Diamonds & Engagement Rings News

Waiting nearly four months with patience for this special occasion, the Giants were finally rewarded their Super Bowl rings at a ceremony held at Tiffany & Co.

Before walking into the very famous jewelry store in Manhattan to receive their rings. The football players walked down a blue carpet giving the evening a feeling of a Hollywood get-together rather than a football party.

Eli Manning, a quarterback had said, “This makes it official, but once the season starts, you’ve got to put it away.”

         

The ring is made of white gold and diamonds, which has a cost of $5,500.00 according to Tiffany, but an estimated value of $25,000.00. It was designed with the group effort of the Giant’s front office and four of the players.

At the ceremony, team officials got together, as well as coaches, trainers and 53 members of the squad that ruined the New England’s perfect season for Super Bowl XLI, 17-14. Gribil Wilson also made it to the ceremony flying up from Atlanta Thursday morning and Kawika Mitchell, a linebacker.

Mitchell mentions, “Winning a championship is great and all, but once you put that ring on your finger, it’s a whole other story.”

Four other people that were invited to the ceremony did not make it, these people were: Antonio Pierce, who was on his honeymoon in Hawaii, Jeremy Shokey, Reggie Torbor and Bryan Kehl.

Straham was one of the players who was planning on retiring but didn’t bring up the topic. Instead, he spoke proudly of his ring saying it, “was enough diamonds” and mentioned that he would only wear it on special occasions. When the topic of his future was actually brought up he answered, “We’re not even going there.”

“Tonight was about the past,” was what he said later in the evening.Â

Despite for the decline in the overall market, prices for polished diamonds keep increasing. It is evident that the result of this is due to better quality goods for SI1 clarity and over.

IDEX Online Price Index reports that the average requested prices for diamonds have been rising for a few months already. March was the first month the prices had actually been soaring, leading Rapaport to raise the price list to 20% in some cases.

       

During a public statement last week, Rapaport mentioned that the “significantly higher prices…do not reflect any sudden change in diamond prices but rather adjustments made to reflect the level of premiums in the trading market.”

Several diamond traders pointed out that the sudden raise in prices brought some shock and instability to the market.  Â

Lindsay Lohan is actively caught smooching her deejay gal pal Samantha Ronson although, this time it seems to be a bit more than just a smooch… maybe a wedding coming along! Rumor has it that the couple is engaged, whether it’s a joke or not. Having Ronson as Lohan’s sidekick for over a year, maybe Lindsay Lohan doesn’t mind being married to an openly gay person after all.

Leslie Sloane, Lindsay’a publicist disagreed with the reports and said that the women are not engaged and wont be following in the footsteps of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi. Sloane was very much disappointed with the rumors and wrote in an email, “This is gross. She is not a bad girl. Leave her alone.”

Lohan’s father who is extremely set against her confirmed in an interview Tuesday fro Us Weekly that his daughter and Ronson are “more than friends” and continued by stating that the relationship is “evident to anyone with half a brain.” He later denies ever mentioning such  remarks.

Lohan’s image was said to be based as something “cute and sweet”and if she contributes to a bad girl image then it doesn’t seem like its going to be good for her career. Columnist, Hazlett from MSNBC.com Scoop says, “The farther she steps away from that, the less well she’s been received in the public and in the industry…”

Rumors of their engagement only spread to the U.S. and European tabloids once Lindsay was caught and photographed in a “steamy lip lock” action with Ronson at an A-list party.

        

Lindsay and Ronson’s relationship is enhanced when photos are taken by the British tabloids of Lindsay sporting a ring on her wedding finger and telling Cannes paparazzi she was engaged to Ronson.

If the wedding actually does come along, at least Lindsay will have some supporters, such as the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The director of the organization proudly “applauds anyone in the public eye who chooses to live their lives openly and with authenticity.”    Â

Geneva- Christie’s Geneva was offered a 13.39- carat blue diamond, which is now being publicized as the most important colored diamond ever sold at an auction within the last ten years, according to the auction house.

On May 14th the blue diamond was sold at christies Geneva and reached a world record value of $8.9 million.

In a media release issued on Thursday, Francios Curiel, a chairman of Christies Europe and auctioneer of the sale believes that the succession of the sale is a result of the demand of colored diamonds by the market. He continues by saying, “…..and to the great demand from collectors around the world for exceptional artworks and jewels that is currently dominating the auction world.”

Drew Barrymore and Justin Long were overheard To have been talking about wedding plans, while eating at their most favorite restaurant, Hugo’s.

Jose Sandoval, a diner at Hugo’s says, “The tables are close together, so it’s kind of hard not to overhear things.” He continues by saying, “She said she wanted to find a wedding planner and he said they should look at engagement rings that day.”

 According to the witness that was eavesdropping on the couple Drew told Justin, ‘You know what I like, surprise me.’

      Reporters claim that Drew and Justin seem to be in high spirits and are always together. They have been dating since August 2007 after meeting with the notion of, He’s-Just-Not-That-Into-You.

Although Justin has never been married before, this wedding will be Drew’s third.

