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So you’re thinking of popping the question and tying the knot? What should you look for when buying an engagement ring? The most important thing to consider when buying a ring is your paramour’s taste. Whether you go for a regal sapphire and diamond cluster ring or a classic diamond single stone ring make sure you consider their taste. Many people nowadays propose with a small “promise ring” and then pick the forever ring together.
If you would like to pick the ring yourself, there are important factors to consider. It might be worth talking to a close friend or family member.
Ask yourself:
a) What type of jewellery does your loved one currently wear?
b) Do they favour silver, yellow gold or platinum pieces?
c) Have they mentioned whether they like the idea of an antique piece with history?
d) Do they have a favourite colour? Maybe you can incorporate that into the ring.
Diamond Engagement Ring Top Tips from Our Experts
When buying diamonds, you are advised to consider the “four cs”
Carat – You will see this abbreviated to “ct” in descriptions.
Clarity – The best clarity is IF (internally flawless, meaning there are no inclusions visible even to the most experienced grader) and the most included stones are described as I3 (obvious inclusions, visible to the unaided eye).
Colour – the most perfect and expensive diamonds are “colourless”. It is also described on a scale with the rarest colour being D and the more tinted stones coming in at M and N.
Cut – The modern round brilliant cut is by far the most popular cut when it comes to diamonds but the emerald cut (rectangular) is also popular.
Which Gemstones to Pick for Your Engagement Ring
To make it even more personal and special you could pick the stone that is associated with the month in which your loved one was born. Some gemstones are less suited for everyday wear than others. Here are some that will hold up to the rigours of daily life:
Sapphire (You can get many colours)
Ruby (Red)
Diamond (White or coloured)
Emerald (Green)
Topaz (Light pink or yellow)
Morganite (Pretty pink colour)
Amethyst (Purple)
Tourmaline (Green, Red or Watermelon)
Spinel (Red)
Sizing Your Engagement Ring
Ensuring you get the right size ring for your loved one can be daunting. Luckily for you, we are here to help. We have put together a ‘Ring Size Guide’ that gives you the option of finding the correct ring size with or without your partner knowing.
All you need to do is click the link here to visit our ‘Ring Size Guide’ with a downloadable PDF to help.
The team at Fellows are always happy to provide extra photos of rings on hands to give you more of an idea of what it would look like too.
Engagement Rings at Auction: Our Expert’s Top Picks
Lot 4
Diamond single-stone ring
Price Realised: £507.00
Lot 65
Platinum diamond cluster ring, with diamond shoulders
Price Realised: £1,625.00
Lot 263
18ct gold diamond & sapphire three-stone ring
Price Realised: £676.00
Lot 423
A diamond five-stone ring
Estimate: £1,200 – £1,800
Lot 590
Early 20th century vari-cut diamond cluster ring
Price Realised: £247.00
Lot 997
Diamond ring
Estimate: £200 – £300
Talk to an Expert
The jewellery team at Fellows are happy to help in any way possible, from advising on what would fall inside your budget to finding the perfect ring.
Email: hello@fellows.co.uk
Phone: 0121 212 2131
Check out our upcoming auctions here.
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Our valuations are free, with no obligation to sell with us. Our experts will value your item with an estimate, so you can find out what it could achieve at auction.
The process is simple. You can fill in a form online or book an appointment to visit either of our offices in Birmingham or London. Virtual valuation appointments are also available.
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Diamond macles are little known to the public but are popular amongst gemologists. Thanks to industry leads such as De Beers, diamonds are revered globally as the ruler of the gemstone world. Their iconic cut forms are well known symbols of luxury. However, natural diamond crystals can equally contain multitudes of beauty and mystery.
Diamond Crystallography
Diamonds form with cubic/isometric crystal structures. This doesn’t mean diamond crystals necessarily form in a cube shape. It means the basic repeated pattern within a diamond crystal if you zoomed in on an atomic level is cubic. This basic repeated pattern is called a ‘unit cell’.
