

Leon Megé
Brazilian Paraiba cluster (4.60 TCW) in platinum and 18K antiqued white gold suspended from G-H/VS French-cut diamonds (1.38 TCW) set into 4-prong studs, $90,000
PAUL SCHNEIDER:
Elegant, understated and luxurious. I love the Paraiba with the black settings and the juxtaposition of the sharp colorless tops and the organic bottoms. I also love that they avoid the hook and instead use a post. The customer that can afford these will be very happy with that solution.
MELISSA QUICK:
Who doesn’t look at a Paraiba and want to dive right in?!
TANYA DUKES:
I love the combination of fancy cut stones and bright color tempered by blackened metal. They’re a breath of high jewelry fresh air.
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Jewels 4 Ever/Aarkish Diamonds (Second Place and Retailer’s Choice)
Spring Goddess earrings in 14K green gold with 84 rare color graduating alexandrite stones (approx. 7.50 TCW), 2 large natural pear shaped green Afghan aquamarines (30.96 TCW), and several natural diamonds, $40,000


Erica Courtney, Inc.TIE
18K yellow gold earring charms featuring large carved ice jade ovals framed by diamonds with pave set swirls holding faceted oval pink spinels (3.38 TCW) hanging from 18K yellow gold and diamond huggie hoops with diamonds (2.83 TCW), $37,600


Uneek JewelryTIE
Nightingale indicolite tourmaline earrings (4.16 TCW) with two shield diamonds (0.88 TCW) and 64 round diamonds (1.88 TCW) mounted in 18K white gold, $19,437
Retiring? Let Wilkerson Do the Heavy Lifting
Retirement can be a great part of life. As Nanji Singadia puts it, “I want to retire and enjoy my life. I’m 78 now and I just want to take a break.” That said, Nanji decided that the best way to move ahead was to contact the experts at Wilkerson. He chose them because he knew that closing a store is a heavy lift.
To maximize sales and move on to the next, best chapter of his life, he called Wilkerson—but not before asking his industry friends for their opinion. He found that Wilkerson was the company most recommended and says their professionalism, experience and the homework they did before the launch all helped to make his going out of business sale a success. “Wilkerson were working on the sale a month it took place,” he says. “They did a great job.”