Treasures of NYCJAOS Autumn 2024

December 10, 2024

Remember last year when I went to the very first NYCJAOS event? Well, the show came back this year bigger and better than ever and I had the pleasure of being there once again!

Wanna see what I found? Of course you do!

I had a great time at NYCJAOS Autumn 2024!

Treasures of NYCJAOS Autumn 2024

The New York City Jewelry & Object Show (NYCJAOS) is a relatively new show – it just launched last year – but it has already more than doubled in size.

NYCJAOS Autumn 2023 had 23 booths and around 35 dealers (see last year’s recap here). This year, the show grew to a full 90 booths with nearly 100 dealers from all over the world! The Metropolitan Pavilion was a wonderland of treasures, both antique/vintage and contemporary.

If you missed NYCJAOS Autumn 2024, don’t despair: it’s coming back in the spring! April 5-7, 2025, to be exact. There will be a glorious curation of exhibitors and I’m hearing that a series of expert talks is planned as well. I recommend following the show’s Instagram for the most up-to-date info.

Enough talk. I know you’re here to see the jewelry.

A remarkable antique English bracelet with many different agates. From Marilyn & Co., spotted at NYCJAOS.

This bracelet was one of the first pieces to catch my eye at NYCJAOS Autumn 2024, but Marilyn & Co.’s booth was so busy that I didn’t have a chance to play with it until my last hour at the show.

And what a piece it is!! I love agate jewelry that celebrates the innate beauty of the stones and I’ve never seen such a remarkable antique example of this style. Don’t miss the carved intaglio in the first panel and the exquisite condition of the piece as a whole.

Antique French Victorian era necklace with turquoise and diamonds. From Halle's Jewels at NYCJAOS.

I was so excited about this antique French turquoise and diamond necklace from Halle’s Jewels that I posted it on Instagram during the show…and one of you saw it and bought it just a few hours later!!

It makes me so happy when I can help great jewelry find a good home.

A lovely gold swirl pendant necklace with emeralds and black enamel, by Halleh Fine Jewelry. Seen at NYCJAOS

Halleh Fine Jewelry was one of the new-to-me contemporary jewelers from NYCJAOS Autumn 2024.

Her work incorporates enamel in a really glamorous way. I especially liked this swirl pendant necklace, with its vivid pear-shaped emerald and precisely angled black enamel stripes.

An absolutely exquisite antique pink enamel snake with emerald and pearls, from Classical Gem Hunter. Seen at NYCJAOS

Not to indulge in hyperbole, but this pink enamel snake from Classical Gem Hunter is one of the best pieces of jewelry I’ve ever touched in my life.

I’ve swooned over this baby on social media before and see it in person just cemented my love. Look at the incredible enamel, the side details, the glowing emerald!! Sigh.

(This dealer also had a Renaissance era piece that blew my mind, but that will be getting its own blog post.)

Antique Georgian brooch from A Pocket of Rocks, seen at NYCJAOS.

This Georgian era brooch from A Pocket of Rocks is another jewel I’ve admired online and was delighted to finally meet in person…and the same goes for Lisa, the lovely human behind A Pocket of Rocks!! I’ve known her via the internet for at least a decade and this was our first ever face-to-face encounter.

Can you even with this brooch!?! It really does glow like that in real life.

Trying on an antique cut steel necklace with Victoria of Friarhouse Antique Jewellery at NYCJAOS

Another friend-from-afar who I hugged for the first time at NYCJAOS Autumn? Victoria of Friarhouse Jewellery!!

How gorgeous is that cut steel necklace from Friarhouse? It is a longer length (none of this 15 inch nonsense) has such a lovely drape. I always love how cut steel catches the light.

DK Bressler: a peek into the vault.

April 19, 2018

I always love when I get a chance to visit DK Bressler! I saw this fabulous jewelry dealer most recently at the Original Miami Beach Antique Show, in February.

I actually have a whole lot of photos saved up from the most recent Miami show and most of them aren’t ready yet, but I decided I couldn’t wait to give you a peek! DK Bressler was on fire this year – Founder Ronald Kawitzky was on hand and he opened up the vault for me – and I thought they’d be a great way to give you a taste of Miami while I work on getting everything else ready.

There’s absolutely nothing in the world like Edwardian era platinum work. Light as a feather, almost impossibly delicate, Edwardian era platinum jewelry is a testament to the technology of that era – early 20th century advances in technology made these ethereal lines of metal possible.

This delightfully whimsical brooch is in the shape of a butterfly or a moth. You’d expect a butterfly, but the wings are so long that it gives me a moth vibe…I’m no entomologist, though. The chubby antique diamond in the middle is icing on the cake, along with several substantial bezel set diamonds on the wings and an icing of smaller diamonds throughout.

See video of this piece here.

This glorious necklace was the first thing I touched at the DK Bressler booth. Can you blame me? Such a classic Victorian beauty, with emeralds, pearls and diamonds in silver and gold.

This piece is such a dream. Those are some sizable emeralds and pearls! It was common for major necklaces from that era to have frames that they could be attached to in order to wear them as a tiara instead of a necklace.

I don’t know if this piece ever had a frame, but wouldn’t it look incredible as a tiara?? Not that it makes a bad necklace, either. Fit for a queen in either direction!

Rings!! Here’s my favorite thing about DK Bressler: they have absurdly glorious museum-quality jewels and they also have smaller treasures starting at around a few hundred dollars. You can drool all over the once in a lifetime pieces and then still find something you can afford to go home with, even if you don’t have a tiara level budget.

And btw when I say “museum quality,” I’m being literal: Ron showed me one piece that was recently returned from being on loan to The Met). Read More

The 2017 Original Miami Antique Show: part 2!

April 11, 2017

As I promised you in Part 1…I am here today with even MORE pictures from the glorious 2017 Original Miami Antique Show.

If you like any of the things in these pictures even a little bit, you really need to come next year and see it all in person for yourself.

Trust me. Go look at my photos from 2016, if you need more proof. Plus, who doesn’t want to go to Miami in February? Sunshine, palm trees, antique jewelry! It’s a great combination.

I think I officially have a crush on portrait lockets as a category. If I could afford to buy all the ones I love, I’d have quite the collection of them by now.

This one was particularly fabulous: the portrait lady’s jewelry, the blue enamel accents, the engraved back! It opens into three frames on the inside, and contained a tiny photo of a mystery gentleman.

You remember the massive rose cut diamond ring from Jogani that we admired in Part 1 of this recap? It had two more cousins in that display case.

These two are just as wonderful. The blue enamel is particularly irresistible.

When people ask me how I can wear 100+ year old jewelry in my daily life, I like to show them a piece like these pearl and turquoise earrings from The Spare Room.

How can you not want to wear them?? Sure, they’re from 1880 – but they’d go with almost any contemporary wardrobe.

This magical unicorn of a moonstone ring was snapped up shortly after I posted it on Instagram, but it was too pretty not to show you anyway.

This Swiss enamel bracelet from Sam Sadien belongs in a museum. Each panel is beyond perfect; the level of detail becomes more incredible the closer you get.

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