An original 1804 silver dollar sold last month at auction in Rosemont, Illinois for $3,877,500. This group of coins has been named the “King of United States coinage” – a fitting name considering it was meant to serve as a diplomatic gift to foreign royals. The 1804 dollar coins were made on behalf […]
Are Diamonds a Worthy Investment? Three Facts Diamond Buyers Should Know
Posted on September 11th, 2013 by Goldman Buyer
Did you know that, in outer space, there are dwarf stars with diamond cores? The largest diamond in the universe is estimated to weigh over 2,000 trillion tons. Pretty big, considering that The Wedding Report says that the average diamond engagement ring has a 1.18 carat weight. Diamonds have been in high demand for […]
The Great White Diamond
Posted on September 11th, 2013 by Joe G
A New York auction house is showing off what it calls the world’s greatest white diamond on the block – a 118-carat stone from Africa the size of a small egg. The oval diamond glistened in its glass case Wednesday at a New York auction house’s headquarters in Manhattan, not yet mounted after it was mined and […]
Record-Setting Diamond
Posted on September 3rd, 2013 by Joe G
Feast your eyes on “The Premier Blue!” This rare 7.59 carat diamond is the world’s largest in the Fancy Vivid blue category. The stone is considered to be “internally flawless,” and is the largest round Fancy Vivid to be graded by the Gemological Institute of America. No diamond of this size or kind has ever been […]
The Forgotten Instrument
Posted on August 29th, 2013 by Joe G
Have you ever heard of a “guitarlin?” It was created in 1958 by Danelectro Guitars, built to cover the typical electric guitar register along with the higher range of a mandolin. It was such a radical instrument at the time, and because it didn’t sell well, only about 200 were made between 1958 and 1968. […]