The price of gold is at $1,211.70/troy ounce as I write this… close to the record high of last week and everyone is asking “should I sell my gold now or wait for the price to go higher?”.    I do not have a crystal ball and will not attempt to predict where the price [...]

Did your 1st boyfriend ever buy you a gift? A token of his undying love for you, his first love.  Maybe it wasn’t that serious but you may have passed a holiday or two together, in turn collecting these tokens and quickly stashing them away in your jewelry box. It might be time to get [...]

We had a customer bring in an 8 KT yellow gold ring featuring, what she was told, a 2- 3 carat solitaire alexandrite.  The stone was a delight to look at and exhibited fiery blues, reds and purples – all at the same time.  No way was this an alexandrite, I thought, so out came [...]

My loupe was in my pocket last night while at Dragonfly Cafe, located at the Mercado at Scottsdale Ranch, waiting for me to finish a wonderful meal (with 25% of the proceeds going to Southwest HIV/Aids Awareness “Dining Out For Life”) which started with mango & ? shrimp coctail served atop a potato pancake.  Incredible and strongly recommended.  [...]