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Olivia Rodrigo-Approved Jewelry Label Steff Eleoff Drops “Say My Name” Collection

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Toronto-based jewelry designer Steff Eleoff has garnered a cult following of celebrity fans, including the likes of Kylie Jenner, Olivia Rodrigo and Kali Uchis. Her unique, subversive designs draw from her background in sculpture and fine art and aim to emulate organic shapes found in nature. Now, the silversmithing label has launched its newest collection, dubbed “Say My Name.” Continuing the brand’s distinctive style, the collection sees Eleoff reimagining classic leather pendants by drenching them in sterling silver. Available in all letters of the alphabet, each pendant is priced at $165 USD and includes its own chain. Custom letter combinations…
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Brazen robbery unfolds at Rodeo Jewelers in La Verne; injured employees

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La Verne: Thieves take off with nearly $300k worth of stolen jewelry in smash-and-grab robbery La Verne: Thieves take off with nearly $300k worth of stolen jewelry in smash-and-grab robbery 02:16 An investigation is underway in La Verne following a brazen robbery that occurred at Rodeo Jewelers over the weekend. One employee was assaulted during the incident, which unfolded just after 12 pm Saturday, in the 1500 block of Foothill Boulevard. The suspects rammed through the storefront before ransacking the display cases. LaVerne PD There, La Verne police said a sedan drove through the glass storefront before four men entered…
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Gold selling rules changed: Now you will not be able to sell gold jewelry without it, know the new rules

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Value of Your Old Gold Jewelry: The government has now banned the sale and purchase of gold jewelry without hallmarks in the country. Hallmarking has also been mandatory for selling or breaking old jewelry and getting new jewelry made or exchanged. Old Gold Jewelry: If you have old jewelry at home and you are thinking of selling or breaking them to make new jewelry, then definitely read this news completely. This is because the government has made new rules for selling jewelry. You cannot sell old jewelery kept at home until you get it hallmarked. The government has issued new…
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Jewelry with Nazi links set to fetch $150 mln at auction

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GENEVA Christie’s auction house will next week launch the sale of hundreds of jewels that belong to Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten, whose German businessman husband made his fortune under the Nazis. Christie’s will offer 700 lots from Horten’s collection, including “unique and exceptional pieces” from 20th-century designers including Cartier, Harry Winston, Bulgari and Van Cleef & Arpels. The whole collection has an estimated value of more than $150 million. The sale could eclipse previous records set by Christie’s in sales of properties that belonged to actress Elizabeth Taylor in 2011 and the “Maharajas and Mughal Magnificence” collection in 2019, both…
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Kid’s jewelry recalled due to excessive cadmium

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Thousands of units of children’s jewelry are being recalled due to excessive cadmium. Health Canada said it found that Hot Focus Petite Boutique Tie-Dye Butterfly, Rainbow and Glow in the Dark children’s jewelry sets had more than the allowable amount in them of cadmium, a heavy metal. The jewelry and accessories are inside a carrying case, the agency said. The children’s jewelry regulations of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act prohibit the sale, importation or advertisement of products intended for children under the age of 15 that contain “130 mg/kg total cadmium if the jewelry item is small enough to…
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Cambodia celebrates return of ‘priceless’ stolen Angkor jewelery

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The culture ministry last month discretely received 77 pieces from the family of the late, disgraced British art dealer Douglas Latchford. Two 10th-century sculptures recently returned by the United States were also displayed on Friday. Dominic Williams, the British ambassador to Cambodia, tweeted that it was an “extraordinary privilege to see these previously stolen artifacts displayed in their ancestral home”. When he died in 2020, Latchford was awaiting a trial in the United States for art trafficking, and the same year his family agreed to return the antiquities to Cambodia. The family returned five stone and bronze artifacts in 2021.…
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Mejuri CEO, Noura Sakkijha, on building a sustainable jewelery empire

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Breadcrumb Trail Links Style & Beauty Shopping Essentials How being a woman and pregnant impacted her journey Published March 20, 2023 • 6 minute read Noura Sakkijha, co-founder and CEO or Mejuri. Photo by Mejuri Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Noura Sakkijha co-founded Judge in 2013 in Toronto. Sakkijha, Mejuri’s CEO, set out to redefine the fine jewelery industry. Traditionally, fine jewelery can be expensive, environmentally harmful and reserved for gifting occasions. Mejuri offers more affordable and sustainable jewelery…
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Brooklyn jewelry store robbed for the second time by armed man ‘acting like he owned the place’: ‘Hi! I’m back’

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A New York City jewelry store owner says a thief armed with a knife recently robbed her shop for the second time on Tuesday while taunting and threatening employees in an incident caught on video. “Hi, I’m back!” the armed thief, dressed in a green sweat suit, wearing a medical mask and wielding a knife, told an employee at Melissa Joy Manning’s jewelry store in Brookyln as he and a female accomplice keeping watch stole tens of thousands worth of items, Fox 5 New York reported this week. “I’m back again. I don’t know if you remember me,” the robber…