Forty-three years ago, Jacques Arpels of Van Cleef & Arpels fame traveled to what is now Sri Lanka to acquire a flawless 43.16-carat rectangular-cut cornflower-blue sapphire that was subsequently mounted in a ring and flanked with two pear-shaped..

A super-rare Colonial Massachusetts silver coin originally struck in Boston barely three decades after the first Thanksgiving was sold at auction last week for an astounding $431,250 – more than four times the pre-sale estimate. The 1652 New En..

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you awesome songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today's treat is Destiny's Child singing "Independent Women" from the soundtrack of the 2000 film adaptation of Charlie's Angel..

Retired coal miner Charles Krouse of Robinson, Pa., could barely contain his emotions as he slipped his United High School Class of 1964 ring back on his finger for the first time in 31 years. The 70-year-old had misplaced the onyx and gold ring duri..

It's time to schedule a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to see a new gallery that highlights Greek, Roman and Etruscan jewelry dating back to the 4th century B.C. The standout of the collection is a single earring depicting the goddess Nike ..

In the world of premium credit cards it's fairly common to see "gold cards" and "platinum cards." At the most exclusive levels, Barclays' Visa Black Card is available to the highest-earning 1% of the U.S. population. And even more select is the Ameri..

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you exciting songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. We hope you have your dancing shoes on because today's tune is Rihanna's 2011 blockbuster hit, "We Found Love." The opening li..

When the British luxury liner, Titanic, struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, many of those who died were among the wealthiest people of their era. The new exhibition, "Jewels of Titanic," also..

Archaeologists digging in northern Bulgaria have unearthed a 2,400-year-old Thracian tomb teeming with meticulously crafted gold jewelry and artifacts. The treasure was discovered last week near the village of Sveshtari, 250 miles northeast of Sofia,..

Fans of opulent jewelry will love Keira Knightley in the title role of Anna Karenina, which officially opens this Friday. Knightley told Starpulse.com that she used her Chanel connections to secure a treasure trove of period jewelry for her film, whi..