A Cartier jadeite bead, ruby and diamond necklace owned by Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton (1912 - 1979) sold for more than $27.4 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Auction ...

The historically important Hutton-Mdi-vani jadeite necklace fashioned out of 27 beads reputedly from the Qing Dynasty's (1644-1911) imperial court sold at Sotheby's this week for HK$214 million ...

50th Anniversary Luxury Evening Auction: The Exceptionals, Wednesday, April 5, 2023, ...

All eyes will be on this exquisite jadeite necklace, touted to be the world’s most expensive, as it makes its way to the Sotheby’s in Hong Kong this coming April for the auction house’s Jewels and ...

A jadeite necklace once owned by U.S. retail heiress Barbara Hutton was bought by the Cartier Collection at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong on Monday evening for 214 million Hong Kong dollars ...

The 60-piece offering includes vintage items, like a statue that was an emperor’s gift to his brother, and newly made jewelry. Share full article This emerald-green jadeite bangle is part of the ...

Only available from Myanmar and traditionally cherished in imperial China, where quality green gemstones were believed to be a symbol of purity, jadeite has been less well known elsewhere – until now ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jade has been treasured in China for millennia, both as a rare gem considered more precious than gold or ...

As the Qing declined in the late 19th century, many imperial treasures were taken out of the palaces and some like these beads, ended up in Europe fashioned into haute joaillerie by Cartier in the ...