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When daddy is one of the richest men in America (so is grandpa, but who's counting) and you're getting married, what kind of wedding present should you expect? Clearly, a piece of jewelry to make even the most seasoned of jewelry collectors catch their breath is in order. And so it went with Barbara Hutton, the only child of Edna and Franklyn Laws Hutton (and granddaughter of Frank W. Woolworth). When Barbara married a prince in 1933, her father bequeathed her with an outstan

A History of Engagement Rings, Vol. 7: The 1920’s We were packing up for our weekend show last night and couldn’t bring you the history...

Last week in A History Of Engagement Rings we talked about one of the greatest jewelry collectors of modern times: Liz Taylor. Oddly enough, or maybe not so oddly given that she was married 8 times, she shows up again here with us in the recap of the 1950’s. Four times (Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Mike Todd and Eddie Fisher). :-)

A History of Engagement Rings Vol. 2: The 1970s Did you catch us last week as we started down the historical path of engagement rings?...

Famous Jewelry In The Movies, Vol. 10: Cleopatra If you are a true jewelry lover, then you know one of the greatest collectors of all...

Famous Jewelry In The Movies, Vol. 9: Sex In The City There are movies you watch and then there are movies that you watch over and over...

FAMOUS JEWELRY IN THE MOVIES, VOL. 6: The Other Boleyn Girl Ok, another film we haven’t seen but still yet another piece of gorgeous...

Famous Jewelry In The Movies, Vol. 6: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes You may or may not believe this, but we have yet to ever watch  . We know,...

Famous Jewelry In The Movies, Vol 5: How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days If you've been following along, we've covered some big ground in this...

Famous Jewelry In The Movies, Vol 4: Gone With The Wind When thinking of famous jewelry in the movies, Gone With The Wind isn’t a film...

Famous Jewelry In The Movies, Vol 2: Pretty Woman Unless you were under a rock in the 90’s, you saw it. In the theater. Replayed on TBS...

The year is 1837. President Andrew Jackson is in power, until he is succeeded in March by Martin VanBuren. The state of Michigan is...

Greece. Home to blue skies and even bluer waters. Gorgeous islands and, theoretically at least, those epic Greek Gods we all learned...

It is often said, "Necessity is the mother of invention." And in our next historical jewelry manufacturing period, that couldn't ring...

So, let's see where we are in our series about the different historical periods in jewelry manufacturing. We left off with the French...

So far in our series focusing on the various periods and eras of jewelry production, we've been pretty myopic in looking at the impact...

Oh, October. How did you get to be so lucky? You have as your birthstone what some call the gem of all gemstones: the opal. Opals, which...

Emerald Isle. Emerald City. Emerald Coast. Emerald Buddha. Emerald Ash Borer (we may have taken that last one too far, we realize)....

We know them as the birthstone for September and for their deep blues to medium violets. But there's so much more to sapphires than that....

Once upon a time, many moons ago, diamonds didn't rule supreme in the jewelry world - there was a more colorful King of the Hill - the...