Have you made your plans for the 4th of July weekend yet? Here are five can’t-miss jewelry exhibits in New York, Boston, L.A., Chicago, and Oklahoma City. Replica Van Cleef Between the Finger Ring They’re all open over the long holiday weekend, and most continue throughout the warm weather months ahead. So, if you’re in the neighborhood, why not pop into one of these air-conditioned venues to view some cool-to-exquisite jewelry? Send us news of jewelry exhibits in your city and we’ll add them to our next   list. Happy 4th of July! New York City The New Whitney Museum If Renzo Piano’s magnificent architecture isn’t enough to draw you downtown to the new Whitney Museum on Gansevoort Street, the art-inspired jewelry collections in the Gift Shop will. We love these Kyotte Crescent Earrings by artist Amanda Loos, in pink or blue, for $86. Los Angeles Nicole Richie’s House of Harlow 1960 Pop-Up Shop Nicole Richie’s House of Harlow 1960 will open its first-ever U.S. pop-up shop at the retail, dining and lifestyle destination, The Grove, from July 3 through July 16. House of Harlow 1960 will showcase apparel and accessories that reflect Richie’s eclectic ‘60s- and ‘70s-inspired style. In addition to the costume jewelry Richie is known for, there will be a selection of fine jewelry, which is new to the brand. Price points range from $24 to $395. For more information Boston Restoring a Legacy: Rothschild Family Treasures Museum of Fine Arts This exhibition celebrates recent gifts to the MFA that tell a story of a great European collection, which was looted during the Nazi era and ultimately restored to its rightful owners. The collection of 186 ects, originally owned by Baron and Baroness Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild of Vienna,Replica Hermes Bracelet includes European decorative arts, furniture, prints, drawings, paintings, jewelry and jeweled ects, miniatures, and rare books. Exquisite artistry and craftsmanship can be seen in ects such as a diamond necklace/tiara (1920s) with nine stunning, pear-shaped diamonds, and an Art Deco brooch (Austrian, about 1937) incorporating two emerald beads. “Restoring a Legacy” explores what was once known as le goût Rothschild, or “the Rothschild taste.” Chicago Maker & Muse: Women and Early 20th Century Art Jewelry The Driehaus Museum This show features more than 250 pieces of jewelry created in the early decades of the 20th Century. During this period, American and European jewelry makers created audacious new styles in response to the growing industrialization and the changing role of women in society. Their alternative designs became known as “art jewelry.” Oklahoma City Fabergé: Jeweler to the Tsars Oklahoma City Museum of Art Featuring more than 230 rare treasures created by the House of Fabergé, this exhibition is drawn from the Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. It showcases Peter Carl Fabergé’s fine craftsmanship in jewels and adornments once belonging to the Russian Imperial Cheap Hermes Clic H Bracelet family. Faberge: Jeweler to the Tsars is open through September 27. For more information, July Birthstone Report: Rubies Are Red Hot at Auction Our July Birthstone Report focuses on recent gemstone sales at the world’s premier auction houses, Christie’s and Sotheby’s. And what a time it has been for rubies! In the past two months, a Cartier ruby ring set a new world record…and ruby jewels from distinguished private collections topped their estimates. Let’s take a look: The Sunrise Ruby from Burma Breaks the World Record at Sotheby’s The Sunrise Ruby A Burmese ruby weighing 25.59 carats sold for a world-record $30.42 million at Sotheby’s May 12 Magnificent Jewels Sale in Geneva. The Sunrise Ruby, which was graded with the rare designation of “pigeon’s blood” color, came from a private collection of Cartier jewels. According to Reuters, Sotheby’s international jewelry division chairman David Bennett said: “It becomes the most expensive colored gemstone that is not a diamond…It completely mesmerized me, in a sense for me it is the stone of my [40-year] career, it’s just a magical stone.” Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis on Their Wedding Day in 1968 Photo Courtesy of DailyMail.uk Christie’s Sells Iconic Ruby Jewels Once Fake Hermes Kelly Dog Bracelet Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis At the May 13 Christie’s Magnificent Jewels Sale, also in Geneva, a pair of Ruby and Diamond Ear Pendants and a Matching Ring by Van Cleef & Arpels sold as a lot for $302,000. The jewels were presented to Jacqueline Kennedy as a wedding gift by Aristotle Onassis in 1968. Ruby and Diamond Ear Pendants Each ruby ear pendant is topped by an openwork pavé-set diamond leaf, suspending a detachable cabochon ruby and brilliant-cut diamond cluster pendant. The heart-shaped ring is centered by a cabochon ruby within a brilliant-cut diamond surround. Burmese Ruby and Diamond Necklace A Burmese Ruby and Diamond Cluster Necklace Stuns at Christie’s The jewelry collection of businesswoman and philanthropist Margaret Adderley Kelly sold for $9.8 million, or nearly double its pre-sale estimate of $5 million, at Christie’s June 16 Important Jewels Sale in New York. The Burmese Ruby and Diamond Cluster Necklace ranked in the auction’s top 10 lots; it sold for $845,000, well above its $600,000 high estimate. Happy Birthday to all of our July-born   readers! To learn how to clean and care for precious ruby jewelry Connoisseurs Diamond Dazzle Stik is a Hermes Collier de Chien Bracelet Replica sleek, cosmetic-like pen that makes it easy to clean diamonds and precious gemstone jewelry. HEADS UP BARGAIN HUNTERS! 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