2005 AGTA Spectrum Awards |

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Spectrum
- Best of Show Glen
J. Engelbrecht GJ
Designs
Sarasota, FL
18K yellow gold necklace that features a 33.33 ct. Orthoclase accented with a 1.90 ct. Demantoid Garnet and Diamonds. Pendant is suspended from a Demantoid Garnet necklace (11.52 ctw). |
Spectrum
- Best Use of Color
Andrew Paetzold Philip Zahm & Associates, Inc.
Aptos, CA
18K white gold ring featuring a 4.13
ct. blue Sapphire surrounded by fancy colored corundum (3.20 ctw)
and Diamonds.
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Spectrum - 1st Place
Bridal Wear Michael Zacharakis D'Errico
Jewelers
Scarsdale, NY
Platinum necklace
featuring a variety of 9.5mm to 16.5mm South Sea Cultured Pearls.
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Spectrum - 2nd Place
Bridal Wear Garo Demirjian Demirjian
Jewelry Design
Scottsdale, AZ
18K
white gold spiral earrings featuring two 9.5 mm South Sea Cultured Pearls
accented with Diamonds.
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Spectrum - 3rd Place
Bridal Wear Ricardo Basta E.
Eichberg Jewelers
Beverly Hills, CA
Platinum necklace featuring seven
graduating topaz (5.23 ctw) unified with diamonds. Tsavorite garnets
hang from diamonds at the bottom.
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Spectrum -
Honorable Mention
Bridal Wear Ricardo Basta E.
Eichberg Jewelers
Beverly Hills, CA
Platinum
and 18K yellow gold necklace featuring yellow, pink, green, blue,
red and white Diamonds (17.22 ctw).
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Spectrum -
Platinum Honors
Bridal Robert Pelliccia J.
R. Dunn Jewelers
Light House Point, FL
Platinum
ring featuring a 2.96 ct. blue Sapphire accented with blue Sapphires
(.76 ctw) and Diamonds (.34 ctw).
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Spectrum - 1st Place
Business/Day
Wear Samuel Getz Samuel
Getz Private Jewelers & Designers
Coral Gables, FL
18K yellow & white
gold suite. Necklace features a 30.21 ct. golden Beryl accented with
a .26 ct. Garnet and Diamonds (.68 ctw). Earrings feature two
golden Beryls (9.20 ctw) and two Garnets (.23 ctw) accented
with Diamonds (.22 ctw).
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Spectrum - 2nd Place
Business/Day Wear Robert Bruce Henderson Plateau
Jewelers Inc.
Sammamish, WA
18K yellow and 14K
white gold "pinwheel" pendant
featuring a 7.46 ct. Grossularite accented with a 1.26 ct. Tsavorite
Garnet and Diamonds (1.06 ctw).
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Spectrum - 3rd Place
Business/Day
Wear Maria Canale Richard
Krementz Gemstones
Newark, NJ
Platinum
and 18K gold pin featuring a 2.28 ct. Tanzanite and a 2.75 ct.
Rubellite Tourmaline accented with yellow Sapphires and Diamonds.
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Spectrum - Manufacturing Honors
Business/Day Wear Lee Charles Buckingham Neiman
Marcus
Dallas, TX
18K yellow gold ring featuring an
11.54 ct. Amethyst accented with inlay and Diamonds (1.60 ctw).
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Spectrum -
Honorable Mention
Business/Day Wear Julie
Buckareff American
Jewelry Artworks
London, ON
18K rose gold and platinum hand carved rock crystal
Quartz flower brooch (60.41 ctw) with Tsavorite garnets, pink
Diamonds and white Diamonds.
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Spectrum -
Platinum Honors
Business/Day Wear Mark
Schneider Mark
Schneider Design
Long
Beach, CA
Platinum
and 18K yellow gold ring featuring a .90 ct. Emerald accented with yellow
Diamonds (.18 ctw) and white Diamonds (.65 ctw).
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Spectrum -
1st Place
Casual Wear Alan
Friedman Alan
Friedman Designs
Beverly
Hills, CA
18K
white gold bracelet featuring eight torus cut pink Sapphires accented with yellow
Diamonds (.66 ctw) and white Diamonds (.83 ctw).
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Spectrum -
2nd Place
Casual Wear William
Travis Kukovich William
Travis Jewelry
Chapel
Hill, NC
18K
yellow gold and platinum ring featuring a
4.71 ct. mint green Tourmaline and two purple Sapphires (.15 ctw).
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Spectrum -
3rd Place Casual
Wear Mark
Lauer Mark
Michael Design
Maple
Grove, MN
18K
yellow gold and platinum pendant featuring a 16.63 ct. Citrine and a .29
ct. Tsavorite Garnet accented with two Diamonds.
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Spectrum -
Manufacturing Honors
Casual Wear An
D. Nguyen Lisa
Kaye & Company, Inc.
Durham,
NC
African ebony wood and 18K yellow gold ring featuring a 1.02 ct.
Sapphire.
