INSTORE Design Awards 2023 – Best Statement Piece

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May 26, 2023

INSTORE Staff

INSTORE Design Awards 2023 – Best Statement Piece

Zeki Karaca Jewellery (1st and Retailer’s Choice)

Peacock pen in 24K and 14K gold and sterling silver with transparent enamel, hand engraving, sapphires (5.71 TCW), cabochon-cut tourmalines (4.18 TCW), fancycolor diamonds (4.01 TCW), H-color VS-clarity diamonds (3.93 TCW), and a mosaic of turquoise, lapis and emerald, $39,000

Shannon Green Long:

No words describe the talent and workmanship on this exquisite museum-quality ink pen. It’s sadly a lost art.

Jessica Armstrong:

The details in the piece are absolutely brilliant!

Kina Andersson:

A true testament to beauty and the art of jewelry. Artistry and craftmanship at its best.

INSTORE Design Awards 2023 – Best Statement Piece

Gumuchian

Cascade earrings in platinum with round brilliant diamonds (10.82 TCW) and baguette-cut diamonds (2.69 TCW), $70,000

INSTORE Design Awards 2023 – Best Statement Piece

Holly Yashi

Lana Talisman earrings in niobium, 22K gold plating and 22K gold-plated sterling silver ear 2nd wires, $165

Time for More “Me Time”? Time to Call Wilkerson

Rick White, owner of White’s & Co. Jewelry in Rogers, Ark., knew it was time to retire. Since the age of 18, jewelry had been his life. Now it was time to get that “me time” every retailer dreams about. So, he chose Wilkerson to manage his going-out-of-business sale. White says he’d done plenty of sales on his own, but this was different. “Wilkerson has been a very, very good experience. I’ve had the best salespeople in the history of jewelry,” he says. “I recommend Wilkerson because they are really the icon of the jewelry business and going-out-of-business sales. They’ve been doing it for decades. I just think they’re the best.”