This cubic unit cell leads to diamonds forming in a number of different shapes on the level we can see them. These are called crystal habits. An octahedral crystal habit is amongst the most commonly seen in diamonds (two square-based pyramids with their bases against each other). One flat side of a crystal is referred to as a face. So, in the case of an octahedral crystal each triangular-shape side of a diamond crystal is called an octahedral face.
The shapes of these octahedral crystals have to be kept in mind when cutters are trying to make the most out of the rough pieces they are dealing with. Which is what eventually led to the round-brilliant cut being recognised as the cut that maximises both the brilliance of the diamond, and the yield/amount of diamond kept from being wasted.
Diamond Macles
Recently, setting diamonds in their crystal forms in order to better appreciated their natural beauty is growing in popularity. Macles, another diamond crystal habit popular with gemmologists and collectors, have received this treatment in particular. ‘Macle’ refers to flat triangular-shaped crystals that show only two octahedral faces (one on either side) due to crystal twinning. Crystal twinning in this case is where two diamond crystals form intersecting each other, and at a 60- or 180-degree angle of each other, giving the resultant appearance of a flat triangle.
Macles have been spotted in the jewellery of celebrities such as Nicole Kidman, who wore two macle cuff bracelets to the Academy awards in 2007. They are well loved by gemmologists and collectors.
Diamond Macles at Auction: Lot 546
In our upcoming sale on the 19th July, with have a diamond stick pin. A perfect example of celebrating the natural form of a diamond macle. Pieces such as this stick pin, with stunning diamond macles are show-stopping collectors’ pieces. Not only proudly displaying the results of millions of years of diamond crystal formation. But also, how human hands can transform these magnificent pieces of nature into wearable art pieces.
Lot 546
A heart-shape stickpin, containing a diamond macle.
Price Realised: £247.00
Jewellery | Day Two – Wednesday 19th July 2023
Valuations
Our valuations are free, with no obligation to sell with us. Our experts will value your item with an estimate, so you can find out what it could achieve at auction.
The process is simple. You can fill in a form online or book an appointment to visit either of our offices in Birmingham or London. Virtual valuation appointments are also available.
Find what you’re looking for
Make sure you don’t miss finding that special something by signing up to our email alerts. You’ll be the first to know when catalogues become available, receive invitations to special events and preview the hottest lots from our auctions, plus much more.
Why not use our free personal shopping service? Sign up for lot alerts and tell us exactly what you are looking for. Each time we upload a catalogue, we search for your keywords and email you lots matching your interests. Your personalised email will include images, lot descriptions and auction details.
Valuations
Our valuations are free, with no obligation to sell with us. Our experts will value your item with an estimate, so you can therefore find out what it could achieve at auction.
The process is simple. You can fill in a form online or book an appointment to visit either of our offices in Birmingham or London. Virtual valuation appointments are also available
Valuations
Our valuations are free, with no obligation to sell with us. Our experts will value your item with an estimate, so you can find out what it could achieve at auction.
The process is simple. You can fill in a form online or book an appointment to visit either of our offices in Birmingham or London. Virtual valuation appointments are also available.
Find what you’re looking for
Make sure you don’t miss finding that special something by signing up to our email alerts. You’ll be the first to know when catalogues become available, receive invitations to special events and preview the hottest lots from our auctions, plus much more.
Why not use our free personal shopping service? Sign up for lot alerts and tell us exactly what you are looking for. Each time we upload a catalogue, we search for your keywords and email you lots matching your interests. Your personalised email will include images, lot descriptions and auction details.
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A fascinating diamond and coral skull ring by French designer Lydia Courteille is set to make thousands at Fellows Auctioneers.
The skull is wearing a diamond encrusted crown and was created in one of Courteille’s early collections, circa 2000.
With an estimate of £4,000 – £6,000 and featuring as Lot 427, the item is included in the Fine Jewellery auction on Thursday 27th May.
