With its strong appeal to Asian collectors, the gemstone has seen huge growth in value; jewellery expert Sze Sze of Poly Auction Hong Kong takes us through the basics of appreciating jadeite and ...

Only available from Myanmar and traditionally cherished in imperial China, where quality green gemstones were believed to be a symbol of purity, jadeite has been less well known elsewhere – until now ...

Things were going quite smoothly at Sotheby’s Hong Kong jewelry auction until the final three lots appeared, all of which were among the highlights of the sale held Wednesday at Sotheby’s Gallery. A ...

The historically important Hutton-Mdi-vani jadeite necklace fashioned out of 27 beads reputedly from the Qing Dynasty's (1644-1911) imperial court sold at Sotheby's this week for HK$214 million ...

Hailing from a private collection, the bling was expected to fetch between $3.2 million and $4.5 million at the auction house’s Jewels & Jadeite sale. It didn’t quite reach the high estimate, but the ...

AFP reports a blue-and-white Ming vase fetched nearly $22 million in Hong Kong on Wednesday, setting a new record at auction for porcelain from the 15th century Chinese dynasty. The vase went for more ...

Over the past 10 years, the value of a gold ounce has skyrocketed from $1,050 in 2015 to over $3,600 in September 2025. Although this certainty makes gold owners happy, it doesn't mean that gold is ...

A Cartier jadeite bead, ruby and diamond necklace owned by Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton (1912 - 1979) sold for more than $27.4 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Auction ...

A jadeite necklace once owned by U.S. retail heiress Barbara Hutton was bought by the Cartier Collection at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong on Monday evening for 214 million Hong Kong dollars ...

As the Qing declined in the late 19th century, many imperial treasures were taken out of the palaces and some like these beads, ended up in Europe fashioned into haute joaillerie by Cartier in the ...