Day: August 20, 2009

New York, New York

Australian jeweller Stefano Canturi recently opened his second store in the US - on the corner of 66th and Madison Ave in New York.
Posted in Jeweller Profiles, News
Australian jeweller Stefano Canturi recently opened his second store in the US – on the corner of 66th and Madison Ave in New York.
According to Canturi Jewels spokesperson Patricia Zagaras, the new jewellery salon is “an intimate boutique with an exclusive feel, reflective of Stefano’s style”.
“Stefano has introduced his signature style to the Upper East Side,” she said. “Stefano’s long term US clients have for years insisted that he open there and after developing the brand in Australia and then opening in Las Vegas, New York was finally realised.”
Canturi’s other stores are located in Las Vegas, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Annenberg up for auction

The Annenberg diamond, a spectacular D color, flawless diamond of 32.01 carats, will be the highlight at Christies’ Jewels: The New York Sale next month.…
Posted in News, World News
The Annenberg diamond, a spectacular D color, flawless diamond of 32.01 carats, will be the highlight at Christies’ Jewels: The New York Sale next month.
Valued between US$3-5 million and boasting the impressive provenance synonymous with the Annenberg name, will be among the most highly-anticipated jewels offered at auction this year.
The square emerald-cut diamond is mounted on a ring and flanked by two pear-shaped diamonds weighing 1.50 and 1.61 carats.
François Curiel, chairman of Christie’s Europe and International head of jewels, said the diamond combines the best of the four Cs – “top colour, perfect clarity, ideal cut, and excellent weight”.
“If you add to this the impeccable provenance of the Annenberg name, you have one of the finest gems to appear on the market for many years.”
The Annenberg Diamond belonged to the late Leonore ‘Lee’ Annenberg, a passionate art collector and philanthropist who, along with her husband, Walter H Annenberg, entrusted billions of dollars to institutions devoted to education and the arts.
Mrs Annenberg was the former US chief of protocol during the Reagan administration, and served as chairwoman and president of the Annenberg Foundation. Her husband was a prominent newspaper publisher, broadcaster, diplomat and philanthropist .
The Jewels: The New York Sale will be held in New York on October 21, 2009
For more information visit  www.christies.com

Nationwide celebrates

The Nationwide Jewellers buying group will celebrate a special milestone next month when the number of nationwide members who have taken part in the group’s…
Posted in Local News, News
The Nationwide Jewellers buying group will celebrate a special milestone next month when the number of nationwide members who have taken part in the group’s annual Antwerp buying trip promotion reaches 300.
To celebrate the milestone, Nationwide will give all of its Platinum Reward Level members a travel voucher worth $1000 towards a trip to Antwerp in March 2010.
According to Nationwide managing director Colin Polkington, the group has been taking members to Antwerp for 10 years.
“Many of these members have made multiple trips, with the Antwerp promotion becoming a major event in their annual marketing calendar,” he said.
“The Antwerp program is one of the marketing ideas that the group picked up from Independent Jewelers Organisation, the largest jewellery buying group in the world.”
He said the City of Antwerp has officially recognised the buying group with two Mayoral Receptions in Antwerp’s historic City Hall building and members had been invited to the Hoge Raad voor Diamant (Diamond High Council) headquarters for special briefings and to receive free marketing support kits.
Nationwide’s March 2010 trip will include a visit to Bangkok and Vietnam.

Beauty and the Deep

To mark the 10th anniversary of its luxury skincare range in Australia, Le Mer has partnered with South Sea pearl jewellery company Autore to create…
Posted in Local News, News, Pearls
To mark the 10th anniversary of its luxury skincare range in Australia, Le Mer has partnered with South Sea pearl jewellery company Autore to create a limited edition collection of jewellery inspired by the sea.
The collection, which will be sold with tubs of La Mer’s Crème de la Mer in a special promotional deal, consists of 17 silver spatulas – each with its own unique piece of ‘ocean inspired’ jewellery that can be removed and worn as a pendant, brooch or charm.
The collection comprises:
10 diamond studded rose gold turtle featuring white South Sea pearls (each is packaged with a 60ml crème for RRP $800);
Five brushed gold angel fish framed with coloured sapphires and set with coordinating South Sea pearls (each is packaged with a 250ml crème for RRP$2800);
Two tropical angel fish encrusted with bright coloured sapphires, black diamonds and a gold or black South Sea pearl (each is packaged with a 500ml crème for RRP$4200).
The collection will go on sale in David Jones stores around Australia in October.
Autore founder and CEO Rosario Autore said he was proud to be part of such a “beautiful and symbolically important collaboration” with Le Mer.
“This collaboration is the perfect synergy of two brands that depend on the preservation of pristine oceans and two products which are in the highest order of quality in their respective industries.”

Master collaboration

Two of the ‘grand masters’ of the jewellery industry have combined their skills to create the Sea Shell Collection Masterpiece Ring for Nationwide Jewellers. Gabi…
Posted in Local News, News
Two of the ‘grand masters’ of the jewellery industry have combined their skills to create the Sea Shell Collection Masterpiece Ring for Nationwide Jewellers.
Gabi Tolkowsky, arguably the world’s most famous diamond cutter (The Centenary, The Golden Jubilee and The Pink Sunrise), developed the Sea Shell Collectionof diamonds in 2005.
Each stone in the Sea Shell collection “is cut individually based on the specific characteristics of the rough” and is packaged with a CD that has music based on a digitisation of the diamond’s gem print.
In 2008, Nationwide Jewellers brought Tolkowsky to the JAA Australian Jewellery Fair and introduced him to another grand master, Rex Steele Merten, a jewellery designer who has won four Diamonds International Awards and the only Australian jewellery designer to be admitted to the Diamonds International Academy.
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