jewelry sale, a 27-carat diamond, did not sell.
The week began with a bit of news from late last week: the headlining stone at Sotheby’s New York Sept. 22 jewelry sale--a 27-carat oval-shaped diamond--failed to find a buyer, making a Bulgari ring set with a 24.72-carat sapphire the sale’s top lot. That ring went for $706,000.
Also this week, Gemfields announced its fiscal year results, we found out that a 9,381-carat blue topaz was going on display at a London Museum, and Lucapa found another huge rough diamond at its Lulo mine in Angola.
See it all and more in The Week in Photos.
This ring set with a 27-carat oval-shaped diamond did not find a buyer at Sotheby’s first jewelry auction of the fall season in New York.
Over the weekend, the new National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in Washington, D.C., with fine jewelry brand Mateo New York chosen to retail in its gift shop.
Gemfields announced its fiscal year results on Monday, which showed that steady demand for colored gemstones has given its bottom line a boost.
The subject of National Jeweler’s One to Watch feature this month was Ilana Sarna, the designer behind fine jewelry line Ilana Ariel.
Lilian Raji, a/k/a The PR Adviser, relinquished control of her column this month to answer a question on obtaining a licensing agreement with a major jewelry company.
The 9,381-carat Ostro Stone, which is believed to be the largest flawless and faceted blue topaz in the world, will go on display at London’s Natural History Museum starting Oct. 19.
Town & Country Editor-in-Chief Stellene Volandes wrote a book about jewelry designers, and it’s coming out this month.
Just a week after miner Lucapa Diamond Company turned up a 104-carat diamond at its Lulo project, an even bigger stone emerged.
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