Psycho Killers Tonight
Going to see Psycho Killers tonight. It’s pretty cool to see your buddies play in a band that rocks. I have the privilege of frequent jams with lead guitar/vocalist Jon Wood and percussionist Mikey Barnstein. Check ’em out!
Large and Rare Colored Diamonds Are Still Strong
The US retail jewelry market is still a little weak, but the super high end/investment quality diamonds are very strong with both Christie’s and Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels Auctions doing very well in Geneva this week. From Diamonds.net: Sotheby’s Jewels: Jewels of historical significance garnered strong prices at Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels sale, held in Geneva on November 17. […]
I Don’t Like The Redskins, But I Love Washington DC!
We just had our first Buying Event at White Flint Mall in Bethesda, MD. It went very well. We’ve cultivated a big following in DC though our website, with customers coming to our store from DC and Northern Virginia on a regular basis. So we teamed up with my cousin, David Samuelson, who happens to […]
Introducing BaltimoreDiamonds.com!
We are so excited here at Samuelson’s to announce the launch of our new updated website, with a new URL, BaltimoreDiamonds.com. I want to thank our team for a job well done. David and Garth did a great job! You’ll notice a new homepage, history page, diamond specials link, and more. We have a little […]
The Diamond World is Changing
I knew it! The brands are breaking down. I just ran across this article from The Wall Street Journal about Tiffany and Co and other big retailers cutting and polishing their own diamonds in Botswana. Graff has owned Safdico Diamonds for a while, but he doesn’t sell to the masses like Tiffany. What jumped out […]
Heller Highwater Rocks Heller’s Wedding
Check out what Heller Highwater would sound like if we had a great singer and a funky sax player. Mazel Tov Steve and rock on!
Allman Brothers Band 10/6/09
The Allman Brothers rocked it last week at Merriweather Post Pavillion. Gregg is getting old though – he’s got Gov’t Mule’s keyboard player helping him out, but his voice still sounded good. Check out this video I took of Woman Across The River. Warren and Derek are trading some tasty licks – enjoy!
Stockbrokers and Business Consultants…Worth It?
My father always said to me regarding stockbrokers, “If they knew so much they’d be millionaires.” I get that. Here these guys are picking stocks for clients and they have no idea what they will do. That would be like me advising people on what the gold or diamond market will do (and charging them […]
Petra Diamonds Finds HUGE 507 Carat Stone
They found some big ones this week in South Africa, most notably a 507 carat white Type II clean diamond. I’m sure they’ll try to get a 200 carat out of it, and I can’t wait to see what this thing looks like finished! From Reuters: LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – AIM-listed Petra Diamonds (PDL.L) […]
Guest Blog Post: To Bid Or Not To Bid
This is an awesome guest blog post by Dana Kiyomura, expert in estate and antique jewelry. Dana has an office in NYC where she buys and sells vintage jewelry and you can follow her on Twitter @winebrilliant. “Bidding at a jewelry auction is time consuming and can be dangerous. First you have to preview the […]
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