If your birthday falls in August, you’re in luck! Your birthstone is the stunning, semi-precious, gemstone the peridot! As we have written, green is the Pantone’s color of the year for 2017. As Vanessa Friedman stated in her wonderful article, green will be everywhere in 2017. This beautiful semi precious gemstone is one of the hottest gemstones today. Peridot is part of the Chrysolite family, and is a combination of magnesium and iron. It is known for it’s beautiful green hues. The Peridot’s popularity began in ancient Egypt. They were originally thought to be emeralds and were used ..read more

You’ve found your partner, and now it’s time to purchase a vintage engagement ring. There are a few important tips to follow when purchasing a vintage, or antique, engagement ring. First and foremost is authenticity. How do you know that the ring you are considering is truly antique or vintage? Are you actually purchasing an antique mine cut or European cut diamond, and are there any guarantees? Next is the condition of the ring. Is the ring (that may be decades old) in good, or excellent, condition? Are you actually buying real platinum, or gold, and not just silver? VintageDiamondRing.com ha ..read more

Lately, my husband has started to wear pink polo shirts and pink long sleeves shirts. I asked him why the sudden change to pink? He also mentioned to me, that at the 2017 U.S open golf tournament he saw many of the golfers wearing pink! Viewers saw beautiful pink pants (I don’t think he’s there yet) and pink golf shirts. When I see this much pink, I realize how popular pink gemstone engagement rings have become. Non diamond engagement rings feature pink tourmalines from the 1960’s and 1970’s. If you love unique engagement rings , how about a beautiful pink sapphir ..read more

As we have said many times, we love the New York Times fashion section. #Jim Windlof had a wonderful article in last months fashion section which described how to speak fashion week. I thought it would be fun if we educated our readers on how to speak the diamond and antique jewelry language. Enjoy! Mazel Once a deal for a diamond, or antique engagement ring , has been consummated between two diamond dealers or jewelry dealers, they shake hands and say “mazal.” No contract, just a handshake. It’s been that way for decades, and will never change! This stunning art deco engagemen ..read more

Consumers today, including millennials, refuse to compromise. They do not want the same old three stone diamond ring. Consumers want to be different, and original. They want simplicity, beauty, and color and definitely don’t want to be overstated. That’s why customers love Art Deco engagement rings and jewelry. These original hand crafted pieces are beautiful works of art. Consumers love beautiful filigree engravings, conflict free antique diamonds, and ethical gemstones. They seem to covet gemstones and antique diamonds which are guaranteed to be 100 percent conflict free. There are ..read more

With the U. S leaving the Paris Accords, one topic on everyone’s mind is climate change. California’s Governor #Jerry Brown, is trying to lead the way with China to reduce carbon emissions, and promote green technology. Other states Governors are following his lead. Consumers are being green when they choose vintage, and antique, engagement rings that are decades, and centuries old. No digging up of the earth’s surface, no dirty gold, and no underage labor. An antique diamond ring with a mine cut or european cut diamond from the Edwardian or Art Deco era is always conflict free. Since no under ..read more

Who doesn’t love Jackie Collins? We lost Ms. Collins, the great writer, last year yet her jewelry lives on. Ms. Collins loved Art Deco jewelry. There is a wonderful article, written in The NY Times fashion section by #Melanie Abrams. Ms. Collins beloved Art Deco jewelry will go on sale at Bonhams Auction house. Her one of a kind Art Deco necklace showcased beautiful Columbian emerald gemstones, and was actually a combination of Art Deco brooches conceived by Neil Lane. The stunning Art Deco piece was coined “The Party Piece.” Included in her sale at Bonhams is a beautiful Art Deco bracelet, a ..read more

#Tatiana Schlossberg of the NY Times fashion section wrote an article on 5/24/17 “Fig leaves are out and what to wear to be kind to the planet.” Our collection of ethical engagement rings (featuring antique engagement rings and vintage engagement rings) is the perfect jewelry choice to be kind to our planet. We know that vintage rings are always ethical and conflict free. When consumers purchase Victorian or Edwardian jewelry, they are being kind to the environment. These rings were not made by digging up the earths surface to find precious metals. Mine cut, and european cut, diamonds are ..read more

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Burns and Allen. What do these favorite stars of yesteryear have to do with antique and vintage engagement rings ? Well, that’s exactly how we feel about vintage rings paired with tapered baguettes, a match made in heaven! We love engagement rings. Our favorite diamond accent is the baguette diamond. Baguette diamonds come as tapered, or straight, and are one of the most versatile accent gemstones. They have been used in the Art Deco, Edwardian, and Victorian eras, and continue to be used today. Baguettes look lovely as a s ..read more

Anita Pallenberg passing away must be noted as the partner of Keith Richards, of the Rolling Stones. Yet, there was much more to Ms. Pallenberg than Mr. Richards partner. As # Vanessa Friedman wrote in her NY Times article, “she was something of a lifestyle catalyst for the Stones.” More than that, Ms. Pallenberg helped to create the “Boho” look. With her great look, she wore fantastic Boho cocktail rings, statement rings and told her generation that it was ok to wear funky jewelry. It didn’t matter if jewelry consisted of an oversized ring from the Retro era, or an alternative ring ..read more