GenevaLunch » Jewels http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:24:40 +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.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Russian uses fields to avoid customs with “dubious” jewels http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/16/russian-uses-fields-to-avoid-customs-with-dubious-jewels/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/16/russian-uses-fields-to-avoid-customs-with-dubious-jewels/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:10:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65289 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A man described by Swiss customs as a Russian, age about 20, was stopped in Presinge, Geneva, after he attempted to evade border checks by getting off a bus, then heading through fields with a large collection of jewels of “dubious origin”. Border guards noticed the odd behaviour of the man who [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/16/russian-uses-fields-to-avoid-customs-with-dubious-jewels/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 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/ 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 Elizabeth Taylor, screen star, Aids activist, dies in LA http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/23/elizabeth-taylor-screen-star-aids-activist-dies-in-la/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/23/elizabeth-taylor-screen-star-aids-activist-dies-in-la/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:23:37 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55614 GenevaLunch.com Elizabeth Taylor, whose called Gstaad, Switzerland a second home, died in Los Angeles Wednesday, age 79, of congestive heart failure. She soared to fame in 1944 as the violet-eyed beauty in the film National Velvet at age 12, but she starred in numerous other films, including the critically acclaimed Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? She [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/23/elizabeth-taylor-screen-star-aids-activist-dies-in-la/feed/ 0 A chip off the old block, this diamond ain’t http://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 Missing your jewels? Lausanne might have them http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/14/missing-your-jewels-lausanne-might-have-them/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/14/missing-your-jewels-lausanne-might-have-them/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:55:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=44917 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – If you have jewelry that went missing in 2009 or early 2010, you would do well to contact the city of Lausanne, which is working with city police to identify the owners of a spectacular haul of jewels made in February. Lausanne police seized 900 items of gold jewelry at the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/14/missing-your-jewels-lausanne-might-have-them/feed/ 0 Rare 52-carat diamond for sale in Geneva http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/07/rare-52-carat-diamond-for-sale-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/07/rare-52-carat-diamond-for-sale-in-geneva/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 09:27:03 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=41600 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – An auction sale in Geneva is expected to draw collectors from all over the world interested in purchasing rare diamonds, emeralds, and watches made for kings. One of the most impressive pieces that will be auctioned off at Sotheby’s in Geneva is a 52.82 carat emerald-cut diamond ring estimated on $7 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/07/rare-52-carat-diamond-for-sale-in-geneva/feed/ 0 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/ 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 Rich just keep getting – poorer, in 2008 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/25/rich-just-keep-getting-poorer-in-2008/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/25/rich-just-keep-getting-poorer-in-2008/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:44:23 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=21098 GenevaLunch.com Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - There are 12.6 percent fewer of them: in 2008 Switzerland could boast only 185,300 millionaires if you counted their fortunes in dollars, but the drop in their numbers was smaller than worldwide, where the average decline in their numbers was 15 percent and their wealth slipped by nearly 20 percent. Those are [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/06/25/rich-just-keep-getting-poorer-in-2008/feed/ 0 A gem of a market: Sotheby’s Geneva jewels go for cool CHF40m http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/13/a-gem-of-a-market-sothebys-geneva-jewels-go-for-cool-chf40m/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/05/13/a-gem-of-a-market-sothebys-geneva-jewels-go-for-cool-chf40m/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 22:03:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=17048 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Fears that the jewelry market might be floundering in this economic crisis appear to be unfounded, with Sotheby’s selling CHF40 million worth of diamonds, rubies and other fine jewels as rings, necklaces, bracelets and tiaras Tuesday 12 May. The rare fancy vivid blue diamond ring that was the centrepiece of the [...]

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