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DIAMONDS
88.22ct diamond
to feature
at Sotheby’s
Magnificent
Jewels auction
An 88.22ct, D Colour, flawless,
Type IIa, oval brilliant diamond will
lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Sale of
Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite auction
on 2 April 2019.
JEWELLERY DESIGNS
Fabergé debuts
Skiing World
Cup-inspired
pendant
In celebration of the Alpine Skiing
World Cup Finals Fabergé has
launched the Palais Tsarskoye Selo Teal
Locket with Snowflake Surprise.
The Palais Tsarskoye Selo Teal Locket
is hand crafted from 18 carat white
gold set with blue vitreous enamel.
Fabergé’s workmasters “meticulously”
added several layers of enamel to the
locket, one at a time, with the pendant
fired in a kiln after every layer.
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QUOTE OF
THE MONTH
“We are delighted to be
able to take on many of the
Chapelle outlet stores as well
as their website. We are also
very pleased to be saving over
80 jobs…”
That’s what David Hinds, managing
director of F Hinds, said on the family
owned retailer reaching an agreement
to take on 12 Chapelle stores after
the embattled retailer went into
administration.
JEWELLERY DESIGNERS
The diamond, estimated to be worth
between $11.2m - $12.7m (£8.5m
- £9.7m), is one of only three oval
diamonds of over 50 carats to appear
at a Sotheby’s auction, and the largest
to be auctioned in over five years.
Patti Wong, chairman of Sotheby’s
Asia, said: “When you think that one
ton of mined earth yields less than a
carat of diamond, and that high quality
diamonds over 10 carats are a rarity, the
discovery of a 242-carat rough,of gem
quality and exceptional size, is nothing
short of a miracle.
“The perfect 88.22-carat diamond
is a summary of everything: a wonder
of nature, a masterpiece resulting from
man’s ability to shape the hardest
material on earth into an object
of ultimate beauty and the most
concentrated form of wealth, as stated by
Pliny the Elder almost 2000 years ago. “
Describing the stone, David Bennett,
worldwide chairman, international
jewellery division, added: “For those
who have had the chance to see the
diamond, one adjective comes back:
‘breathtaking’. Barely any diamonds of
this weight are known to possess the
same exceptional qualities of purity
and perfection as this remarkable
stone which is so full of fire and
blinding brilliance.”
March 2019 | jewelleryfocus.co.uk
Martin Katz
Jewellery to
make UK debut
Beverly Hills jewellery designer Martin
Katz will launch his collection on online
luxury fashion platform, Net-a-Porter,
ahead of his 30th anniversary.
The locket opens to reveal an 18
carat white gold snowflake, set with
diamonds. The Palais Tsarskoye Selo
Teal Locket with Snowflake Surprise
will debut at Fabergé’s exclusive
Andorra partner Perleria de Tahiti,
artist-jeweller Laurent Pereira’s family-
owned boutique.
The Palais Tsarskoye Selo Teal Locket
is also inspired by the Russian Imperial
family’s gilded baroque country
palace, built for Empress Elizabeth by
Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the architect of
St Petersburg’s Winter Palace, on the
Tsarskoye Selo estate.
Hallmarking in
December increased by
8.1%
to 748,467 items
The announcement means that, for
the first time, Martin Katz Jewellery
will be available in the UK and
internationally.
With a monthly audience of over
seven million, Net-a-Porter recently
launched its fine jewellery and watch
suite, growing the assortment of
available brands.
A statement from Martin Katz
Jewellery read: “Customers can now
shop for a piece of Martin Katz fine
jewellery alongside their Frame jeans
and Gucci trainers. Because that’s how
they’ll wear it.”
(compared with the
previous January)
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