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Astros’ Jose Altuve had $1 million worth of jewelry stolen from home on Opening Day; 3 men charged

mitaka08/05/2023

Three men are in custody after allegedly breaking into Jose Altuve’s home and stealing seven figures worth of jewelry.

The crime occurred on the March 30 Opening Day, when Altuve’s Houston Astros took on the Chicago White Sox in Houston.

The three men – Patrick Bernard Maxey (27), Jordan Tarniella (25), and William Jones, Jr, 28 reportedly broke into the home shortly before 8:30 pm CT and left 10 minutes later with 13 watches, one of which cost over $400,000, via KHOU.

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Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve walks in the dugout during the

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Heidi Horten jewelry collection set to shatter auction records

mitaka02/05/2023

Write by Amarachi Orie, CNN

The auction of the late Austrian billionaire Heidi Horton’s jewelry collection is expected to break the record set more than a decade ago by the late actress Elizabeth Taylor.

In 2011, Taylor’s gems racked up nearly $116 million at auction, with her admirer Kim Kardashian shelling out $64,900 for three Lorraine Schwartz bangles.

However, more than 700 jewels owned by Horton, who was also an art collector, are estimated to fetch more than $150 million in total in a series of auctions at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva and online in May

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Former Patriots star accused of stiffing jeweler $1M for ‘diamond fingers’ (report)

mitaka16/04/2023

Antonio Brown has reportedly been accused of failing to pay up — again.

According to TMZ, the former star NFL receiver is the target of a lawsuit from Shuki International, a celebrity jeweler who is known to provide accessories to star athletes. Shuki is reportedly accusing Brown of failing to pay nearly $1.1 million for a pair of his signature “diamond fingers,” which cost $500,000 a piece, and are a sort of bejeweled finger sleeve. Shuki International also says Brown failed to pay for a white gold chain, a ring and a rose gold version of the “finger piece,” according

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Brilliant Earth Continues East Coast Expansion with New Showroom in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

mitaka04/04/2023

The digital-first jewelry retailer will open in the heart of one of New York’s hippest neighborhoods

Brilliant Earth Opens New Showroom in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

SAN FRANCISCO, March 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brilliant Earth Group, Inc. (“Brilliant Earth” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BRLT), an innovative, digital-first jewelry company and global leader in ethically sourced fine jewelry, today announced the opening of its 27th^thshowrooms. The new showroom on bustling North 6th Street in Williamsburg is the Company’s second New York City location, boasting one of the brand’s largest

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Edmonton’s Epico Designs finding international acclaim

mitaka31/03/2023

A self-made Edmonton entrepreneur is designing his way to the top of the fashion world with pieces featured internationally and by a Canadian musician.

Andrea Espinoza is the owner and founder of Epico Designs, a local jeweler that offers sustainable fine and fashion pieces for men and women using recycled stainless steel and responsible gold-plating.

Growing up in Ecuador, Espinoza lost her parents at the age of five. Her grandparents, entrepreneurs themselves, inspired her to start her first jewelry business when she was seven.

Nine years ago, she moved to Edmonton alone and worked as an understudy jewelry designer. After

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4 men were sentenced for armed robbery of a Glendale jewelry store last year

mitaka28/03/2023

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced Monday that a judge has sentenced four defendants in the 2022 armed robbery of a Glendale jewelry store.

In March of 2022, four men walked into a Glendale jewelry store wearing ski masks and brandishing a weapon with the intent to commit robbery.

Nine employees and customers had their wallets and phones taken and were held hostage while the robbers put $1.5 million in jewelry and cash into pillowcases. The hostages had been threatened with a weapon and some were zip-tied.

When the police arrived, all four suspects were still in the act

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NYC thieves steal $500K in jewelry in Queens heist: NYPD

mitaka05/03/2023

Two thieves made off with $500,000 in jewelry after bursting into a Queen’s gem shop and beating an elderly employee Wednesday, cops said.

The men rushed into Diamond Collect near Prince Street and 39th Avenue in Downtown Flushing around 2:30 pm

According to police, the jewel thieves “punched, kicked and struck a 79-year-old female employee in the head with a handgun.”

The video of the robbery shows one of the men pushing past the woman as she flails at his feet.

Police are looking for the two thieves that stole $500K in jewelry from a Queens' shop. — Police are looking for the two thieves that stole $500K in jewelry from a Queens’ shop.

The thieves entered Diamond Collect in downtown Flushing around 2:30 PM on Wednesday. — The

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Rare 1,600-year-old gold bead found by teenager in Jerusalem’s City of David

mitaka14/02/2023

A rare gold bead made by hand in Jerusalem some 1,600 years ago was recently discovered by an 18-year-old volunteer in the City of David, not far from the Old City, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday.

The tiny bead, found intact in an imposing Roman structure on what is known as the Pilgrimage Road, was created in a complex method that required the maker to delicately weld together more than a dozen granules of pure gold, the IAA said in a statement.

“Everyone here was in tremendous excitement,” said Hallel Feidman, the teenager who made the discovery as part

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