Archive for the ‘Estate Jewelry’ Category
Friday, May 5th, 2017
Mardon has just acquired an exciting Victorian Amethyst Riviere Necklace. The antique Riviere necklace is a classic style much favored by Anna Wintour, famous editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine. Wintour is often seen wearing several antique Riviere necklaces at a time. Movie buffs recognize Ms. Wintour as the inspiration for the title role in “The Devil […]
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Saturday, February 18th, 2017
A wonderful ring from the Belle Epoque with a 3.08 ct Fancy Yellow Diamond.
Tags: Art Deco, Belle Epoque, Edwardian, Fancy Yellow, Mardon, Sapphire, T.B. Starr
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Saturday, January 28th, 2017
We recently had the opportunity and pleasure to examine this sweet Faberge necklace from the early 20th century. The necklace is fabricated from 14 karat yellow gold and silver, set with rose cut Diamonds and a beautiful pear shaped Aquamarine. The delicate chain is handmade from platinum. Our client has a wonderful family provenance for […]
Tags: Aquamarine, Auction House, auctioneer, Christie's, estate appraisal, Faberge, hand engraving, Mardon, Mariinskiy Opera, platinum, Rose cut, Russo-Japanese War, silver on gold, Sothebys, St. Petersburg
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2016
Horse and jockey are flying full tilt down the home stretch! After 20 years in our current location, Mardon is moving! We’d like to announce our upcoming move to a new spot at the Canyon Crest Towne Centre, 5225 Canyon Crest Drive, Suite 14, Riverside, 92507. We hope to reopen by August 15 – stay tuned for updates on our […]
Tags: Best of Inland Empire, Canyon Crest Towne Centre, Estate Jewelry, Mardon, Raincross Collection, Reader's Choice
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Saturday, May 21st, 2016
This unusual estate jewelry item turned out to be are a real surprise. We purchased it along with a large group of vintage pieces– sort of an after-thought, thrown into the lot at the last minute. We don’t buy a lot of silver jewelry, but this was just funky enough to be of interest. It […]
Tags: anthill garnet, Gallup, New Mexico, P.J.Dugan, provenance, pyrope garnet, Reader's Choice
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Saturday, May 7th, 2016
Now showing at Mardon, this charming necklace is from the celebrated American jeweler, Sydney Mobell. Mobell is considered a modern master of the jewelers art. His shop in the Fairmont Hotel of San Francisco was famous for transforming everyday items into irreverant jeweled art, producing such items as a diamond studded Frisbee, an jewel encrusted […]
Tags: Angela Cummings, Art Jewelry, gemologists, Gucci, Herco, Hourglass, Mardon, Reader's Choice, Rolex, Smithsonian Museum, Smithsonian Store, Sydney Mobell, Tiffany
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Friday, November 27th, 2015
The holiday season is just a whirlwind of joy and stress — we’re all busy juggling our day to day life and getting ready for the Thanksgiving Feast, then Christmas with family, then New Year’s Eve. Into this mix of busy, we need to find gifts for loved ones, old friends, and business associates. At Mardon, we’ll help you […]
Tags: Benitoite, Cuprian Tourmaline, Holly Blue Agate, Tanzanite, Turn of the Century Platinum ring
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Friday, November 6th, 2015
In today’s world, some things change rapidly and some stay the same. Just in the last 20 years or so, jewelry making has changed radically. Previously we used labor intensive processes like carving wax models by hand to create our original designs and master models. We now use technological marvels like computer aided design and modeling (CAD/CAM) and […]
Tags: CAD/CAM, custom designs, hand engraving, jewelry enameling, technology
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Saturday, September 5th, 2015
Mardon Jewelers has been voted Best Jeweler in the 20th Annual Best of the Inland Empire Reader’s Choice. This is the 7th year in a row and 10th of the last 12 years that we’ve earned this distinction. We’re very grateful for the votes and loyal support of all of our patrons. Thank You! Look for the Reader’s Choice magazine in […]
Tags: Benitoite, Best Jeweler, Best of Inland Empire 2015, Cisitty, Custom Jewelry, diamond, Estate Jewelry, one-of-a-kind, platinum
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Friday, July 10th, 2015
Great news for our client–this beautiful Art Deco watch, mentioned in our previous blog, did very well at Sotheby’s Important Watch Auction, June 11. The piece sold for a hammer price of $13,000, almost double the reserve price. Yay! As you can see from this image from the auction catalog, Sotheby’s does a wonderful job promoting their […]
Tags: Art Deco, Christie's, jewelry auction, Sothebys, Vacheron Constantin
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