The days are getting longer, and the flowers are starting to bloom—the signs of spring are here, and warmer days are just around the corner. That means it’s time to start packing up your dark winter ...

Before the holiday season, Los Angeles-based jeweler Suzanne Kalan made trips to the U.K. and Bahrain to showcase the samples in her Burmese ruby collection that will hit upscale retail and online ...

A ruby and diamond necklace with 50 carats of unheated “Pigeon’s Blood” Mogok Burmese rubies was the top lot in Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Jewels and Jadeite sale, fetching $805,128. The necklace is set ...

Burmese rubies generate about $500 million annually. They account for over 90 percent of the global ruby trade. The U.S. bans the rubies because profits benefit Burma’s military junta. But as the ...

From The London Telegraph's Paris Letter. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s ...