Gold Price Surpasses $2,000 Again

The price of gold has crossed the all-important $2,000-an-ounce benchmark for the second time this year. (more…)

Is Responsible Silver the Next Frontier in Ethical Metals Sourcing?

Most American jewelers are familiar with Fairmined gold, which entered the U.S. market a decade ago, thanks to the joint efforts of the Alliance for...

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...

$17,000 Gold Apple Watch Now Obsolete

Anyone who purchased the gold Apple Watch won’t get much for their $17,000. (more…)

What to Know About the 2023 Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference

For two days in mid-August, 135 people—including members of the jewelry industry as well as stakeholders from governments, nongovernmental...

Consumers Excited to Buy Gold Bars From Costco

Costco, the warehouse club famed for selling large amounts of everything, is now offering customers a big chunk of gold. (more…)

Sia Taylor Reimagines a Meadow Walk in Delicate New Collection

Jewelry designer Sia Taylor sees A Golden Seed as both a reflection on her 15 years of work in fine jewelry and a meditation on nature, sculpture,...

My Favorite Jewels From The 2023 VicenzaOro September Show

It’s a little more than a week since I returned from the VicenzaOro show in Vicenza, Italy. I’m finally over my jet lag, but I’m still thinking...

Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange Owner Buys Steven Kretchmer

Envela Corporation, the “re-commerce” company that owns Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange, has purchased Scottsdale, Ariz.–based jewelry...

Optimism Reigns at Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair

Exhibitors, buyers, and organizers were feeling positive as the 68th Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair headed into its open-to-the-public weekend,...

It’s Official: The Nameplate Necklace Is Now a Cultural Artifact

A few years ago, Marcel Rosa-Salas, a cultural anthropologist, scholar, and documentarian, and Isabel Attyah Flower, an editor and writer, embarked...