Jewelry Judge

JULY 2, 2025

million, setting multiple records at the time, including highest price ever paid for a pearl jewel ($11.8 For those born in July, the ruby remains a symbol of passion, love and vitality — qualities Taylor embodied both on screen and in life. Taylor’s entire collection of 80 iconic pieces netted $115.9

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Invaluable

JULY 16, 2025

Period metalwork will have been hand hammered in quality metals, with hand-chiselled motifs and no solder seams. Similarly with jewelry, look for hallmarks and factor in provenance – whether checking auction records or finding archive images/records of a piece being worn.

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Invaluable

JUNE 10, 2024

In 2004, a world auction record was set for Weymss Ware, when a Scottish collector bid almost £70,000 (around $86,715) at a Sotheby’s auction for two sleeping piglets produced by the original Fife pottery. Much like any collector’s piece with an enchanting story, provenance plays a part in the desirability of Weymss Ware.

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WorthPoint

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Stradivaris violins are considered among the highest quality instruments ever made, said to have a unique tonal quality that some believe cannot be replicated even by modern methods. The auction record set by Molitor was soon surpassed, howeverthe Lady Blunt sold for $15.9 There are countless theories as to why this is.

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Jewelry Judge

APRIL 16, 2025

In today’s gemological terms, they are classified as Type IIa — the highest quality grade for diamonds. As the countdown to May 14 continues, The Golconda Blue stands poised not only to challenge these auction records, but also to etch its name into the pantheon of history’s most storied blue diamonds.

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