Laurence Graff’s View of Luxury
Sep 01, 1998
JCK: How did you get from being an apprentice to being one of the world’s top jewelers? LG: I left school at 14 to become a bench apprentice and started selling jewelry at age 17. I really built the business stone by stone. I traveled around the world with stones in my pocket. I had samples and did exhibits in the Middle East and Far....

Watch Watch
Feb 01, 1997
The Vendome Luxury Group – owner of Cartier, Piaget and Baume & Mercier – has added Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin to its stable of luxury product brands. Vendome bought the ma- jority-stake shares of the 242-year-old company from Sheik Ahmed Yamani, the former Saudi oil minister. Though no price was disclosed, industry sources estimate....

Auctions
Oct 01, 1996
William Doyle Galleries, New York, N.Y., achieved total sales of nearly $450,000 at its Contents of Abandoned Safe Deposit Boxes Auction in July. The sale offered 596 lots from unclaimed safe deposit boxes of Banco Central de Hispano, Dime Savings Bank and Home Savings of America, as well as pieces from private collectors. Jewelry stole the show when an Art....

Auctions
Aug 01, 1996
The market for big diamonds and world-class jewelry was strong at the May auctions in Geneva, Switzerland. However, Christie's and Sotheby's saw their results compromised when several large pieces failed to sell. The reason: dealers demanded reserve (minimum) prices too high for the market to bear. When reserve prices were conservative, buyers were willing....

Classes
Jun 01, 1996
The third annual Craft Business Institute will be held Sept. 20-22 in the Mt. Washington Conference Center, Baltimore, Md. Designed to help craftspeople, students and recent graduates hone their business skills, the conference is designed to arm participants with the tools they need to create successful careers. Rosen Group Inc., 3000 Chestnut Ave., Suite....

Trade Shows
Apr 01, 1996
The sixth annual Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, the luxury watch show founded by the Cartier Group of watch companies, will be held April 13-19 in a new 9,600-sq.-yard salon in the Palexpo Center in Geneva, Switzerland. That's more than double the space of the previous shows. Exhibiting at the show will be Baume & Mercier, Alfred Dunhill,....

Laws & Litigation
Apr 01, 1996
The five daughters of Marion Rumsey Cartier were angry when their mother donated 50 pieces of jewelry valued at $2.3 million to St. Louis University just before she died in 1994. But they had little to say in the matter at the time. Cartier, whose father, Pierre, established the House of Cartier's New York offices, donated the jewelry as a memorial to her....

American Silver Jewelry: An Affordable Collectible
Jul 01, 1995
Many people remember that fantastic Cartier necklace on view years ago at an auction, gallery or antique show. Far fewer are fortunate enough to have the taste and means to afford it. However, discerning collectors with an eye for beauty and a limited pocketbook needn't despair. There is an alternative. Silver jewelry offers a design aesthetic at an....

Auction & Exhibits
Apr 01, 1995
The jewelry, manuscripts and paintings of Marion Rumsey Cartier will be on exhibit for the first time June 4-18 at St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo. The exhibit, called "The Legacy of Elma Cartier" in honor of Marion Cartier's mother, includes 41 benchmark pieces of jewelry and gemstones fashioned by jewelry artisans of the House of Cartier.....

La Doña de Cartier Collection 'Crocs'!

Luxury Jewelry: La Doña de Cartier is among the most recent collections released by Cartier, the renowned French jeweler, watchmaker, and fashion magnate. The lavish collection spurred by crocodiles includes wristwatches, jewelry, leather goods, and accessories. Accessories include limited edition writing instruments, a ballpoint and a roller pen, with only....