EXHIBITS & EVENTS

If you are in New York City during Memorial Day weekend and you are looking for some cool jewelry related things to do, you won’t want to miss the Cartier Mansion’s exhibit of its role as the exclusive jewelry partner to the film. The landmark store also starred as a key location in the film, where…

The start of February was filled with jewelry shows: Melee: The Show, NY Now and Metal & Smith (all trade and press-only shows kicked off the first week in NYC with independent modern designers from newcomers to more established brands. The Centurion show in Scottsdale  and the beginning  of The AGTA Gem show in Tucson …

While taking groups of novice and consummate collectors, enthusiasts, and dealers on tours at the Original Miami Beach Antique show (OMBAS), we met some of the most passionate exhibitors/experts and saw epic antique and vintage jewels.  During the previous tour I gave at The New York Antique and Watch Show , I walked a sold-out crowd…

As many of you know, I am an antique jewelry aficionado (read: antique jewelry-obsessed). But last year I got snowbound while Original Miami Beach Antique Show (OMBAS)  bound. My flight was canceled and my airline could not get me out until the night before I had to be home for a major assignment.  I was in a…

The first time I met Franci Sagar, Vice President of Retail and Brand Development at The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), was at the 2nd edition of RE:FINE (formerly known as Redefining Fine Jewelry)—the spring launch event at The Store at MAD. I was so impressed with Franci’s choice and presentation of jewelers, I wrote…

  “In an age when texting has become the millennials’ main mode of communication and politicians tweet their messages to the public, it seems the perfect moment for an exhibition of jewelry which expresses everything from emotions to social conscience through words and symbols. Such is the case of Message Speaks, a group exhibition, opening…

Day two of my jewelry expedition led me to Metal & Smith which is traditionally a trade-only show, (albeit in an unconventional setting, which I wrote about here)  and usually lasts for one day. But good news for jewelry obsessed and purveyors of modern jewelry,  the show converts to a pop-up that will be open the…

Annette Ferdinandsen Blue Star Sapphire, 18K gold and diamond ring From Saturday, August 19 through Wednesday, August 23rd, there are three jewelry shows in NYC (two of which are trade-only for press and retailers). The weekend began with the first edition of Melee: The Show, which will be over by the time you read this but…

There are many jewelry events that I look forward to during the year. My editorial background and the books I’ve authored are a total giveaway. I have a passion for discovering new talent, hunting down rare period pieces, and I am sentimental and often engrossed in the personal stories behind the jewels. Therefore,  I love…

In our first part of this two-part article on discoveries at the recently held summer 2017 edition of the New York Antique Jewelry & Watch Show we talked about the story behind an identical Van Cleef & Arpel’s Cadenas watch to the one owned by The Duchess of Windsor and how she was reported to…