The extraordinary Lydia Courteille skull ring
Parisian designer Lydia Courteille started making jewellery over 20 years ago and her work has adorned celebrities such as Madonna and Nicole Kidman.
Courteille started her jewellery atelier in 1998, and has created over 50 collections to date. Her portfolio of work has included jewellery designs in the shapes of various creatures and animals.
The intriguing skull ring up for auction is one of her most captivating designs. It has an estimated total diamond weight of one carat, and it contains French assay marks. The skull ring is in a good condition despite it being one of Courteille’s earlier examples.
The piece can be viewed on selected dates in both London and Birmingham. Virtual viewings can also be booked for a private one-to-one shopping experience.
Fellows is offering free shipping on the purchase of the ring, and a select number of customers are able to attend the auction on the day by getting in touch with the auction house.
The item is a highlight in the Fine Jewellery sale
The Fine Jewellery auction will be conducted live, featuring over £1 million worth of fine modern and antique jewellery. There is a diverse range of shapes and sizes on offer and from a variety of prestigious brands.
Nicola Whittaker, Business Development Manager at Fellows Auctioneers, said: “By drawing inspiration from not just antiques but other cultures, Lydia Courteille creates one-of-a-kind jewellery. This diamond and coral skull ring is a brilliant example of her intriguing work which is admired around the world.
“The Fine Jewellery auction on 27th May is unmissable, and I fully expect there to be a lot of interest in the skull ring which is a highlight in a wonderfully looking sale.”
Fellows Auctioneers’ first public auction since March has resulted in a total hammer price of over £1 million. The Fine Jewellery sale, which took place in Birmingham on Thursday 23rd July, featured some of the most beautiful diamonds to ever go under the hammer at the independent, family-owned auction house. The auction, showcasing the best jewellery Fellows has to offer, lasted a total of six hours from 11am – 5pm. The sale attracted an array of bidders from across the globe, with many items selling in the tens of thousands.
An impressive platinum old-cut diamond single-stone ring
Customers took part via telephones, commission bidding, and via three live platforms (Fellows Live, The Saleroom, and Live Auctioneers). The incentive of free shipping on each item by Fellows prompted additional interest as the 448-lot sale was the company’s best of the year so far. Phenomenal jewellery of all shapes, sizes, dates, and designer brands fetched jaw-dropping prices as Managing Director and Auctioneer Stephen Whittaker was delighted with the outcome.
Stephen Whittaker said: “It was an exciting time yesterday as we held our first public auction in Birmingham for over four months. I am proud of our hard-working team who pulled together to ensure we had a brilliant sale. As the auctioneer for the entire sale, it was a pleasure to witness so many items fly above their estimates. We now have a flurry of timed auctions in the coming weeks, and we are hopeful that these will follow the positive trend that has been set.”
A geometric necklace, set with diamond and carved ruby, emerald and sapphire
Fellows has been holding timed, online-only auctions throughout the period of lockdown, which have broken house records and generated huge interest. There are currently four timed, online-only auctions live, including the Antiques, Silver & Collectables sale, which ends on Monday.
A selection of highlights from the Fine Jewellery sale on Thursday 23rd July can be seen below (price realised includes all fees):
- Lot 209 – An impressive platinum old-cut diamond single-stone ring, of 8.07cts, with diamond gallery and shoulders. Estimate: £90,000 – £140,000. Price realised: £110,000
- Lot 243 – A platinum oval old-cut diamond single-stone ring, of 2.44cts, with single-cut diamond line shoulders. Estimate: £16,000 – £20,000. Price realised: £25,520.00
- Lot 36 – A geometric necklace, set with diamond and carved ruby, emerald and sapphire. Estimate: £5,000 – £7,000. Price realised: £17,864.00
- Lot 19 – An aquamarine, sapphire and brilliant-cut diamond necklace. Estimate: £2,000 – £3,000. Price realised: £16,588.00
- Lot 172 – A mid-20th century platinum old-cut diamond single-stone ring, with diamond foliate shoulders. Estimate: £3,000 – £4,000. Price realised: £8,549.20
- Lot 16 – A platinum aquamarine and baguette-cut diamond three-stone ring. Estimate: £1,000 – £1,500. Price realised: £4,466.00
Fellows Auctioneers have enhanced their photos for the upcoming July Fine Jewellery sale. For the first time in the auction house’s 143-year history, additional photos of every item in the sale will include one with it being worn. This includes all high end jewellery ranging from stunning Cartier items, to an alluring range of Tiffany & Co. The auction, which takes place on Thursday 11th July, is packed full of elegant jewellery of the highest calibre, and being able to view the items on a model will enable customers to gauge what the jewellery will look like worn prior to purchase.
