Dmitry Fedorov: I want our jewelry to be displayed at a museum in the future

Dmitry Fedorov is the founder of the eponymous jewelry house. His main focus is the creation of Orthodox-inspired premium luxury jewelry of high artistic merit. He told Rough&Polished about his journey in the jewelry industry, about choosing the ‘Orthodox...

28 october 2024

Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki

The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...

14 october 2024

James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...

07 october 2024

Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products

Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...

30 september 2024

Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices

The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...

23 september 2024

Sotheby’s Hong Kong Auction slated for April 29, 2022

18 april 2022
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Auction will see a pink diamond ring weighing 5.11 carats at its Hong Kong sale at the April 29 Magnificent Jewels sale. A necklace with a pepper-shaped jadeite suspended from a brilliant-cut diamond will also be up for auction.
Besides the above fancy pair, a cushion-shaped, 3.27-carat, fancy-vivid-blue, internally flawless diamond ring; the Carmine Rose, a ring bearing an oval, 8.08-carat ruby surrounded by pear-shaped diamond petals, and a  pair of un-mounted oval-shaped, D-flawless diamonds weighing 20.29 and 20.28 carats; a ring set with a cut-cornered rectangular modified brilliant-cut, 3-carat, fancy-vivid-bluish-green diamond inside a pink diamond border; a jadeite and diamond parure comprising a necklace, a pair of earrings and a ring; a separate jadeite bead and diamond necklace; a diamond tiara from the 1930s will also go under the hammer.

Aruna Gaitonde, Editor in Chief of the Asian Bureau, Rough&Polished