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CHARMS
1 Charms can just as easily be collected
around the neck as on the wrist. Here is CG
Arte’s glamorous necklace with lots of room
to add more—and then some: A handsome
18-kt. yellow-gold chain, embellished to
perfection with individual charms, glittery with
diamond accents. Chain: $3,250. Charms:
$1,200 and up.
Wasserman Jewel Galleries, 576 Fifth
Avenue (47th Street), Suite 605; 212-302-4266;
wassermanjewelgalleries.com; cgarte.com
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2 New from designer Aaron Basha, a leather
bracelet-cuff with an 18-kt. gold open link for
attaching charms, as desired. Prices upon
request.
Aaron Basha, 685 Madison Avenue (61st/62nd Streets);
212-935-1960; aaronbasha.com
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$24,500.
Macklowe Gallery, 667 Madison Avenue
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2 Vintage beauties from Kentshire Gallery:
[left] Black enamel and carved-jade Art Deco
earrings with floral motifs, set in platinum,
ca.1930. $26,000.
[right] A pair of gold and diamond
(approximately 3.61 carats) sunflower-like
earrings in 18-kt. yellow gold and platinum.
Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, ca.1950. $41,500.
Kentshire Gallery, 700 Madison Avenue
(62nd/63rd Streets); 212-421-1100; kentshire.com
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3 Mish New York’s “Cabana” white-coral
bracelet is chockablock with hand-carved
charms featuring marine and seaside motifs,
accented in 18-kt. gold and diamonds. $68,000.
Mish New York, 131 East 70th Street (Park/Lexington
Avenues); 212-734-3500; mishnewyork.com
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4 How terribly New York: Fashion jeweler
Carolee celebrates 40 years in business with an
iconic, limited-edition (for Bloomingdale’s), goldtone-metal charm bracelet, billboarding a dozen
fun charms, including the legendary Bloomie’s
“Little Brown Bag.” A charitable bonus: $5
of each purchase goes to the Breast Cancer
Research Foundation. $95.
Bloomingdale’s, 1000 Third Avenue (59th Street);
212-705-2000; bloomingdales.com; carolee.com
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3 From the outstanding vintage watch
collection at Aaron Faber: A striking Arts &
Crafts-style, 18-kt. yellow-gold and enamel
wristwatch (ca. 1930) featuring bright yellow
rosettes on an ebony ground, with flourishes
of verdant leaves. The movement is by
LeCoultre for Blancpain, signed Blancpain on
the case and movement. $3,750.
Aaron Faber, 666 Fifth Avenue (53rd Street);
212-586-8411; aaronfaber.com
4 A simply spectacular ‘60s Kenneth Jay Lane
(signed) demi-parure—a bib-style necklace
and clip-on earrings (not shown).
Cut crystals; faceted, tear-drop-shaped
turquoise rhinestones surrounded by blushpink and sky-blue stones; and dangling
faux pearls. The stones are set in gold-tone
prongs. $3,500.
Butter at Center44, 222 East 44th Street
(Second/Third Avenues), Second Floor;
212-450-7988; center44.com
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1 Keys to your heart, keys to the kingdom?
Tiffany “Keys” [left] are dainty and delicate, and
uniquely crafted in 18-kt. rose or yellow gold or
platinum, with graceful diamond embellishments.
(Chains sold separately.) From $1,300.
Feminine and fabulous lockets [right] from Tiffany:
In platinum and 18-kt. gold, featuring assorted
stones: pink and blue sapphires, diamonds,
tanzanite, and seed pearls. From $40,000.
Tiffany & Co., 727 Fifth Avenue (57th Street);
212-755-8000, 800-526-0649; 37 Wall Street
(Nassau/William Streets); 212-514-8015; tiffany.com
2 A cache of vintage lockets—mostly
Edwardian, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and
even Victorian—from designer Just Jules’s
“Incarnations” collection. These highly collectible
lockets are gold-filled, on chains of 14-kt. gold;
many are accented with embellishments of
precious and semi-precious gems. $600 to $900.
ABC Carpet & Home, 888 Broadway (18th/19th Streets);
212-473-3000; abchome.com; justjules.com
3 Two pictures—twice as nice!—can be
stowed in the elegant “Compass” locket, in 22kt. yellow gold, hand fabricated in the Reinstein
Ross workshops; it features meticulous, fancy
granulation adornment. Price upon request.
Reinstein Ross, 29 East 73rd Street (Fifth/Madison
Avenues); 212-772-1901; 122 Prince Street (Greene/
Wooster Streets); 212-226-4513; reinsteinross.com
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4 Designer Cynthia Rose’s “Tiger Tooth”
necklace features an Italian, vintage, handmade
18-kt. yellow gold chain and an embellished
tiger’s tooth, accented with diamonds. Chain:
$15,000; Tiger’s tooth: $5,500.
Cynthia Rose, by appointment only; 212-221-6133;
cynthiaroseny.com
stacked
1 Glimmering, head-turning “Bubble” bracelets
from MadStone (top to bottom): 18-kt. white gold
set with white quartz and diamonds; 18-kt. yellow
gold ablaze with lemon quartz and diamonds;
18-kt. blackened gold gleaming with white quartz
and diamonds. Each has .40 carats of diamonds.
Each $11,900.
MadStone, by appointment only; 212-696-1321;
madstonedesign.com
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2 A cluster of seductive, stackable rings from
DeBeers. The top two “Adonis” rings feature .56
carats each of diamonds set in platinum or 18-kt.
rose gold; the third ring is the “Match Band” and is
adorned with .88 carats of diamonds in 18-kt. white
gold; the bottom ring, the “Petal Diamond Band,”
showcases .45 diamonds, set in 18-kt. pink gold.
$2,000 to $4,000.
De Beers, 703 Fifth Avenue (55th Street); 212-906-0001,
800-929-0889; debeers.com
3 “Spinning Curve” 18-kt. gold bangle bracelets
(which can also be worn as eye-catching pendants)
from designer Yael Sonia all feature moving orbs
of smoky quartz, blue topaz, or amethyst. From
$16,300.
Yael Sonia , 922 Madison Avenue (73rd/74th Streets);
212-472-6488; yaelsonia.com
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4 A sextet of delicate, lady-like bangles from
Wempe, all in 18-kt. white, yellow, or rose gold, set
with gleaming, brilliant-cut diamonds. From
$1,985.
Wempe, 700 Fifth Avenue (55th Street); 212-397-9000,
800-513-1131; wempe.com
5 Jewelry designer Paul Morelli’s “Confetti” rings
glow with both white and multi-colored diamonds.
All set in 18-kt. gold (yellow, white, or black) with
anywhere from 1.19 carats of diamonds to 4.12
carats. $6,000 to $25,000.
Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Avenue (57th/58th Streets);
212-753-7300, 800-558-1855; bergdorfgoodman.com
6 Stackable enamel rings in 18-kt. gold, in a
myriad of dazzling designs, some with diamond
accents, all by the sultan of stackables, Silvio
Hidalgo. $400 to $2,000.
Maurice Badler Jewelers, 578 Fifth Avenue (47th Street),
485 Park Avenue (58th Street); 800-622-3537; badler.com;
hidalgojewelry.com
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