Selling Diamonds In Baltimore/Washington DC

I just want to share this video where I talk about what we look for when buying diamonds from our customers. Of course we also show a few nice diamonds in this one! Have a look and please click here to contact us if you’re in the market to sell your diamond.

Silver…The New Gold!

The talk the past few years has been about the bull run of gold, now hovering at about $1400 per ounce. I even talked about gold hitting $1000 per ounce in September 2009 in this post “Gold Spot Prices At 1000, What’s Next?” I also made a prediction in that post that is spot on! […]

When Will The Big Jewelry Companies WAKE UP?

I was reading my friend Rob Bates’s column in JCK Online, Diamond Shavings, and came across this article about Blue Nile and their plans for mobile over the next few years. From the article: But a phone call from a customer during the 2009 holiday season put the future into better perspective, says Diane Irvine, […]

Video: Watch The Graff Pink Sell For $46 Million

I have to hand it to Sotheby’s on this one. Here’s footage of the record setting 24.78 carat Fancy Intense Pink Diamond being sold at auction in Geneva for $46 million. Sotheby’s TV finally did it right here by showing the REAL live auction, giving everyone a chance to see what it’s like to be […]

Black Friday, Steely Dan

I woke up with this song in my head. I found a version where Walter Becker did NOT take the guitar solo. (sorry Walter). Check out this ripping guitar solo by Jon Herington. Notice the drummer, Baltimore native and Samuelson’s Diamonds customer, (I sold him a bracelet once) Dennis Chambers. He’s one of the world’s […]

Phish Boardwalk Hall 10-30-10

Went to see Phish at Boardwalk Hall for their Halloween run. If you’ll remember, I saw Phish a year and a half ago at Merriweather Post and the show was not great so I was down on the band. Check it out in my post, Summer Concert Review. Well this past summer was a killer […]

A Milestone: 500,000 Facebook Diamond Fans!

We reached a big milestone a week ago. Over a half a million fans on our facebook “Diamonds” page! (I know they’re “likes” but I still call them fans). In fact, this week we’ve gained about 30,000 new fans, so the page is cruising. It’s been a great ride for the past 2 1/2 years and […]

The Diamond Market Moving Into December 2010

It’s been a while since I’ve written about the state of the diamond industry as we prepare for the Holiday Season. I am in the unique position of looking at the market from both a wholesale and retail perspective. We buy so many diamonds from the public that we are regular traders in the market, […]

Blue Nile vs Local Jeweler Video

I made this cool video the other day and got a nice reaction from it, especially from my friends in the jewelry industry. It’s a common conversation between a diamond retailer and an internet shopper. The emails and comments that I received from people in the industry is that they loved it and it was […]

A Great Customer Testimonial

A great customer who bought her engagement ring from us, trusted us with her jewelry to repair, and recently sold her gold to us just left our best testimonial to date. It was in a blog post, and I want to personally say “thank you” for this and encourage all of our customers to do […]

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