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Spectrum -
Honorable Mention
Casual Wear Paul
Derrickson Federico's
Design Jewelers
Traverse
City, MI
18K
rose gold and platinum ring featuring a 5.84 ct. Indicolite Tourmaline and
two pink Sapphires (2.08 ctw) accented with yellow and white Diamonds.
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Spectrum -
Honorable Mention
Casual Wear Lee
Charles Buckingham Neiman
Marcus
Dallas, TX
Platinum "bat" ring featuring an 11.52 ct.
Quartz with one rutile in the center that forms a web. Accented with diamonds and a bat on each side.
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Spectrum -
Platinum Honors
Casual Wear David
G. Hrubec Dal
Pezzo Design Inc.
Miami,
FL
Platinum
ring featuring a 2.5 ct. cabochon rainbow Moonstone accented with two small
Cultured Pearls, pink Sapphires (1.08 ctw), white Diamonds and yellow Diamonds.
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Spectrum -
1st Place
Evening Wear Glen
J. Engelbrecht GJ
Designs
Sarasota, FL
18K yellow gold necklace that features a 33.33 ct. Orthoclase accented with a 1.90 ct. Demantoid Garnet and Diamonds. Pendant is suspended from a Demantoid Garnet necklace (11.52 ctw).
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Spectrum -
2nd Place
Evening Wear Llyn
L.Strelau Llyn
L. Strelau Jewels by Design Ltd.
Calgary,
AB
"Fall of Angels." 18K
yellow & white gold necklace featuring a
6.23 ct. Rubellite Tourmaline, a
4.96 ct. Spessartite Garnet, a 12.66 ct. golden South Sea cultured Pearl
accented with six Diamonds.
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Spectrum -
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Place
Evening Wear Samuel
Getz Samuel
Getz Private Jewelers & Designers
Coral
Gables, FL
18K
white gold necklace featuring a 76.26 ct. Aquamarine accented with
Diamonds (1.39 ctw). Suspended from a bezel set diamond necklace (1.65 ctw) with a
Diamond on the clasp.
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Spectrum - Manufacturing Honors
Evening Wear Marisa
Goebel La Belle Atelier
Marisa
Santa
Monica, CA
18K
white gold earrings featuring two 15mm Tahitian Pearls accented with
Diamonds (.54 ctw).
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Spectrum -
Honorable Mention
Evening Wear Sally
Lynn Mitschke Montanari
Fine Art Jewelers
Kansas
City, MO
18K
yellow gold drop earrings featuring 12mm golden South Sea Pearls accented with
yellow Sapphires (1.53 ctw) and Diamonds (.56 ctw). |
Spectrum -
Platinum Honors
Evening Wear Ron
Lodholz Stonehaven
Jewelry Gallery Ltd.
Cary,
NC
18K
yellow gold and platinum hand fabricated necklace featuring a 27.73 ct. Citrine and three
Tourmalines (4.53 ctw) accented with Diamonds (.51 ctw).
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Spectrum -
1st Place
Men's Wear Mark Schneider Mark
Schneider Design
Long
Beach, CA
Rotating platinum
cufflinks featuring two 11mm black South Sea Pearls and 30 pink Sapphires
(1.20 ctw) accented with Diamonds (1.61 ctw).
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Spectrum -
2nd Place
Men's Wear Lee
Charles Buckingham Neiman
Marcus
Dallas,
TX
Platinum
cufflinks featuring two sugar loafRubies (9.65 ctw) accented with Diamonds (.96
ctw).
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Spectrum -
3rd Place
Men's
Wear Lee
Charles Buckingham Neiman
Marcus
Dallas,
TX
18K
yellow gold and platinum cufflinks featuring two matching Citrines (13.67 ctw) accented with Diamonds (.85
ctw).
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Spectrum -
Platinum Honors
Men's Wear Mark
Schneider Mark
Schneider Design
Long
Beach, CA
Platinum
ring featuring Jade, Tsavorite Garnets and yellow Diamonds.
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AGTA Cutting Edge Awards |
Cutting Edge -
Best of Show Dalan
Hargrave Stephanie
Michael Young
Spring
Branch, TX
125
ct. spirographic cut mint green Beryl with a concave pavilion and flat
faceted crown.
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Cutting Edge -
1st Place
A1
- Open Category Classic Gemstone Allen
Kleiman A.
Kleiman & Co.
Boulder,
CO
12.36
ct. oval unheated blue Sapphire.
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Cutting Edge -
2nd Place
A1
- Open Category Classic Gemstone Michael
Arnstein Walter
Arnstein Inc.
New
York, NY
24.90
ct. natural, untreated yellow Sapphire.
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Cutting Edge -
3rd Place
A1
- Open Category Classic Gemstone Ashok
Kumar Sancheti Pioneer
Gems
New
York, NY
1.24
ct. natural, fancy cut Emerald.
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Cutting Edge - 1st Place
A2
- Open Category All Other Faceted Ben
Kho Kho
International Ltd.
Decatur,
GA
11.22
ct. fancy cushion cut Rhodochrosite.
