Catching Up With PB’s Next Generation March 11, 2008 – Posted in: Press

By JOYCE REINGOLD Published: March 11, 2008 Palm Beach Daily News OK, so on my way back from Starbucks this morning I really dated myself by telling a young mother that her daughter looked like a “Breck Girl.” She smiled politely but clearly had no idea what I was talking about. I have to stop doing things like that. What’s next — cracking Jack Benny jokes? The Palm Beach demographic is definitely getting younger, with…

Cuff Couture December 1, 2007 – Posted in: Press

By ROBERT JANJIGIAN Published: December 1, 2007 Palm Beach Life Magazine The cuff has been a favorite bracelet style for thousands of years. Its current vogue would give famous cuff fans, such as Cleopatra, Coco Chanel, the Duchess of Windsor and Diana Vreeland, plenty of shapes and styles to choose from in a wide range of materials, from leather and precious and even nonprecious metals to wood. The larger scale transforms a mere bangle into…

New Gold Standard April 28, 2007 – Posted in: Press

By CHERYL LU-LIEN TAN Published: April 28, 2007 Wall Street Journal This spring, jewelry designers are nudging shoppers to think pink — pink gold, that is. After seeing consumers gravitate more toward colorful jewelry in recent years, retailers from Fortunoff to Tiffany and designers such as Dominique Cohen are launching more pieces made with pink gold, which is also known as rose gold and is a mix of gold and copper. Saks Fifth Avenue is…

It’s Time To Sell Your Bling May 13, 2006 – Posted in: Press

By MARY ELLEM PODMOLIK Published: May 13, 2006 Chicago Tribune Please click here to read the entire article on the Chicago Tribune Website.

Hold That Gold? Buyer-Seller Activity is Rising With Price May 7, 2006 – Posted in: Press

By STEPHANIE MURPHY Published: May 7, 2006 Palm Beach Daily News All that glitters is not gold. But there may be a gleam in the eyes of anyone looking at 25-year-high prices for the precious metal, which flirted with $684 an ounce at the close of business Friday. Buying and selling abounds, based on dealers’ reports of increased gold activity in Palm Beach and elsewhere. “Gold and oil go together and are continuing to go…

Charmed Life: Classic Bracelet Holds Promise of More Valentine’s Days, And Charms, To Come January 31, 2006 – Posted in: Press

By PAIGE WISER Published: January 31, 2006 Chicago Sun-Times Gentlemen, as you begin shopping for Valentine’s Day gifts, we beg you to consider: The charm bracelet. The demand for them goes in and out of fashion, but you can be confident you’re buying a classic. Charms have been traced at least as far back as ancient Egypt, when their owners would be buried wearing them as a sort of I.D. tag. They were believed to…

Quartz: A Girl’s New Best Friend January 21, 2006 – Posted in: Press

By CHERYL LU-LIEN TAN Published: January 21, 2006 Wall Street Journal Chris Chiarella thought buying his wife a colorful necklace or bracelet for her birthday recently would be a cinch. But he had an anxiety attack when the jeweler laid out piece after piece studded with brightly colored stones he had never heard of — all priced over $2,000. “I felt like I do when I go to the mechanic — that I don’t know…

A Jewel Of A Fundraiser September 8, 2005 – Posted in: Press

By FELICIA DECHTER Published: September 8, 2005 Pioneer Press Tobina Kahn, vice president of the House of Kahn Estate Jewelers, 60 E. Walton St., can clearly remember lugging paintings down from the walls of her Florida home when she was younger, to salvage them from possible hurricane destruction. She also recalled how the family would work to save their beautiful antiques when news of a hurricane hit. “House of Kahn is based in Palm Beach,…

Chicagoans: Memories Of The Pope Will Always Live On April 7, 2005 – Posted in: Press

By FELICIA DECHTER Published: April 7, 2005 Pioneer Press It was a magnificent evening in Rome, Italy, as North Sider Mary McDermott sat waiting for Pope John Paul II to appear on the steps of the legendary Coliseum for an early may, 200, Jubilee celebration. Although McDemott had been in the pontiff’s audience at least 10 times before, for some reason, this time was more spectacular than the others. As the sun set over the…

Blessing From Pope Outshines Jeweler’s Gems April 4, 2005 – Posted in: Press

By JIM RITTER Published: April 4, 2005 Chicago Sun-Times One of the first things customers notice when they enter House of Kahn Estate Jewelers at 60 E. Walton is a photo of the late pope. Under the picture, in scriptural typeface, is written: “His holiness John Paul II paternally imparts a special Apostolic Blessing to Edward and Adele Kahn as a pledge of continued divine protection.” Many customers assume the Kahns are Catholics. In fact,…

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