With its strong appeal to Asian collectors, the gemstone has seen huge growth in value; jewellery expert Sze Sze of Poly Auction Hong Kong takes us through the basics of appreciating jadeite and ...

Things were going quite smoothly at Sotheby’s Hong Kong jewelry auction until the final three lots appeared, all of which were among the highlights of the sale held Wednesday at Sotheby’s Gallery. A ...

Only available from Myanmar and traditionally cherished in imperial China, where quality green gemstones were believed to be a symbol of purity, jadeite has been less well known elsewhere – until now ...

As the Qing declined in the late 19th century, many imperial treasures were taken out of the palaces and some like these beads, ended up in Europe fashioned into haute joaillerie by Cartier in the ...

The prices of jadeite have increased fivefold over the past year in China, but experts have warned that the jade bonanza might not last long. Figures from the Gems and Jewelry Trade Association of ...

Hailing from a private collection, the bling was expected to fetch between $3.2 million and $4.5 million at the auction house’s Jewels & Jadeite sale. It didn’t quite reach the high estimate, but the ...

AFP reports a blue-and-white Ming vase fetched nearly $22 million in Hong Kong on Wednesday, setting a new record at auction for porcelain from the 15th century Chinese dynasty. The vase went for more ...

A Cartier jadeite bead, ruby and diamond necklace owned by Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton (1912 - 1979) sold for more than $27.4 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Auction ...

A jadeite necklace once owned by U.S. retail heiress Barbara Hutton was bought by the Cartier Collection at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong on Monday evening for 214 million Hong Kong dollars ...

The historically important Hutton-Mdi-vani jadeite necklace fashioned out of 27 beads reputedly from the Qing Dynasty's (1644-1911) imperial court sold at Sotheby's this week for HK$214 million ...