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Bonhams : A PAIR OF JADEITE, ONYX AND DIAMOND 'FARGESIA BAMBOO' EARRINGS EARRINGS, AUSTY LEE


A PAIR OF JADEITE, ONYX AND DIAMOND 'FARGESIA BAMBOO' EARRINGS EARRINGS, AUSTY LEE
Each designed as a narrow cylinder composed of alternating bands of jade, onyx and rondelles of circular-cut diamonds and diamonds of yellow and brown tint, with a pear-shaped diamond of stronger yellow tint, suspended from a drop-shaped diamond and onyx top, all in a green tint gold;
estimated total diamond weight 2.34 carats; mounted in 18k yellow gold; length 9.4cm
Footnotes
Accompanied by a Hong Kong Jade & Stone Laboratory report stating that the natural colour fei cui (jadeite jade) has no resin detected. Report #SJ198378, dated 14 January 2021.
Coloured diamonds have not been tested for natural colour origin.

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Collecting rare books and works on paper - in spite of and particularly during this time of lockdown

Collecting rare books and works on paper - in spite of and particularly during this time of lockdown
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CBS Evening News-20190601-01:56:00

up a table just to talk about it. >> because i love grammar so much. >> reporter: you couldn't think of anything more interesting? ( laughs ) >> but it's the anchor. like, right now, we're using words. this wouldn't even be happening. we would just be looking at each other. >> reporter: by day, ellen jovin runs a company training people in business communications. but her real passion is linguistics. she has a huge library of grammar and style books, from arabic to zulu. to share the knowledge and have some fun, last year, she began setting up her grammar table around new york city where she lives, and it went so well, she is now taking the table to the collective noun that is america. >> on the road around the country. >> reporter: we caught up with her here in new hope, pennsylvania, where ellen spent the day reminding people how to diagram sentences... >> i bet you remember this. >> reporter: ...explaining when to use who and whom... >> whom, and do you know why? >> reporter: ...and counseling people on their comma addictions. >> are you a comma user? >> yes, i am. i probably overuse them. >> we have a little bit more of an urge to leave them out sometimes.

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CBS Evening News-20150216-02:21:00

>> glor: you can be the leonardo da vinci of the selfie and all your self portraits could be masterpieces but a growing number of museums are banning selfie sticks in order to protect priceless art and treasured artifacts. here is don dahler. >> reporter: selfie sticks hold a camera or smart phone further than at arm's length away for that perfect picture of family and friends, pic and/or self they have been around since 2005, but in the past year, they

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CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley-20140117-01:46:00

about a remarkable new treatment for blindness that involves gene therapy. here's dr. jon lapook. here's dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: 63-year-old jonathan wyatt was diagnosed at age 20 with a rare genetic disorder that causes progressive blindness. in recent years he was unable to read. he was one of six patients in the gene therapy trial. >> when i got home i looked at diana's mobile phone and i said a virus, the retinal cells started producing the protein. all six patients had improved vision and two-- including wyatt-- had dramatic results. robert mclaren of oxford university led the study. >> rather than taking a pill or proteins or taking tablets, we're actually correcting the disease at the genetic level.

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CBS Evening News-20131216-02:27:00

like going to a museum. >> reporter: that is what a million bucks looks like. it was in a museum in new york when organizer perry came up with the idea, put the fun back in fund-raising by holding not an auction for this super rich, but a regular old raffle. >> who else than picasso could work when you look for a famous painter, everyone knows picasso. this piece is signed here. >> reporter: she got permission to raffle off the painting from picasso's family, an anonymous donor bought it from the new york gallery on behalf of the charity. the raffle is limited to 50,000 tickets with proceeds going toward a charity to save the ancient city of tier in lebanon, a unesco world heritage site. art critic said the 1914 maining is an impressive example of picasso's work. but we asked whether the raffle cheapens it in a way. >> no! no, it's not cheapening it. i think it's the most wonderful kind of miraculous thing. i think there are good gimmicks and bad gimmicks. and this is very probably a

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CBS Evening News-20131125-02:26:00

antonio, texas, and you will see plenty of screens, but zero books. >> this doesn't look like a library. >> no. that's the point. >> reporter: that's the point. biblio tech, the only public book less library in america is the brainchild of bexar county judge nelson wolff. >> this is the digital public library of america. >> reporter: and it would seem you would be hard pressed to find a less likely backer. wolf, a collector of rare first print editions this is his library at home pushed through a $38 million print only library for the city in the nineties. >> and i look at that library today and i am proud of it, but i am saying, what do you do with this? >> reporter: wolf says biblio tech costs less to operate than traditional libraries, less space, less workers needed and provides more. ashley is the head librarian.

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CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley-20130607-00:58:00

it was a close friend. >> reporter: memories of vietnam sometimes made him cry uncontrollably. what do you think it is about the experience that made you so emotional? >> i think that i was mourning my loss of innocence. >> reporter: tschudi says the project is helping him regain respect for his own service. >> this is a way of honoring us and keeping that story forever. and i went running in and jumped in the middle of them. >> reporter: the stories of war told by those who lived it and preserved for those willing to listen. chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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CBS Evening News-20130408-01:02:00

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