In March, Drew told Oprah how great and happy she is with the relationship. She also mentioned how healthy it feels and full of humor. On May 10th, when the couple was leaving Hugo’s after discussing wedding plans, an insider said, “they didn’t stop smiling.”¼/p>

Springfield, Ohio- Robbers vacated a jewelry store, running off with  most of the goods inside. According to police reports, Rolfes Jewelers, 619 W. Columbia St., was robbed between the hours of 6:15 p.m., Monday evening and 8:30 a.m.,Tuesday morning.

On Monday night right before the owner Steve Sahle, left his store he made sure the alarm system was on and everything was OK. Except, when he returned the next morning, everything in the store had been shattered, damaged and ruined in addition to the back door being open with a newspaper.

Sahle describes the disaster saying, “They took out the alarm system, broke all the showcases, things like that.”

Although much of the jewelry was stolen, shockingly, the items of customers that were left for repair were left in the same position, untouched.

Sahle asks the customers to be patient until the store can rebuild. Due to the damage that was done to the store, it will remain closed until Friday, May 23rd. They will need the time to determine how much of the goods were stolen and what was left behind.

New York, May 19, 2008- Ronald Winston has officially announced his retirement from executive position as Honorary Chairman, at the world renowned Harry Winston Inc. Ronald Winston is the son of Harry Winston, founder of the House, and has been a loyal keeper of the corporation since his father’s death in 1978. His decision for leaving the company is so that he will be able to focus on his interest of medical research on AIDS, as  well as working on his upcoming book, and raising his young son.

The family tradition of creating exquisite watches and diamond jewelry has been extended for 118 years, now being handed over to someone else who will no longer bear the family name. Ronald had followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the family company in 1965. His father had taken after Ronald’s grandfather, learning the jewelry business and later being known as the “King of Diamonds.” 

The firm originally began with only two stores. Once Ronald had taken over the company, it spread out into a worldwide corporation with jewelry sales in the Far East and a successful watch business situated in Switzerland.

Sixty- seven year old Ronald says, “It has been a thrill continuing my father’s tradition and sharing the beauty of the finest gems for so many successful years. With the Harry Winston name in good hands for the future, it’s the right time to focus on other passions such as my groundbreaking medical research and upcoming book project. I wish the company continued success.”

Ronald Winston’s retirement will now help him focus on other everyday activities and to spend time with his family. While being very much involved in his private research on AIDS, he is currently writing a book about his family history called “King of Diamonds.”¼/p>

Culver City, CA- One of the world’s greatest manufacturers of jewelry, LID Ltd., has just gone bankrupt with Bidz.com as the winning bidder of all their jewelry. All the high quality of diamonds and gemstone jewelry was bought below cost, for only $23.9 million. The company plans to sell the jewelry through online auctions and wholesale dealings.

Once the company finishes receiving, photographing and describing the stock they plan on beginning to sell the jewelry, which is anticipated to start in June. The company plans on putting aside some of the jewelry for the high end holiday season.

David Zinberg, Chief Executive Officer of Bidz.com is pleased to have been privileged in receiving such a great deal of valuable merchandise, and looks forward to being invited to other opportunities such as this one.   Â

‘Ring by Spring’ has been affected by colleges all over, now. College girls eagerly go around flaunting their new engagement rings to their classmates. ‘Ring by Spring’ is a term made up to define the large amount of seniors in a rush to get engaged by spring quarter.

Students go around campus doing a “ring check” before deciding what type of ring they would like for themselves. ‘Ring by Spring’ was originally started by christian universities but, are now nationwide.

 These days there are girls who apply to college just to find a suitable husband and to get a useless degree. Other girls choose to go to colleges that are mainly populated by potential husbands such as, Industrial Technology or Mechanical Engineering, and shortly afterwards they drop out, simply to expand their chances in meeting a guy.

The smarter of the students have a promise ring, which is not as expensive as a real engagement ring, in case something happens before they plan a marriage post graduation. Many students rush into getting engaged and then lose out on being able to have a girl’s night out, or get to feel young and carefree because they simply isolate themselves from all the single students who are in no rush.

“… The most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself, and if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that’s just fabulous.”– Sex and the City ¼/p>

Mariah Carey was asked to appear on the Ellen DeGeneres Show where she revealed information about her secret wedding to Nick Cannon.

On the show she gives her reasons as to why she decided to have a wedding in secret and how she was able to do i t without anyone finding out. Mimi also mentions her ring, as well as Cannon’s. “The ring! Look at that ring!” says DeGeneres when she caught sight of the $2.5 million engagement ring. Mariah points out that Nick and her had designed each other’s rings. 

                     

As for her wedding, Mariah says how she was able to get people to come to the island without having too much attention being attracted to her by telling them she was going for a video shoot, “figuring we might end up doing that!” she says.

There were six people invited to the wedding, aside for the accustomed hairdressers and make-up artists. Mariah and Nick each invited three of their own friends to be able to keep it on the down low.

“We wanted to be on the beach and didnt want people taking pictures, or the hoopla of publicity stunt, which is what everyone will think anyway,” she said. Although Mariah had a wedding already, secretly, she does plan to have another wedding next year!  ¼/p>