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Wink Jones
Wink Jones of Winfield's, has been in the jewelry business since early 1970 when he bought his first gemstone, an amethyst, for a girlfriend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Within days he was buying and selling gems, and his life long love affair and study of gems was started.Wink graduated from the Gemological Institute of America in November of 1975, and has been active in the trade ever since. His unique store has made several transitions over the years and today enjoys a modest setting with extremely low overhead which translates to clients in the form of being able to provide wonderful high quality stones and heirloom quality jewelry at a fraction of a traditional retailer. Over the years, Wink has become a respected expert nationally in evaluating the quality of diamond cutting and more importantly, in being able to explain it in an easy to understand and interesting way. He loves sharing his knowledge and his first love of extraordinary colored stones continues to this day. Wink has an incredible collection of Award Winning gemstones as well as access to exceptional gems of many hard to find specimens and extraordinarily beautiful cut diamonds.Most recently Wink has enjoyed assembling a team of expert studio artists who work with him and some even with each other. For example Richard Homer, world famous in the gem cutting world and Ocean Pearlman, a nationally and internationally recognized designer who has worked with Royalty have also teamed together to bring their expertise to greater heights by each accenting the strengths of the other to create incredible wearable art. He also partners with some of America’s finest studio artisans to create fabulous custom pieces to make his clients’ hearts sing. Wink takes great joy in working with people to create heirloom quality jewelry that will be enjoyed for generations.
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» Selling Gold and Platinum Jewelry for the Melt Value
Published 18/09/2008 | Jewelry

How to know what you are doing

 

 

Recently I have been seeing a LOT of commercials on the TV about turning your old gold jewelry into a mound of money.

 

“Send us your address and we will send you a shipping envelope and soon after we will send you money.”

 

It seems that every few weeks I see a full page ad, or even a two page spread advertising to come to Hotel and turn your unwanted treasures into cash, HIGHEST PRICES PAID.

 

Have you ever wondered if it would be worth it?

 

It might be, but you will not typically get your best yield from either of the above buyers.  Let’s take a look at what is happening.

» The Camera May Not Lie - But it Tells Different Truths
Published 9/06/2009 | Diamond Grading Diamond News Diamond Trade References

The purpose of this article is to show you how cameras can be a useful tool, but while they may not lie, they might often tell you different truths, and thus should not be used as the only selection tool in choosing your diamond or other gemstones.

» Video Article: Paul and Lieve grading sawn rough
Published 3/07/2009 | Diamond Grading Diamond Trade
In this video Paul Slegers and Lieve Peters of Infinity diamonds are inspecting diamonds after the rough has been sawn into two pieces.  Most of the narrative is from John Pollard as he does an excellent job of giving us an overfview of what is happening.

 

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