GenevaLunch » auctions http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Shares may be down, but jewels are definitely uphttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/15/shares-may-be-down-but-jewels-are-definitely-up/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/15/shares-may-be-down-but-jewels-are-definitely-up/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 07:32:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70267 GenevaLunch.com Two big auction houses realize Monday sales of more than $40 million, more to come GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss franc is a pale safe haven in these days of troubled economies, compared to the bright, shining market in fine jewels, if Geneva auctions are any indication. Monday was a big day, with Sotheby’s succeeding [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/15/shares-may-be-down-but-jewels-are-definitely-up/feed/ 0 Best of the pricey baubles – what a week in Geneva!http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/16/best-of-the-pricey-baubles-what-a-week-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/16/best-of-the-pricey-baubles-what-a-week-in-geneva/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:36:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63603 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Going, going, gone! For CHF11.28 million, the world’s “largest known pear-shaped fancy vivid yellow diamond”, a rarity for colour at its size and a newcomer on the market, went to an individual who wishes to remain anonymous, says Sotheby’s. The diamond was the hottest item in the auction house’s semi-annual Geneva fine [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/16/best-of-the-pricey-baubles-what-a-week-in-geneva/feed/ 0 A week of Geneva sparkle closes on record tiara, diamond priceshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/19/a-week-of-geneva-sparkle-closes-on-record-tiara-diamond-prices/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/19/a-week-of-geneva-sparkle-closes-on-record-tiara-diamond-prices/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 22:20:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57859 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva residents and visitors have had a week of closeups of true glitter which has drawn to a close Wednesday evening 18 May. Christies Fine Jewels sale closes the city’s spring season of auctions. Several records set for jewelry Tuesday night at Sotheby’s saw what may have been the crowning glory of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/19/a-week-of-geneva-sparkle-closes-on-record-tiara-diamond-prices/feed/ 0 Geneva sets out a menu of watches, jewels and fine winehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/16/geneva-sets-out-a-menu-of-watches-jewels-and-fine-wine/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/16/geneva-sets-out-a-menu-of-watches-jewels-and-fine-wine/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 12:58:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57708 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) РThis is a week where spending your spare millions will be very easy in Geneva, the week when auctions are offering rare watches, an extraordinary emerald tiara and a bottle of Ch̢teau Lafite-Rothschild, vintage 1887, Pauillac, 1er cru class̩ that would make grandfather sit up in his grave and ask for [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/16/geneva-sets-out-a-menu-of-watches-jewels-and-fine-wine/feed/ 2 A chip off the old block, this diamond ain’thttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/16/a-chip-off-the-old-block-this-diamond-aint/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/16/a-chip-off-the-old-block-this-diamond-aint/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:59:55 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=49958 GenevaLunch.com Christmas countdown, gift suggestions: number 40 GenevaLunch begins its countdown to the winter holiday season, with 40 gift options for buyers rich and poor, in the Lake Geneva region Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The excitement is building inside the long room with its tidy rows of chairs and a bank of TV cameras, at Beau-Rivage, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/16/a-chip-off-the-old-block-this-diamond-aint/feed/ 1 Some diamond! Some watch! Dazzlers go for CHF5 and 8 millionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/some-diamond-some-watch-dazzlers-go-for-chf5-and-8-million/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/some-diamond-some-watch-dazzlers-go-for-chf5-and-8-million/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:02:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=31877 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Forget the girl’s best friend, diamonds that investors love are dazzling the jewelry world this week. Christie’s big November precious gems and jewelry sale in Geneva Wednesday 18 November ended on a high note, with the sale of a 62.3 carat diamond going for CHF8.01 million at the Four Seasons Hotel [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/some-diamond-some-watch-dazzlers-go-for-chf5-and-8-million/feed/ 0 Ethiopian emperor, 1948 pink gold watches, Patek Philippe Calibre 89, top Geneva auction listshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/14/ethiopian-emperor-1948-pink-gold-watches-patek-philippe-calibre-89-top-geneva-auction-lists/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/14/ethiopian-emperor-1948-pink-gold-watches-patek-philippe-calibre-89-top-geneva-auction-lists/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:53:07 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=31538 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A watch made for an Ethiopian emperor and a 1948 pink gold watch with a perpetual calendar and moon phases are among the top pieces on the watches auction list at Sotheby’s Sunday 15 November. The world’s most complicated timepiece, a Patek Philippe Calibre 89 watch with 33 complications, is up [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/14/ethiopian-emperor-1948-pink-gold-watches-patek-philippe-calibre-89-top-geneva-auction-lists/feed/ 0 World art market more stable than expectedhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/01/16/world-art-market-more-stable-than-expected/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/01/16/world-art-market-more-stable-than-expected/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:50:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=10795 GenevaLunch.com New York, USA and Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The art markets and in particular fine jewels auctions were being watched closely at the end of 2008 for signs that they were suffering from the global economic crisis, but a new report from Art Market Review suggests that the jewelry market in particular has been more [...]

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