[Jewelry making - Article 01034] - [Orchid] [Event] The History of the Antique Diamond Trade

[Dana Buscaglia]

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    The History of the Antique Diamond Trade
    From the 1400'S to the 1900'S
    With Gail Brett Levine

    Place: Fashion Institute of Technology, Seventh Avenue and 27th
    Street, Building C - Board Room 

    Date: Thursday, November 1, 2007 
    Time: 6:15 - 8:30 pm
    Fee: $30 for nonmembers
    FIT Faculty and Students Free

    The Jewelry Design Professionals' Network will host a special
    evening on the History of the Antique Diamond Trade on Thursday,
    November 1, 2007. Our guest will be Gail Brett Levine, Executive
    Director of the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers, the
    largest association specializing in gem and jewelry appraising.

    Diamonds have always played a major role in the history of jewelry,
    from the rocks found in the ground to the crude off-round faceted
    stones that were found in jewelry in the early years. Take a seat and
    travel from the 1400's to the 1900's through Venice, India, Paris and
    Belgium.

    Mrs. Levine will chart the development of Table, Rose, Old European
    and Old Mine cut diamonds that is integral to antique and period
    jewelry. She will show us the various faceting and cutting techniques
    that transform a diamond crystal into the beautiful gem we know it to
    be.

    Gail Brett Levine is an independent personal property appraiser and
    has been in the jewelry trade for over thirty years. She initially
    began as President of an antique shop in Alexandria, Virginia where
    she specialized in antique, period and estate jewelry. She received
    her GG in residence from the Gemological Institute of America and
    currently serves on the Executive Council of the GIA Alumni
    Association. She is the past President of the International Society
    of Appraisers. In 1994 she started her own publication entitled
    Auction Market Resource for Gems and Jewelry, which is an in depth
    report by qualified appraiser/gemologists of jewelry sales at auction
    which preview gem materials. Her publication is recommended by most
    appraisal organizations. Currently, Ms. Levine is President of
    Timeless, Inc., which specializes in insurance, estate claims,
    donation appraisals of antique, estate and contemporary jewelry. 

    RSVP for reservations to Dana at danajewel AT nyc.rr.com or
    212-734-5939. For further information about the Jewelry Design
    Professionals' Network, visit www.jdpn.org.
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