This week: Problems in the watch and jewelry auction markets. A lawsuit over the Harry Winston book. And ashes-to-diamonds company has big embarrassment. All below.
You could feel jewelry Kenergy at the Academy Awards
– Brooches for men trend
– John Cena wears nothing but Rolex (and sandals)
Lab-grown diamonds make strong showing in The Knot survey
– Botswana newspaper takes hope in lab-growwn price collapse
– Michael Schechter says don’t get hung up on price
– Martin Rapaport declares, “The synthetic party is over”
– U.K. newspaper says, actually, it’s over for natural diamonds
De Beers sales improve, but still down, at February sight
– Diamonds “lose sparkle in China”
– Investors not profiting from Lucara
New EU regs causing delays in diamond shipments into Antwerp
– “Four questions the U.S. must answer”
Surat diamond bourse goes from triumph to tragedy
African countries urged to harmonize diamond laws
Swarovski releases sales data, in possible sign of IPO
Brilliant Earth’s sales hit record
Jennifer Fisher receives investment from Centric Brands
Tanishq opens store in Chicago area, its fourth in U.S.
Koura Fine Diamond Jewelry shares list at 36% premium over IPO
Macy’s to provide due diligence info to bidder after it increases offer
Claire’s shutting stores in Britain
– Claire’s installing displays in thousands of Walgreens
Top lots don’t sell at Sotheby’s “signed jewels” auction
Watch auction market suffers “severe downturn”
Millennials, Gen Zers “lining up for hours” at Brooklyn Charm
24 Karat Weekend spotlights celebrities, serious subjects
Steve Webb named exec VP of Gordon Company
WJA Foundation names scholarship after Hedda Schupak-Baum
Interview with Van Cleef CEO Nicolas Bos
Harry Winston’s “right-hand man” sues son over book
Europol busts group selling counterfeit watches in Antwerp’s diamond district
Homeland Security catches Indian gold jewelry fraudulently labeled as Korean products
Laxmi Diamond founder charged in land-grab scheme
India tribunal admits insolvency resolution against former Winsome head Jatin Metha
Mumbai court acquits diamond merchant Girish Kadel
Woman who had husband’s ashes made into jewelry finds they were not his remains
Covert forms of sexual harassment remain issue in Western Australia’s mining industry
Book fair selling first-edition Breakfast at Tiffany’s covered with 1,000 diamonds
Mukesh Ambani’s wife wears $65 million in jewelry to son’s pre-wedding
Losing $60,000 earrings caused Shaquille O’Neal to make lifestyle change
Saweetie claps back at Twitter troll over jewelry criticism
Book donated with jewelry inside ends in a mystery solved
Woman buried 1,600 years ago discovered with ornate jewelry
NASA calls celestial phenomenon “cosmic jewelry”
Media Watch
Financial Times on the emerald’s “exceptional allure”
From the Podcast
The Jewelry District, Episode 117: Guest Jean-Claude Biver
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