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Cutting Edge - 2nd Place
A2 - Open Category All Other Faceted Allen
Kleiman A.
Kleiman & Co.
Boulder,
CO
6.31
ct. pear shaped Paraiba Tourmaline.
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Cutting Edge - 3rd Place
A2 - Open Category All Other Faceted James
Alger James
Alger Co.
Bedford,
NH
17.73
ct. octagon shaped Peridot.
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Cutting Edge -
Honorable Mention
A2 - Open Category All Other Faceted James
Alger James
Alger Co.
Bedford,
NH
14.47
ct. rose cut, oval green Tourmaline.
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Cutting Edge -
1st Place
A3 - Open Category Phenomenal Jeffrey
Bilgore Jeffrey
Bilgore LLC
New
York, NY
16.21
ct. oval star Ruby.
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Cutting Edge -
1st Place
B
- Pairs & Suites Hemant
Phophaliya A.
G. Color Inc.
New
York, NY
Pair of round Tanzanite drops, 30.37 ctw.
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Cutting Edge -
2nd Place
B - Pairs & Suites Hemant
Phophaliya A.
G. Color Inc.
New
York, NY
Pair of sugar loaf, cushion cut Tanzanites, 33.03 ctw.
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Cutting Edge -
3rd Place
B - Pairs &
Suites Allen
Kleiman A.
Kleiman & Co.
Boulder,
CO
Suite
of 19 graduated brilliant, cushion cut Spessartite Garnets, 76.76 ctw.
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Cutting Edge -
Honorable Mention
B - Pairs & Suites Ralph
Wobito Custom
Gem Cutting Ltd.
Stouffville,
ON
Pair of cushion cut pink Tourmalines, 10.22 ct. and 10.04 ct..
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Cutting Edge -
1st Place
C - Faceting John
Dyer Precious
Gemstones Co.
Eau
Claire, WI
20.61
ct. opposed bar cut Imperial Topaz.
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Cutting Edge -
2nd Place
C - Faceting John
Dyer Precious
Gemstones Co.
Eau
Claire, WI
28.34
ct. radiant cut, diamond shaped Madeira Citrine.
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Cutting Edge -
3rd Place
C - Faceting John
Dyer Precious
Gemstones Co.
Eau
Claire, WI
15.88
ct. sparkler cut Tsavorite Garnet.
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Cutting Edge -
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Mention
C - Faceting John
Dyer Precious
Gemstones Co.
Eau
Claire, WI
26.21
ct. multifaceted, pear shaped natural Aquamarine.
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Cutting Edge -
1st Place
D - Carving Glenn
Lehrer Lehrer
Designs
Larkspur,
CA
194.19 ct. sculpted and faceted Aquamarine. Combination cut, carved and faceted with waffle cut and natural crystal faces.
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Cutting Edge -
2nd Place
D -
Carving Dalan
Hargrave Dust
Devil Mining Co.
Cloverdale,
OR
"Emerging
Flower." 73.55
ct. Oregon Sunstone with copper feathers and green highlights.
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Cutting Edge -
3rd Place
D -
Carving William
Cox Dust
Devil Mining Co.
Cloverdale,
OR
84.90
ct. freeform Oregon Sunstone with copper inclusions.
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Cutting Edge -
1st Place
E
- Combination Dalan Hargrave Stephanie
Michael Young
Spring
Branch, TX
125.0
ct. spirographic cut mint green Beryl with a concave pavilion and flat
faceted crown.
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Cutting Edge -
2nd Place
E - Combination Christopher
Wolfsberg Colored
Creations
Manchester,
TN
"Pink Lady." 35.56 ct. concave, flat-faceted freeform kunzite.
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Cutting Edge -
3rd Place
E - Combination Richard
P. Homer Columbia
Gem House, Inc.
Vancouver,
WA
38.69
ct. round concave tube-set brilliant cut mint green Tourmaline.
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Cutting Edge -
Honorable Mention
E - Combination Michael
M. Dyber Ledge
Art Studio
Rumney,
NH
"Atom." 281.20 ct. Beryl. Hand fashioned faceting and carving.
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Cutting Edge -
1st Place
F - Objects of
Art Philip
E. Louer, Jr. North
American Gem Carvers
Riner,
VA
18K
gold intarsia box featuring Lapis, Jasper, Malachite, Turquoise, Sugilite
and exotic woods.
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Cutting Edge -
2nd Place
F - Objects of
Art Susan
Allen E.
F. Watermelon
Old Lyme, CT
Quartz featuring an elephant motif.
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Cutting Edge -
3rd Place
F - Objects of Art William
S. Holman William
S. Holman Design Group
Dallas,
TX
18K
green gold sculpture featuring a 36.16 ct. Citrine accented with fancy
colored Sapphires (2 ctw).
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Cutting Edge -
Honorable Mention
F - Objects of
Art Lawrence
Stoller Crystal
Works
Bend,
OR
"Insight." 3.75
pound carved quartz on a bronze base.
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