The Archive
2026
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How to Read a GIA Diamond Report: Every Section Explained
A line-by-line guide to the GIA diamond grading report, from the report number and proportions diagram to fluorescence, comments, inscriptions…
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Oval vs. Round Diamond: Size, Sparkle and Price
A 1-carat oval looks more than a millimeter longer than a round and cost about 5% less at the same…
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Where to Spend and Where to Save on a Diamond: Cut, Color, Clarity and Carat
Spend on cut and a trustworthy report, save on clarity, color and the last few points of carat weight: here…
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How to Build a $10,000 Engagement Ring: Diamond, Setting and Metal
How to split $10,000 between diamond and setting, what natural and lab-grown diamonds buy at that price, and whether platinum…
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Christie’s Jewels Online: An 8.17-Carat D Diamond Leads New York
An 8.17-carat D-color diamond offered without reserve leads Christie’s Jewels Online in New York, among signed jewels from Graff, Cartier,…
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Boucheron Exhibition in New York: 80 High Jewels at Christie’s
Ten days, about 80 jewels and 168 years of Parisian invention: Boucheron’s In Focus exhibition brings the maison’s high jewelry…
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8-Carat Blue Diamond Unsold at Elmwood’s London Jewelry Sale
An 8.03-carat Fancy Light Blue diamond, one of the rarest stones ever offered in a British saleroom, drew £1.2 million…
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Voutilainen 28Sport Sells for $1 Million at Phillips New York
One of eight in steel, a hand-finished Voutilainen 28Sport sold for more than a million dollars at Phillips New York,…
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Bulgari Pink Diamond: A 24-Carat Ring Heads to Christie’s Geneva
Kept by one European family for seventy years, a 24-carat pink diamond set by Bulgari in 1950s Rome comes to…
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Engagement Ring Styles: Solitaire, Halo, Three-Stone and More, With Prices
Solitaire, halo, hidden halo, three-stone, pavé and bezel: how each engagement ring style wears, what the settings cost and which…