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The 300-year story of the Koh-i-Noor diamond — a stone looted, swapped, recut, and still claimed by four nations.
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Over one Easter weekend in 2015, a band of aging career criminals drilled through half a meter of concrete and emptied a...
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In July 1907, 394 precious stones vanished from Dublin Castle four days before King Edward VII arrived — and the truth about...
Read → 13 Jun 2026 · Affair of the Diamond NecklaceThe Affair of the Diamond Necklace: The Con That Helped Topple a Throne
A forged signature, a hired look-alike queen, and 2,800 diamonds — the 1785 swindle that disgraced Marie Antoinette and helped light the...
Read → 12 Jun 2026 · Gem LoreKashmir Sapphire: The Stone the Himalayas Gave Only Once
In the summer of 1882, a landslide in a remote Himalayan valley exposed a seam of blue crystal unlike any the world...
Read → 10 Jun 2026 · Antwerp Diamond HeistThe Antwerp Diamond Heist: How the 'Heist of the Century' Was Undone by a Sandwich
How a polite con man, a crew called the School of Turin, and a near-perfect plan emptied a vault beneath Antwerp's diamond...
Read → 08 Jun 2026 · Era & StyleVictorian Hair Jewelry: Love, Loss, and the Art of Hairwork
Brooches, bracelets, and lockets woven from a loved one's hair — the most intimate and strange expression of Victorian devotion, and one...
Read → 06 Jun 2026 · Buyer GuideWhat Is Estate Jewelry? A Collector's Guide
Estate jewelry simply means previously owned jewelry of any age; here is how antique, vintage and estate differ, and how to buy...
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