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News Edit: 17 June 2018
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A round up of this week's international jewellery news...
Incredible photos reveal spooky hidden shipwrecks as divers find lost treasure ship
Devon Live: Cannons and an anchor are among the items found on what's believed to be one of the richest shipwrecks off the coast.
A 'perfect' diamond and Peggy Rockefeller's beloved jewels
The Telegraph: Last month’s three-day sale of Peggy and David Rockefeller’s art collection was, as expected, the most valuable estate auction in history, raising $832.6 million
From Australia with love: Calleija’s rare diamond delights
The Telegraph: John Calleija, the Australian fine jeweller, came into the trade by a slightly unconventional route.
From Manhattan to Bond Street: the making of a Boodles Ashoka diamond
The Telegraph: There’s a street sign in Manhattan, on the corner of 48th and Fifth, that makes Saul Goldberg smile every morning. It declares this block of New York’s Diamond District ‘William Goldberg Way’, after his late father, the legendary diamond dealer.
My Heavenly Atelier: Artisanal jewellery with a modern touch
Options: Jewellery designer and founder Maggie CS on how a shift in her lifestyle affected the brand’s design philosophy.
Mystery as magnet fisherman discovers a safe full of jewellery, military medals and letters at the bottom of a lake
Daily Mail: A magnet fisherman has found a safe full of jewellery and military medals at the bottom of a lake.
Why Haut Marais Is Paris’s Coolest Designer District
The Independent: From bespoke boutiques to artisanal jewellery, this formerly bland hood now overflows with creativity.
In My Jewellery Box: Laurence Coste
The Telegraph: Parisian jewellery designer Laurence Coste moved to London over 30 years ago and studied History of Art at Christie’s.
The pearls that cost Marie Antoinette her reputation – and her life: Jewellery that fuelled revolutionaries' hatred of French royals will be auctioned for $5million
Daily Mail: Marie Antoinette's personal collection of pearls is set to go under the hammer in a landmark jewellery sale.
Wongs Jewellers comes out on top in Liverpool Mystery Shop Awards for second year
Liverpool Business News: The awards are given out by the Liverpool BID Company which sends mystery shoppers to test out the city’s hops, hotels, leisure businesses and restaurants.
The jewellery boss who turned $500 into a $1bn business
BBC: Low on cash, a heavily pregnant Kendra Scott knew she had to come up with a way of making more money.
The Jewellery Designer Finding Inspiration in Modernism’s Sculptural Shapes
AnOther: From Constantin Brâncuși to Jean Arp, BAR Jewellery’s softly sculptural pieces find their roots in the Modernist greats.
Indian gem billionaire Nirav Modi 'fled to London'
BBC: Nirav Modi, whose jewellery has been worn by Hollywood and Bollywood stars, is seeking political asylum in London following fraud allegations, the Financial Times has reported.
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