Polly Shave, Photographer at Fellows Auctioneers, said: “We’re thrilled because the new photos show how the jewellery looks on a person and how particular pieces hang when being worn. If customers aren’t able to attend a viewing of the jewellery and will be bidding online, they can get a good idea of how the pieces look in real life. We are always trying to go the extra mile for our customers, so we hope these new photos will be a good incentive for prospective bidders.”
This will be the third Fine Jewellery sale at Fellows Auctioneers, with the brand new auction showcasing around 500 lots of the best jewellery Fellows has to offer. Fellows are continually moving with the times with the introduction of exciting new initiatives such as Fellows Live (a free live bidding service), and the new approach to photography will hopefully encourage and assist customers.
Ben Randall, Senior Specialist and Catalogue Manager at Fellows Auctioneers, said: “Since the launch of our new Fine Jewellery sale earlier this year our auctions continue to thrive, I am sure photographs of each individual item worn will be strongly approved by our customers. We still welcome and encourage customers to view the items in person at either our Birmingham or London offices during the viewing times, but we are always trying to cater to our customers’ needs.”
Selected highlights from the sale can be seen below:
- Lot 2 – An early 20th century silver and gold, sapphire and diamond pendant, on chain. Estimate: £400 – £600
- Lot 9 – A late Victorian 18ct gold opal and diamond cluster ring. Estimate: £2,000 – £3,000
- Lot 52 – VAN CLEEF & ARPELS – an 18ct gold tourmaline and diamond floral cluster ring. Estimate: £1,800 – £2,500
- Lot 152 – An Art Deco platinum diamond bracelet, circa 1935. Estimate: £14,000 – £20,000
- Lot 409 – A late Georgian gold foil back amethyst sentimental ouroboros snake and padlock brooch. Estimate: £650 – £850
Thursday 8th November saw us hold our biggest jewellery auction of the year with many pieces selling in the tens of thousands. November’s Antique & Modern Jewellery auction was extremely well attended on Thursday with people travelling from around the world to visit the Birmingham saleroom to view and take part in the auction. Some interested parties came from as far as South Africa and Asia, as well as Europe.
We sold our most expensive pair of earrings to date when the pear-shape diamond drops, weighing 3.98 and 3.15cts respectively, sold for a hammer price of £64,000 (£81,664 incl. fees).
The star lot of the auction however was a large single-stone diamond ring, weighing in at over 13cts. The emerald-cut diamond sold for £310,500 shortly followed by an impressive diamond fringe necklace sold for £177,160.
The emerald-cut diamond came in at 13.86cts, with tapered baguette-cut diamond sides and was accompanied by a report from the Gemological Institute Of America, stating H colour, VS2 clarity.
There were 14 telephone bids, in multiple languages, for the ring of 13.86cts, and the bidding war lasted over 5 minutes. Interest was also strong from the room and commission bids. Bids flew across the saleroom and were met with applause when the ring eventually sold to a bidder in the room for a whopping hammer price of £255,000.
Numerous items from Graff sold for incredible amounts. A pair of diamond cufflinks by Graff sold for £24,244 and two pairs of diamond dress studs sold for £25,520 per pair.
