The Swiss luxury jeweler Chopard has collaborated with pop music icon Madonna before but this time, Chopard Co-President Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele personally designed the "M-dolla" knuckle ring, which features 258, brilliant-cut, white diamonds with a Chopard signature mobile diamond in the flourish of the letter "M." The ring can be seen on the cover of Madonna's much-anticipated new CD cover "Hard Candy" (release date 28 April 2008). Photo @ 2008 Chopard.

LONDON (Reuters) - Christie's will auction a collection of jewellery belonging to Christina Onassis, the daughter of Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis who struggled to find happiness despite her family's wealth. More than 40 pieces of jewellery from her collection will go under the hammer in London on 11 June 2008, the highlight of which is a pear-shaped, 38-carat D colour potentially flawless diamond which Onassis wore on a diamond pendant necklace. Photo @ REUTERS/Christie's

George Switzer, the mineralogist who started the Smithsonian Institution’s vast collection of gems and minerals by acquiring the legendary, and some say bedeviled, Hope Diamond, died on 23 March 2008 in Solomons, Md. He was 92 and lived in Port Republic, Md. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

For his company's fifteenth anniversary, Fawaz Gruosi, founder and president of de GRISOGONO, was determined to break new ground and explore an area no watch manufacturer had ever ventured into: a digital display driven by an exclusively mechanical system. The new creation, MECCANICO dG, has a pure mechanical digital display imitating LED segments but in fact are rolling tubes. CAD rendered image.

The Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg's current exhibit "Royal Tombs of the Scythians – Under the Sign of the Golden Griffon" is a breath-taking display of the legacy left behind by Scythians, nomadic herders who founded a powerful empire from the seventh to first century BC. Highlights include more than 6,000 original objects, superbly crafted gold jewelry & treasures, & a well-preserved mummy. (Exhibit runs until 25 May 2008). Photo: Golden necklace from Kurgan of Toalstaja Mogila, 4th century BC. © National Museum Kiev.

Jewelry and golden ornaments from graves of six Bactrian nomads, dating from the first century A.D., and equally impressive objects from other digs are on loan to the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam courtesy of the National Museum of Afghanistan (Kabul) until 20 April 2008. After which time it will move onto four US museums. On display are exquisitely crafted necklaces, belts, rings, and headdresses — most made of solid gold with insets of semi-precious stones. Photo: bracelets from Tillya-Tepe, Afghanistan, 1st century AD © Musee Guimet.

Coming Soon

Coming Soon

Can Gem Art be a good investment ? Gem art should be viewed as any other type of art. Obviously gem art from famous artists such as Bernd Munsteiner, Erwin Pauly and others are in high demand. However quite a few new, particularly US based gem artists have emerged. Their art is of an amazing quality and we will highlight some of them in the near future. Much is being said on gem investments. However there are many do's and don'ts with regards to investing in a gem stone. Our experts will lead the way...

Torre del Greco is one of the world's leading coral and shell cameo making centers. Red coral is getting increasingly scarce with global warming and strict (and justified) environmental protection. Hence present and antique top red coral cameos are in increasing demand.