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Jewelry Connoisseur

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The Jewelry Connoisseur podcast is dedicated to estate jewels, featuring guests including estate dealers, historians, and best-selling authors. It covers subjects ranging from eras such as Art Deco and Victorian to specific designers whose creations are considered highly collectible. This new podcast aims to satisfy the great thirst for knowledge about estate jewelry and educate listeners on how to evaluate estate jewels, as well as what type of styles and designs are in vogue at the moment.

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Episodes

Episode 9: Art Nouveau 31.08.2020 21:44

Jewelry historian  Elyse Zorn Karlin  unveils some of the hidden meanings behind works from this short but lively artistic era.

Episode 8: Forensic jewelry 17.08.2020 25:43

Dr. Maria Maclennan reveals how jewels can assist in crime scene investigations.

Episode 7: A buyer’s or a seller’s market? 03.08.2020 20:21

Veteran diamond and estate dealer  Rick Shatz  talks to Rapaport Editor in Chief Sonia Esther Soltani about the current trading opportunities.

Episode 6: Boivin – Timeless works of art 20.07.2020 35:59

Jewelry historian Vanessa Cron discusses the French company’s vision and its designers’ avant-garde creations, which have become highly collectible items. 

Episode 5: The estate dealer’s job 06.07.2020 27:58

Ronald Kawitzky, owner of  DK Bressler  in New York, initially trained as an accountant, but his love of jewelry and history led him to embrace a career as an estate dealer. He talks to Rapaport Editor in Chief Sonia Esther Soltani about how the sector and the profession have evolved in the past 30 years.

Episode 4: Victorian jewelry 21.06.2020 35:23

Sarah Duncan, Head of the Jewelry Department at Chiswick Auctions, talks to Rapaport Editor in Chief Sonia Esther Soltani about this era’s mad and marvelous jewels.

Episode 3: Defining the Cartier style 09.06.2020 47:25

The house of Cartier created some of the most iconic jewels of the 20th century. In this new episode, Francesca Brickell Cartier, the author of bestseller The Cartiers, talks to Rapaport Editor in Chief Sonia Esther Soltani about what made the French brand’s pioneering style so timeless.

Episode 2: Educating estate jewelry collectors 26.05.2020 34:26

How much do potential buyers need to know about estate jewels to make an informed decision? In this new episode, Ben Macklowe, President of the Macklowe Gallery, talks to Rapaport Editor in Chief Sonia Esther Soltani about educating collectors, expanding knowledge of lesser-known eras and enhancing a client’s emotional connection to an antique piece of jewelry.

Episode 1: The enduring appeal of Art Deco 11.05.2020 31:42

The 1920s kicked off what many consider the most popular modern movement in jewelry design. In the inaugural episode of our new podcast, Guy Burton, Director at Hancocks London, talks to Rapaport Editor in Chief Sonia Esther Soltani about how these eloquent, beautiful jewels have stood the test of time.