International Jewelry Show on the Queen Mary Long Beach CA

[kenny]

We just got back.
I was dissapointed
Great big yawn.
Maybe these shows are for the Jewelry-TV crowd.

It was a small room.
Only one aisle had nicer new real stuff.
One piece had a GIA report and they bragged about it with a sign.

Only one vendor had nicer vintage real stuff - 90% of which was under $500.

Lots of cheap new Chinese "real" stuff.
Lots of beads etc.

YAWN-O-RAMA!

I guess I'm a snob.

I hear the show in Santa Monica California is much better.

 

[Lorelei]

Thats a shame Kenny, did you have anything in mind to buy?

 

[Selkie]

I went to it as well. I have been to the Intergem show in Santa Monica, and it is much bigger with a greater variety of vendors. This was the first one they''ve done on the Queen Mary, and I have the feeling it was a test run to see what kind of interest they''d get. I did find one custom jeweler that I like, and bought something from him, but I agree that for the most part it was a limited selection ESPECIALLY with loose gemstones. I do hope they do it again there, and that it''s bigger and better the next time.

I realized after leaving the show that another gem and mineral show was going on at the Long Beach Hyatt, but I didn''t go. Different company put that one on.

 

[swimmer]

Date: 8/31/2009 3:14:13 PM
Author: Selkie
I went to it as well. I have been to the Intergem show in Santa Monica, and it is much bigger with a greater variety of vendors. This was the first one they''ve done on the Queen Mary, and I have the feeling it was a test run to see what kind of interest they''d get. I did find one custom jeweler that I like, and bought something from him, but I agree that for the most part it was a limited selection ESPECIALLY with loose gemstones. I do hope they do it again there, and that it''s bigger and better the next time.


I realized after leaving the show that another gem and mineral show was going on at the Long Beach Hyatt, but I didn''t go. Different company put that one on.

And what did you buy missy!?! Inquiring minds want to know. Wish you lived on this coast...