Archive for July, 2010
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Look for fabulous values during our Famous Annual Sale, Tuesday, August 3 thru Saturday, August 14. You’ll find great designer pieces, classic estate jewelry, and unique Mardon originals drastically marked down at true clearance prices up to 60% off. Here are a few– Green is In! This exquisite designer ring from Phil Zahm Design, set [...]
Tags: Asscher cut diamond, Celtic Knot, GIA cert, Heidi Klum, Mardon Annual Sale, PayPal, Peter Storm, Phil Zahm, Precious Coral, Radiant cut diamond, Rap sheet, Retro, rose gold, tourmaline
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Today, the Press Enterprise has the ballot for the annual Reader’s Choice survey– it’s on the back page of the Nation and World section (where the funnies are)– just fill out the ballot and mail it in. This time, the link they show for online voting takes you to their website where another link (showing [...]
Tags: Best Jeweler 2010, Inland Empire, Press Enterprise, Reader's Choice
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
In our recent blog about voting at the annual Reader’s Choice survey at the Riverside Press Enterprise, we posted a link to the online ballot so you readers could vote easily. We just found out today from a client who tried to vote that the posted link didn’t work. The link was copied directly from [...]
Tags: Best Jeweler 2009, Reader's Choice 2010, Riverside Press Enterprise
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
These two sapphires are both from the island of Sri Lanka, both are heat enhanced, both are from the same vendor, both weigh about the same. Here’s another photograph, same stones, same photographer (myself), same camera, same photo stage, similar macro lens, slightly different lighting. Can you guess which one costs more?
Tags: AGS, AGTA, Ceylon sapphires, consumer protection, Gemology 101, Sri Lanka
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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
Correction July 20- In this blog about voting at the annual Reader’s Choice survey at the Riverside Press Enterprise, we posted a link to the online ballot so you readers could vote easily. We just found out today from a client who tried to vote that the posted link didn’t work. The link was copied [...]
Tags: Annual Clearance Sale, Best Jewelry Store 2009, Gemology 101, Gold Value Calculator, Inland Empire, Jewels of Shangri La, Press Enterprise, Reader's Choice, Wish List
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
We completed a most beautiful engagement ring a while back but weren’t able to post this blog till now. It was one of the most challenging projects we’ve ever done! Our clients Megan and Mike, big fans of antique and period jewelry, fell in love with a 1920′s Art Deco platinum ring in our estate [...]
Tags: Art Deco, CAD-CAM, cnc, Custom Design, filigree engagement ring, hand engraving, Mardon, milgrain, Old European, platinum, Plumeria
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