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Christie’s has announced The Fortune Pink, an 18.18 carat pear-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond, will lead the Geneva Magnificent Jewels sale on 8 November 2022, as part of Christie’s Luxury Week. The exceptionally rare gemstone is the largest pear-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond ever to be offered for sale at auction. To-date the largest vivid pink diamond sold at Christie’s was the 18.96 carat Winston Pink Legacy, which achieved CHF 50,375,000 and set a world record price per carat for a pink diamond sold at auction. It is expected to fetch between $25 and $35m (£23m and £32m). Rahul Kadakia, Christie’s international head of jewellery, said: “After The Rock, a 228 carat diamond sold this May in Geneva, Christie’s is proud to present The Fortune Pink, the largest pear-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond offered for sale at auction. With its auspicious weight of 18.18 carats this exceptional pink diamond of phenomenal colour will certainly bring good fortune to its new owner.” source ...

Jewellery maison Cartier International has joined the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) as a commercial member. Cartier operates over 200 boutiques in more than 60 countries, and three flagship stores, known as temples, in Paris, New York and London. Its revenues stood at approximately $12.4bn (£1.11bn) in 2022. The company, which designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells jewellery, leather goods and watches, was founded by Louis-François Cartier in Paris in 1847, and is today a subsidiary of the Swiss Richemont Group. Gaetano Cavalieri, CIBJO president, said: “We are delighted to welcome Cartier International into the World Jewellery Confederation. “Its historical legacy, commitment to excellence and worldwide prestige are unprecedented, but it also is pioneering our industry’s journey towards full sustainability, realising our responsibility to the long-term wellbeing of all our stakeholders and health of our planet. We are most happy to be doing that together.” Cyrille...

Facet has launched its first classic jewellery collection, ‘Fire Under Ice’, which comprises 27 pieces, made up of solitaire rings, pendants and earrings, with diamonds and Greenland rubies as the centre stones of these pieces. The company has formed an alliance with Tracemark and Greenland Ruby, and said the collection is the “most sustainable classic jewellery in the world with the oldest and most sustainable rubies to date”.    Pieces in the collection are traceable and come with a certificate of provenance, and the collection includes recycled traceable gold with a CoC certificate, certified by the RJC. Customers can scan their QR code and obtain fully audited information about every step in their jewels and components’ journey, from extraction to possession. Tracemark is a worldwide standard of traceability in jewellery that provides certified traceability and auditing of each piece of jewellery to “guarantee that all human rights have been respected” along the jewel...

Jewellery brand Rebecca has launched The Jolie Collection, a niche luxury collection available in 18Kt yellow gold and sterling silver enriched by colourful diamond dust exclusive to the Rebecca brand. The collection features “alluring and minimal jewels for a precious and timeless look, with elegance of the diamond dust of the pendants combined with a fresh style, trendy, minimal, and timeless”. Rebecca is a jewellery brand produced and distributed by Industrie Testi Spa, an Italian company with headquarters in Florence, in the heart of Tuscany. The company was founded in 2000 by Alessandro Testi, chairman and designer of the first Group, to use “poor” raw materials such as bronze and steel, working them with top-quality craftsmanship techniques. Industrie Testi Spa produces its jewellery in a series of highly specialised departments where artisans and industrial design graduates work side by side. The Rebecca brand is now available in approximately 1,500 independent medium-high ...

Yoko London has launched a ‘Jubilee Masterpiece’ tiara as part of its Platinum Jubilee collection to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of the late Queen Elizabeth II. The tiara is also a wearable necklace, designed to transition “seamlessly” between the two forms.  Featuring 181 Japanese Akoya and Australian South Sea Pearls, ranging between 2.5mm and 14.6mm in diameter, alongside 31.13cts of G VS diamonds, the piece is set in 18ct White Gold. To transform the piece from tiara to necklace, the frame can be unclipped and removed to reveal a fluid pearl and diamond necklace. An ornate clasp then slots into the back of the necklace to complete the piece. Yoko London started planning the collection at the beginning of 2022, ahead of the Platinum Jubilee. The company said the piece is its latest and most technically ingenious achievement to date. source https://www.jewelleryfocus.co.uk/207201-yoko-london-presents-transformable-tiara-in-platinum-jubilee-collection

An early 20th Century diamond and platinum ring, formerly the property of business woman, philanthropist, Jewish scholar and famed hostess Mrs Flora Abraham Sassoon (1856-1936) of the Sassoon dynasty, has sold for a price of £38,000 at Mayfair auctioneers Noonans. The sale took place on 13 September in a sale of Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu at the auction house. Estimated to fetch £20,000-30,000, the ring had been passed on to Flora’s eldest daughter, Rachel Sassoon Ezra (Lady Ezra) and thence by family descent to the current vendors. Noonans Jewellery and Watches auction showed strong results: a beautiful diamond single stone ring by Boodle and Dunthorne, in the Art Deco taste, set with a brilliant-cut diamond of 3.01 carats, fetched £22,000 against an estimate of £7,000-9,000 and was bought by an overseas buyer. Prior to the sale, Frances Noble, associate director and head of jewellery at Noonans, said: “In the 19th Century, the Sassoon dynasty were known as the ‘Roths...

Renné Jewellery has launched its most recent collection, the Beaded Bracelets, with each bracelet created with a 14-carat gold filled bead and Moonstone beads that come in “vibrant colours” to complement varied looks. Stones included in the collection are ammonite, kunzite, apatite, black tourmaline, chalcedony, chrysoprase, golden jade, morganite, and pink opal. Renné Jewellery said the bracelet collection is designed to provide a visual impact while providing ethereal guidance, and that the beads adoring the bracelet have spiritual meanings that can be chosen to reflect the wearer’s beliefs or values. The company added that it is only using predominantly ethically sourced, 100% recycled sterling silver and gold, and incorporates Ecosilver wire, a material that is an eco-friendly alternative to normal metal and manufactured using recycled silver from vintage jewellery and giftware industries. Any metal left over is then weighed in and re-used or melted down to create another piec...