Anyone who has ever worked on equipment knows bearings can be a lot of work. First off, there are a lot of them. And on agricultural equipment, most bearings must be lubricated periodically to prevent them from wearing or seizing. But over ...
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The current owner of this 100-carat emerald-cut diamond spent an entire year studying, cutting and polishing the rough to create the “perfect” stone. Sotheby’s will attempt to sell the stone later this month. The largest ...
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Pitch Black, Death Poker and Calavera unveiled. Cartamundi has unveiled a trio of lifestyle-branded playing card decks aimed at an older audience. Pitch Black, Death Poker and Calavera are aimed at the teenage and young adult market and ...
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This emerald, ruby and diamond necklace by Bulgari is expected to fetch up to $400,000 at Christie’s on April 14. The New York sale is expected to total in excess of $40 million. An 80.73-carat cushion-shaped colorless diamond, a ...
Luxury giftware brand Stratton of Mayfair has teamed up with the prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum to launch a unique collection of compacts, mirrors and pill boxes featuring three of its famous art designs. The historic gift company ...
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These two pear-shaped fancy light yellow diamond ear pendants more than doubled their low estimate, selling for $5.4 million at Christie’s New York last week. A pear-shaped, D color, VVS1 diamond weighing 89.23 carats sold for ...
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A platinum-topped gold and diamond necklace presented to writer and socialite Helen Hay on her wedding day topped Sotheby’s auction Tuesday. Held in New York, Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels sale totaled $44.2 million, raising ...
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More than 30 pieces of jewelry from the estate of actress Lauren Bacall will be up for auction at Bonhams this spring, including many by renowned designer Jean Schlumberger, such as this enamel and 18-karat gold bangle. When Bonhams ...
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The “Blue Belle of Asia,” weighing 392.52 carats, set a new world record price for a sapphire when it sold for $17.5 million, leading Christie’s to its highest jewelry auction total ever. Click through the gallery to ...
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Another round of jewels from the collections of the late Estée and Evelyn Lauder are the highlight of Sotheby’s upcoming Magnificent Jewels sale, scheduled for Dec. 9 in New York. Estée Lauder (1906-2004) was the ...
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The JA New York Special Delivery show, designed as a pre-holiday cash-and-carry for retailers, closed Tuesday at the Javits center after three days of buying and selling. A number of retailers in attendance who spoke with National ...
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A cushion-cut, L color, VS2 diamond weighing 101.36 carats sold for $5 million, or $49,100 per carat, during Christie’s Important Jewels auction held Wednesday. The auction house’s sale, which took place in New York, totaled ...
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Sotheby’s anticipates that the 8.62-carat pigeon’s blood “Graff ruby,” one of the finest privately owned rubies in the world, will sell for as much as $9 million at its auction in Geneva next month. ...
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A new world auction record for a fancy vivid pink diamond was set at Sotheby’s Tuesday when an 8.41-carat internally flawless fancy vivid purple-pink diamond sold for $17.8 million. An Asian private buyer bought the diamond, which ...
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Agatha Christie’s brooch and ring are seen here. Christie wrote the plays The Mousetrap, Towards Zero and The Hollow along a number of best-selling novels, including And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express. ...