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OCEAN TWP. — A couple who asked about buying a ring at a jewelry store in Ocean Township tonight instead pulled out a handgun and stole about $10,000 to $20,000 worth of jewelry, officials said.
The man and woman walked into the Zales Jewelry Story at the Jackson Premium Outlet Mall on Monmouth Road about 20 minutes before closing, said township police spokesman Lt. Andrew Cheney.
After asking for help near the section of rings, the man pulled out a silver handgun and ordered employees to a room in the back of the store, said Cheney.
They then ordered one employee, at gunpoint, to open up a case, he said.
The couple emptied that case and others of wedding, engagement and other types of rings and fled, said Cheney.
When a K-9 unit from the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department arrived to track the suspects, a scent led to what authorities believe was where the getaway car had been parked, he said.
Officers are reviewing surveillance tapes of the incident, he said.
Jackson Township police ask anyone with information about this case to contact Detective Frank Mendez at (732) 928-1111.
Tomás Dinges: (973) 392-1673 or tdinges@starledger.com
read comments (0)Arrests made in JOCO jewelry store shooting
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Two suspects are now in custody for robbing and shooting the owner of a jewelry store in Johnson County.
The sign on the front door says they are closed because of the shooting that happened at the Jewelry Shoppe last Thursday at 77th and Quivera Rd. in Lenexa. Wednesday, relatives who didn’t want to be on camera were boxing everything up at the store because the owner, who is still recovering from his injury, has decided he won’t be doing business here anymore. Word of the arrests of two people for the crime has surrounding businesses breathing a sigh of relief.
“I’m real glad cause I knew police would get them good around here getting their man I guess you would say,” said John Smith of London Pride Cleaners.
Lenexa police say they arrested two people, a 22-year-old man and 24-year-old woman, Tuesday in connection with the crime. Both were scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon on charges of aggravated robbery and aggravated assault, but the arraignment has been pushed back to Thursday. Police are also trying to determine if others were involved.
“We’re still trying to determine even though arrest made so investigation ongoing,” said Dan Friesen of the Lenexa Police Department.
KCTV5 shot video of the getaway car Wednesday that police dropped off to relatives of the female suspect who lived just blocks away from where the crime was committed. Police say tips and good police work led them to the suspects who are expected to be charged Thursday.
Smith who runs the cleaners business located next to the jewelry store, says he understands why the owner is closing his shop but he wants him to know he’s still going to be sorely missed in the area.
“Just let him know that we are glad he’s doing well and that his clients and our customers asking about him,” said Smith.
The jewelry store owner is doing much better and his family tells KCTV5′s Sandra Olivas he should be released from the hospital soon.
If you have any information about anyone else that may have been involved in this crime, call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
Click here for previous information on the Lenexa jewelry store robbery.
Liz Taylor’s jewels, fashion set for December auctions
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Actress Elizabeth Taylor’s renowned collection of jewelry, works of art, fashion and memorabilia will be sold in a series of auctions starting in December, Christie’s said on Wednesday.
Taylor, one of the last great stars from Hollywood’s heyday who was known as much for her beauty, love of diamonds, eight marriages and work as an AIDS activist as her films, died of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles on March 23 at age 79.
Christie’s said it will devote all its Rockefeller Center headquarters gallery space to an unprecedented, monumental 10-day exhibition of her collection beginning on December 3.
Before the sale a three-month worldwide tour of Taylor’s jewelry, fashion, accessories, decorative arts and memorabilia will kick off in September, with stops in Moscow, London, Los Angeles, Dubai, Geneva, Paris, and Hong Kong.
Marc Porter, Christie’s Americas chairman and president, said the exhibitions would provide “a window into the world of a true icon, a rare woman who was at once an international film and fashion star, loving mother, successful businesswoman, and generous humanitarian.”
In keeping with Taylor’s humanitarian work a portion of the proceeds from the exhibition admissions, events and publications related to the sales will be donated to The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, which the actress founded in 1991.
Christie’s did not release details on specific items in the auction or estimates of what they would fetch but past sales of collections of other famous people have sold for many millions.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ estate fetched $35 million at Sotheby’s in 1993, while a nine-day sale of property from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor soared to nearly $25 million.
The series of Taylor sales are individually devoted to jewelry, haute couture, fashion and accessories, decorative arts and memorabilia from Taylor’s Bel Air home, and Impressionist and modern art.
Taylor’s jewelry is expected to draw intense interest. Christie’s described the sale as “one of the most remarkable jewelry events in auction history.” A gala evening sale December 13 will be followed by two more sessions on December 14.
Taylor’s jewelry was reportedly worth more than $100 million at her death. Her estate was valued at anywhere from $500 million to $1 billion.
All sales, except art which will be held in London in February, will take place in December in New York.
Christie’s said it will also hold online-only sales through Christie’s LIVE to run concurrent with the exhibition and sale dates.
(Reporting by Chris Michaud; editing by Patricia Reaney)
Heidi Klum Launches Costume Jewelry Line With QVC
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As if her hit Lifetime TV show Project Runway and wrangling four kids wasn’t enough to keep her busy, Heidi Klum continues to expand her entrepreneurial resume in the style market.
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The supermodel turned supermogul, 38, will debut a new costume jewelry collection Sept. 8 on QVC during the shopping network’s Fashion’s Night Out special that takes place in the midst of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Women’s Wear Daily reported on Monday.
The collection, called Wildlife by Heidi Klum, will be her second accessories partnership with QVC — in 2006 she created a fine jewelry line that folded three years later when jeweler Van Cleef Arpels sued for copyright infringement.
“We fought with Van Cleef Arpels for over a year and a half, but we were a small fry next to a company like that,” Klum told WWD. “But looking back, I’m quite happy to be doing something new.”
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Made from materials like antique silverstone, brasstone, and simulated gemstones, the pieces will be available in 35 styles that range in price from $30 to $200.
“All of the pieces are statement pieces,” Klum continued to WWD. “The only reason to wear costume jewelry is to wear something large -— something you can’t do with real jewelry because it would be too expensive.” The mom of four added that she takes design inspiration from her trips to flea markets and the many collectibles and knickknacks that fill her L.A. home.
Other recent Klum-endorsed projects include her blog on AOL’s lifestyle channel, her co-branded footwear line with New Balance, and her new women’s fragrance, Shine, that will launch under Coty Inc. in September.
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Jewelry Made From Cat Fur. No, Really.
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By Ben Rooney
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The strange relationship between the net and cats continues in ever more bizarre ways
What is it about the internet and cats? There was firstly Lolcats and that whole “I can has cheezeburger” meme, but there is always someone to take it to the next level. Like cat fur jewelry.
Wired Magazine reports on the creations of Flora Davis and her flame-point Ragamuffin, Gaia.
For a mere $95 you can be the proud owner of one of Ms. Davis’s unique pieces of art.
Davis has spent a while perfecting the technique of making perfect fur spheres. She starts by taking a small handful of fluff, which she molds into a starter ball. To this she adds more fluff around the edges and then rolls it between her palms quickly until the strands of hair start to felt into tight, solid ball forms. She then stashes the balls until there are enough to make a necklace — which can take between two and three months.
So far, Davis has created a range of different necklace designs, a little cage featuring a number of cat-hair baubles that’s “informal and goes nicely with a T-shirt and jeans,” a piece called Bubbles that features a range of fur balls attached to a branchlike necklace that “would be appropriate at any gala event,” and some more classic necklaces which look a little like chunky pearl necklaces.
As they say in Lolcats, kthxbai.
Wired: Jewelry Made From Cat Fur Now Exists. Thanks, Internet