VALENTINE’S DAY The first official St Valentine’s Day was declared by Pope Galasius in the year 496 to honour a martyred priest, Bishop Valentine, who lived under the reign of Emperor Claudius in the second century AD. Emperor Claudius had declared that married men did not make good soldiers and thus forbade weddings for young […]
Something is expensive when it is rare, beautiful and in demand. Others are expensive because of the criminal risk in selling and buying them. Here are some interesting comparisons. Saffron = $11/gram Beluga caviar = $30/gram Gold = $48/gram Rhino horn = $100/gram Cocaine = $140/gram LSD = $2500/gram Plutonium = $3,900/gram GEMSTONES […]
Modern jewellery is often set with extremely small diamonds held by minute little claws. Of these, some may fall out due to normal wear and tear, or when the item suffers a hard knock. If jewellery is worn during gardening, mountaineering, sporting activities, even washing of steel cutlery, it will scratch over time, wear away […]