Each month, we try to highlight a different genre or era of jewelry that can be discovered at our events. We often focus on museum-worthy pieces like the Van Cleef & Arpels “Zip” necklace, or some of the incredible, bespoke commissions of Mexican...

How often does a typical man think about the Roman Empire? A lot more often than one would assume, apparently. This gender-specific phenomena first went viral in 2022, when Swedish influencer Saskia Cort encouraged her followers to ask the men in the...

It’s difficult to believe that something as straightforward and ubiquitous as the Cartier Love Bracelet was once considered revolutionary, and yet when it was launched in 1970, it was a seminal moment in fine jewelry’s storied history, establishi...

While relatively unknown in the United States until recently, María Félix (1914-2002) was considered a goddess of Spanish language cinema. La Doña, as she was nicknamed, was a legend of Mexican Golden Age film with a career in the limelight that b...

Retro Jewelry, often called "cocktail jewelry," came to the forefront of design from the mid 1930's through the 1940's, coinciding with World War II.

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Since its launch in Paris in 1906, distinguished maison Van Cleef & Arpels has introduced a number of innovations in both jewelry design and manufacturing. Among the designs considered icons of the brand are minaudieres, the boule ring, the Ludo brac...