Stephen Whittaker, Managing Director, said: “This auction shows us, without a shadow of a doubt, that people are willing to bid on, and buy, high-value pieces when they have sensible estimates. The interest, both at home and abroad, in the auction demonstrates that Birmingham is a hub for fine jewellery, both in our auctions and in the Jewellery Quarter as a whole. We are delighted to have been able to sell this magnificent private collection amongst many over hugely desirable items in the sale.”
For more information or additional images please contact Liam Bolland on 0121 212 5500, or email liam@fellows.co.uk
NB: All hammer prices are correct at time of publication; however, they can be subject to change. Price Realised is hammer price plus buyer’s premium, any applicable fees and taxes.
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Fellows’ upcoming Antique & Modern Jewellery sale features a stunning early 20th century platinum diamond tiara. The beautiful item is one of the standout lots in the sale, which takes place on Thursday 13 September. The tiara is estimated at £25,000 – £35,000.
Alex Duffy, from the Jewellery Department at Fellows Auctioneers, has taken us through the details of this beautiful tiara:
The design appears to depict a thistle, the national flower of Scotland. Wearing flowers or leaves signified honor, love, or victory in ancient times. This could be traced back to ancient Greece where gods and kings would adorn such designs.
The thistle itself is set to be a symbol of bravery, devotion and strength. This tiara is set with a substantial amount of diamond, the symbol of love and eternity. It is the perfect stone for such a magnificent piece.
We spoke to Alex in more depth, to get an insight into where his personal passion for jewellery came from, and his favourite items in our upcoming sale.
An early 20th century platinum diamond tiara
The stunning tiara in all its glory
1.I wonder how and why you initially got interested in jewellery?
My interest in jewellery stems from before I can even remember. As a toddler I was always found with shiny objects in my hands.
From an early age I have been passionately collecting gemstones and minerals, which was really my route into the jewellery industry. Once I finished school, I trained as a gemmologist for three years and worked as a jewellery mounter for two years prior to my position at Fellows.
2. What are your favourite jewellery brands and why?
Fabergé has always been a favourite of mine. Their designs can just be so exceptionally lavish. I’ve always been in awe at the eggs they have produced. I’ve also always been a fan of Tiffany & Co. They have mastered the art of simplicity and elegance, and the craftsmanship in some of their ‘high jewellery’ is incredible.
3. What’s some of your favourite jewellery which you own? And why?
Well, emerald is quite possibly my favourite stone, particularly those from Colombia, and I have recently been able to purchase and mount one into a diamond cluster ring. It might not be the finest example, but I’m really proud and happy with the result. (As is my girlfriend…).
Alex Duffy, Jewellery Department at Fellows
4. What are your thoughts on the tiara in this sale?
It’s a pleasant surprise when you get to come across something as decadent and special as this. The fact that it is completely covered in diamond just makes it that little bit better, of course.
5. Do you have a favourite piece from this sale (Antique & Modern Jewellery on September 13)?
Another tricky question. My eyes constantly get drawn to the Faberge ‘Palais Tsarskoye Selo’ pendant. As I mentioned earlier, some of Fabergé’s designs are my favourites and this one in particular is just gorgeous. The iconic egg shape, with the turquoise guilloche enamel and diamond accents. What’s not to love?
6. What are your expectations for this sale?
There’s a lot of buzz around this one. We have a great selection of really special items and we’re getting a lot of positive interest. It’s going to be exciting to watch, that’s for sure.
The upcoming Antique & Modern Jewellery sale takes place on Thursday 13 September, you can view the catalogue via our website here.
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Our Antique & Modern Jewellery auction, on Thursday 15 March, features a stunning selection of designer jewellery. Designer pieces include a beautiful necklace by Van Cleef & Arpels, diamond, mother-of-pearl, peridot and amethyst ‘Intarsio’ necklace by Bulgari, and a beautiful Tiffany & Co 18ct gold Heart and Arrow necklace. The Cartier jewellery in this sale is great, and it includes cufflinks, brooches, rings, bracelets and necklaces. Here are four standout pieces:
1. Cartier – a diamond love bangle.
This elegant bangle has a pave-set diamond hinge, with brilliant-cut diamond collet spacers and a push clasp.
