5 days LeftBonhamsVAN CLEEF & ARPELS: CULTURED PEARL, DIAMOND AND EMERALD 'LION BARQUEROLLES' SAUTOIR, CIRCA 1975£20,000
Chanel pearls: real or imitation, always in vogueNEW YORK – Designer Coco Chanel transformed the jewelry industry in the 1920s when she made wearing costume jewelry chic. She encouraged women to combine costume jewelry with fine jewelry, and, notably, to wear costume pearls instead of the real thing. Elise Coronado, director of jewelry and timepieces at Michaan’s Auctions in Alameda, California, said […]
Italian jeweler Marina B succeeded on her own termsNEW YORK — Marina Bulgari (b. 1930-) was destined by birthright for the jewelry business but determined to find her own path. She began her career working in the family business, Bulgari, which her grandfather started. After studying art and design in college, she joined the company and began designing, eventually helping run Bulgari when […]
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Aug. 10-11 sales at Clars span Asian art, jewelry and furnitureOAKLAND, Calif. – Clars Auction Gallery will hold back-to-back sales in August: a Summer Fine Jewelry & Timepieces auction on Thursday, August 10, and a Design + Art + Fine Asian Art sale on Friday, August 11. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.