Hong Kong police are searching for an emerald-and-diamond ring worth more than $1.53 million left in a luxury hotel bathroom by a jewelry company executive.
Swiss jeweller Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, 49, forgot she had taken the ring off to wash her hands after visiting the ladies’ room of the Four Seasons Hotel’s Harbour View ballroom in Hong Kong.
She raced back seven minutes later only to discover it had gone.
The ring has a 16.83 carat emerald sitting between two diamonds of 1.15 and 1.29 carats, with another 674 small diamonds around the band.
A reward of more than $64,000 has been offered for the return of the ring.
There is some speculation that the ring already have passed through one of the many pawn shops in Hong Kong. The local affinity for high stakes gambling means that sudden cash sales of jewels and other valuables are common. http://kaumudiglobal.com
Turquoise, Mood!! ……I bought this great belt buckle on an auction site …. OnlineAuction.com …. Love …. Love..Love it!
AN MEXICAN SILVER AND TURQUOISE MOUNTED Belt Buckle… BY J. QUIRINO, 20TH CENTURY
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A rare Keystone “World’s Greatest Circus” ride-on truck was made even rarer by the fact that its condition showed limited use and proper care from its previous owner(s). Decorated with delicate paper lithography inside and out, it was highly susceptible to damage. However, not only did this example retain a lion’s share of its paper, it also retained all six of its interior cages, increasing its play value and desirability. As such, Julia’s set a new World Auction Record with this piece when it sold for $17,250 against an estimate of $4,000-7,000.
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A FIVE GALLON DOUBLE HANDLED COBALT-DECORATED STONEWARE CROCK WITH STAG DECORATION sells for $11,875
IMPRESSED MARK OF JOHN BURGER, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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Important American Furniture and Folk Art
20 January 2012 Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.
Years ago my hubby wanted me to wear this 62+ carat diamond necklace to lunch with my girlfriends! I thought my friends would think I was a show off, wanting to attract attention to myself. The necklace has long been gone, I regret caring too much what people might think of me, things come, things go, and I truly believe no one really “owns” anything; we are just caretakers for a time.
The photo you see I took, “She flaunted her expensive necklace.”
I love this quote……“Your regrets aren’t what you did, but what you didn’t do. So I take every opportunity.” Cameron Diaz
Regrets!…… wear the necklace!!
“If you eat a frog first thing in the morning, the rest of your day will be wonderful.” –Mark Twain ….
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The Daum Company (pronounced “dome”) started in 1878 when Jean Daum, an attorney with no glassmaking experience took over a rundown watch-glass factory in Nancy, in the eastern French province of Lorraine. Finding it difficult to make a living producing watch glasses, he switched to popular tavern glasses.
After Daum’s death in 1885, his sons Auguste and Antonin took over. They showed their glassware at the Paris International Exhibition in 1889, the same exhibition that launched the Eiffel Tower.
The sons started with no experience and ended up producing exquisite art glass. They mastered complex glassmaking techniques.
This awesome article is written By Rosemary McKittrick read the whole story at the link below!!!
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“The patent process for puffy shades is largely lost. Available still is the surface knowledge of acidification of the exterior of the blank shade that gives it the filmy, gauzy look. Women reverse painted the lamps, then the lamps were baked in a kiln. This made them very durable and strong and with thick shades to accommodate the puffiness. They were inexpensive to wholesalers at the time-thirteen dollars, whereas carriage trade retail customers could pay as much as one hundred twenty dollars to Tiffanys or Eatons, Canada-compared with those painted in house by the male artists, who painted on traditional, straighter line shades such as the Berkley or Carlisle.
“Shades of other companies’ lamps of the period, with some few exceptions like Handel, cold painted the inside of their shades. However, not baked, they flaked over the years and broke off. This distinguishes them from the Pairpoint puffy.”
Pereira’s prized Easter Bonnet/Rose Bonnet puffy lamp is, he claimed, “probably the third most valuable and desirable. By last count only a half dozen exist. The layered richness of the lamp lies in its depiction of not just flowers but butterflies and in a shape making it particularly spectacular.” Read the entire article at the Antique Digest… thank you!! http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/?id=416
This is my favorite lamp, my son’s football got close to it a few times but it survived! Hey thanks for reading my blog!
42) Louis Vuitton Manhattan Richelieu Wingtip – World’s Most Expensive Shoe:
Whether it be men or women, shoes have always been one of the most attractive of all luxury products and now the fashion giant, Louis Vuitton has come out with an all new line of Manhattan Richelieu Wingtip shoe for men, that is also the world’s most expensive shoe. This magnificent luxury footwear is made entirely of alligator skin and carries a Ruthenium-finish LV cube embedded in the leather heel. The all new Louis Vuitton Manhattan Richelieu Wingtip for men comes with a price tag of $10,000 a pair.
http://elitechoice.org/2011/03/14/worlds-most-expensive-offerings-from-luxury-brands/
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