- Diamond weight: 3.16cts
- Diameter 6.4cm
- Cartier size 19
- Signed Cartier
- Italian marks
- With maker’s certificate and case
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Fellows are delighted to announce that we are now the leading UK regional auctioneer by hammer total after recording overall sales of £17million in 2017. This is according to Antiques Trade Gazette, who ran an in-depth auction report regarding sales of regional auction houses in 2017. We have been continuingly growing as a company in recent decades, with increasingly popular watch and jewellery auctions thriving as each month goes by. We are delighted to be leading the way for regional auction houses with exciting consignments and an already strong start to 2018.
We have sold many exciting items in the past few months, such as an in-house record for watches being broken following the sale of a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Milgauss for a total price of £139,400 (including buyer’s premium) in November 2017. Furthermore, in December 2017 we sold a Fancy Intense Yellow Diamond Ring by Graff Diamonds for £1,307,600 (including buyer’s premium). The sale of the Graff ring was the top price in the UK for a regional auction house in 2017 and the first seven-figure bid from a regional saleroom since 2012.
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This month’s Antique & Modern Jewellery auction has a wide range of items, from single-stone diamond rings to a tiara, there are a lot of exciting pieces in this sale. Here our specialists share their favourite pieces:
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Mary Stewart’s first novel “Madam Will You Talk” was published in 1955 and started a career that would span many decades and millions of books sold. While best known for her romance-suspense books, Stewart also produced a wonderful quintet of Arthurian novels that capitalised on the likes of Tolkein and Lewis helping to bring fantasy out of children’s literature and into its own genre.
Other popular female suspense authors at the time, such as Georgette Heyer were often criticised for making their heroines as overly practical or naïve. However, Stewart created well rounded, likable protagonists that have stood the test of time and continue to delight readers today.
One of her best known novels “The Moonspinners”, set on the Greek Island of Crete follows the story of intrepid Nicola and her unexpected island adventures. Fellows is delighted to offer for sale the brooch Stewart commissioned Cartier to make after the publication of this novel.
However, what is a moon-spinner? Not the sails of a Cretan windmill on a clear evening or the ripples of the sea under a dazzling full moon but instead they are creatures of legends; best described by Stewart herself:
They’re naiads – water nymphs. Sometimes, when you’re deep in the countryside, you meet three girls, walking along the hill tracks in the dusk, spinning. They each have a spindle, and onto these they are spinning their wool, milk-white, like the moonlight. In fact, it is the moonlight, the moon itself, which is why they don’t carry a distaff. They’re not Fates, or anything terrible; they don’t affect the lives of men; all they have to do is to see that the world gets its hours of darkness, and they do this by spinning the moon down out of the sky. Night after night, you can see the moon getting less and less, the ball of light waning, while it grows on the spindles of the maidens. Then, at length, the moon is gone, and the world has darkness, and rest, and the creatures of the hillsides are safe from the hunter, and the tides are still . . .
Then, on the darkest night, the maidens take their spindles down to the sea, to wash their wool. And the wool slips from the spindles into the water, and unravels in long ripples of light from the shore to the horizon, and there is the moon again, rising above the sea, just a thin curved thread, re-appearing in the sky. Only when all the wool is washed, and wound again into a white ball in the sky, can the moon-spinners start their work once more, to make the night safe for hunted things . .
A Moonspinner brooch
Cartier has embraced the legend in the design of this brooch. The yellow diamonds create the waning moon, being spun out of the night’s sky by the colourless diamonds of the water nymphs. The brooch tells a touching story, not just of the disappearing moon and beautiful water nymphs but the imagination of talented craftsman and the success of one of Britain’s finest novelists.
Time to Tie the Knot?