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Jewellery2 February 2026

The Top 10 Valentine's Day Gifts for Her

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1900: Goldsmith's art, 20th century. Pearl necklace. (Photo By DEA / G. NIMATALLAH/De Agostini via Getty Images) (detail)
Jewellery8 December 2025

How to Appraise and Price Jewellery: Complete 2025 Guide

A ruby flower brooch, JAR (2003). Auctioned at Christie’s auction in May 2012 for CHF 1,179,000. Photo © Christie’s.
Jewellery25 February 2025

JAR: The Most Mysterious Jewellery Brand in the World

Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata). Public domain image photo (Detail)
Jewellery20 September 2024

Metal Detector Cartier Find Fetches 20 Times Its Estimate

The 'Gibson' bridesmaid brooch, designed by William Burges in 1863. Photo © Gildings Auctioneers (detail)
Jewellery4 April 2024

Victorian Brooch Bought for £20 Sells for £11,500

A. Malyukov, Portrait of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) (1798-1860), 1836, Hermitage Museum. Image in the public domain (detail)
Jewellery5 January 2024

Barnebys' Guide to Precious Stones

Alfred Meyer, 1880, large group of Renaissance miniatures, enamels in the Limoges style. Photo © Tajan (detail)
Jewellery7 November 2023

A Jewellery Collection Owned by The Mysterious 'Mrs B.' Heads to Auction

Fürst culture pearl, sapphire and diamond necklace. Image © Christie's (detail)
Jewellery2 November 2023

Audrey Hepburn's 'Roman Holiday' Necklace Goes to Auction

Tupac Shakur during a live performance in 1994. Image © Raymond Boyd/Getty Images (detail)
Jewellery31 July 2023

Drake Buys Tupac Shakur's Gold Crown Ring for $1 Million

Bronzino, A portrait of an unknown woman and boy, c. 1540. Public domain image (detail)
Jewellery26 May 2023

A Brief History of the Necklace

This unique Cartier ring will be auctioned in Stockholm on June 3. Photo © Kaplans Auctioneers (detail) Sponsored
Jewellery17 May 2023

Barbara Hutton's Cartier Ring Goes to Auction

The Dresden Residenzschloss, in which the Green Vault is located, in the early morning hours of November 25, 2019. Public domain image (detail)
Jewellery17 May 2023

Five Sentenced in Green Vault Heist

Left: Unknown artist, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, Countess de La Motte, ca. 1786. Center: The diamond necklace copy in zirconia, Breteuil Castle, France. Right: Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty (1740-1786), Portrait of Marie Antoinette, c. 1775, Musée Antoine-Lécuyer, Saint-Quentin. Public domain images (detail)
Jewellery24 April 2023

How the Affair of the Diamond Necklace Ruined Marie Antoinette

Roman gold ring, featuring an intricate intaglio of a man’s head in profile, possibly Augustus Caesar. Photo © Fellows
Jewellery20 April 2023

Rare Roman Garnet Ring Sells for 450 Times Its Original Estimate

Portrait of Zinaida Yusupova wearing La Pelegrina pearl. Public domain image (detail)
Jewellery18 April 2023

La Peregrina and La Pelegrina: The World's Most Famous Pearls

Left: German-born American actress Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) in her role in "Stage Fright," directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1950. (Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images). Right: Marlene Dietrich's Jarretière bracelet by Van Cleef & Arpels will be sold in The Magnificent Jewels of Anne Eisenhower sale at Christie's on June 7th. Photo © Christie's
Jewellery27 March 2023

Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Piece of Jewellery at Auction

Gold claddagh ring, Royalcladdagh, License CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jewellery27 March 2023

The History of the Claddagh: An Irish Symbol of Love and Loyalty

Photo © TEFAF (detail)
Jewellery13 March 2023

A New Lead in the TEFAF Jewellery Heist

David Andersen blue enamel and sterling silver jewellery set, necklace, bracelet, brooch, and earrings. Photo © Kaplans Auktioner
Jewellery27 February 2023

David Andersen: Collecting Vintage Norwegian Jewellery

Georges Braque, Circe, 1962, gold and diamond brooch. Photo © Villa Empain.
Jewellery23 January 2023

The Intimate World of Artists' Jewellery

#28: Famous Jewels Worn by Royals. Photo © Barnebys Group
Jewellery9 January 2023

Podcast Ep #28 Famous Jewels Worn by Royals

Jewellery stolen from the Green Vault in 2019. Photo © Police Saxony
Jewellery19 December 2022

31 Stolen Objects from the Dresden Jewel Heist are Recovered

Audrey Hepburn, about to begin filming for Breakfast At Tiffany's, wears one of the store's most expensive diamond necklaces. © Getty Images (detail)
Jewellery1 December 2022

3 Iconic Women and the Jewellery They Made Famous

#23 Antiques Caught on Camera. Photo © Barnebys Group
Jewellery25 November 2022

Podcast Ep #23 Antiques Caught on Camera

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