Treasures of NYCJAOS Autumn 2024

Remember last year when I went to the very first NYCJAOS event? Well, the show came back this year bigger and better than ever and I had the pleasure of being there once again!

Wanna see what I found? Of course you do!

The New York City Jewelry & Object Show (NYCJAOS) is a relatively new show – it just launched last year – but it has already more than doubled in size.

NYCJAOS Autumn 2023 had 23 booths and around 35 dealers (see last year’s recap here). This year, the show grew to a full 90 booths with nearly 100 dealers from all over the world! The Metropolitan Pavilion was a wonderland of treasures, both antique/vintage and contemporary.

If you missed NYCJAOS Autumn 2024, don’t despair: it’s coming back in the spring! April 5-7, 2025, to be exact. There will be a glorious curation of exhibitors and I’m hearing that a series of expert talks is planned as well. I recommend following the show’s Instagram for the most up-to-date info.

Enough talk. I know you’re here to see the jewelry.

This bracelet was one of the first pieces to catch my eye at NYCJAOS Autumn 2024, but Marilyn & Co.’s booth was so busy that I didn’t have a chance to play with it until my last hour at the show.

And what a piece it is!! I love agate jewelry that celebrates the innate beauty of the stones and I’ve never seen such a remarkable antique example of this style. Don’t miss the carved intaglio in the first panel and the exquisite condition of the piece as a whole.

I was so excited about this antique French turquoise and diamond necklace from Halle’s Jewels that I posted it on Instagram during the show…and one of you saw it and bought it just a few hours later!!

It makes me so happy when I can help great jewelry find a good home.

Halleh Fine Jewelry was one of the new-to-me contemporary jewelers from NYCJAOS Autumn 2024.

Her work incorporates enamel in a really glamorous way. I especially liked this swirl pendant necklace, with its vivid pear-shaped emerald and precisely angled black enamel stripes.

Not to indulge in hyperbole, but this pink enamel snake from Classical Gem Hunter is one of the best pieces of jewelry I’ve ever touched in my life.

I’ve swooned over this baby on social media before and see it in person just cemented my love. Look at the incredible enamel, the side details, the glowing emerald!! Sigh.

(This dealer also had a Renaissance era piece that blew my mind, but that will be getting its own blog post.)

This Georgian era brooch from A Pocket of Rocks is another jewel I’ve admired online and was delighted to finally meet in person…and the same goes for Lisa, the lovely human behind A Pocket of Rocks!! I’ve known her via the internet for at least a decade and this was our first ever face-to-face encounter.

Can you even with this brooch!?! It really does glow like that in real life.

Another friend-from-afar who I hugged for the first time at NYCJAOS Autumn? Victoria of Friarhouse Jewellery!!

How gorgeous is that cut steel necklace from Friarhouse? It is a longer length (none of this 15 inch nonsense) has such a lovely drape. I always love how cut steel catches the light.

These vintage earrings from The Spare Room got a lot of attention when I shared a video of them in my Instagram story and it’s not hard to understand why!!

Aren’t they stunning? They look older but they’re actually paste and silver from the 1950’s, hallmarked for H A Lazarus. So lively and bright.

This luminous carved amethyst flower pendant is by Jen Proudman Jewelry, who was showing her contemporary designs at NYCJAOS.

Jen Proudman had a number of wonderful BoHo-esque carved stone pieces, including some stunning collar necklaces I’ll show you further down in this post.

This MidCentury cuff bracelet from Keyamour was so cool!! The cuff itself dates to the 1940’s-50’s, but the decorative elements around it are all platinum pins from the 1920’s.

The best part? The pins are removable so that you can wear them separately. It’s so clever and well done! A great way to repurpose older jewelry for a new era without destroying it.

Another fine jewelry discovery from NYCJOAS that I’m truly excited about is Kalí Zoë Jewelry.

This contemporary brand takes a lot of its inspiration from the sea, and the result is a collection of lustrous, streamlined gold jewelry with an appealingly lyrical feel. These pieces flow in a way that delights the eye.

I liked a lot of Kalí Zoë’s work, but these knot rings were especially delightful.

I’m trying not to show multiple pieces from the same exhibitors when I have so many photos to share but what was I going to do, NOT show you this rose cut diamond ring??

This beauty is from A Pocket of Rocks. It’s an antique setting with a rose cut diamond cut to fit, and it’s so glamorous I can hardly stand it.

This Art Deco era charm is tiny in size but ENORMOUS in personality. Look at his itty bitty enamel mustache!! The dealer told me that he has been named Sergio.

He’s a 1920’s platinum charm with enamel, diamonds, emeralds and rubies, available from Wyndstone Antiques.

The delicate platinum openwork of this Edwardian/Belle Epoque pendant necklace is so striking, especially those precisely even sun rays! And I love the subtle contrast between the creamy pearls and sparkling diamonds. Swoon.

It’s unusual to see this kind of delicate platinum work used in figural designs at all and I’ve never seen one with a sailing scene before. This treasure was at London-based Persis Fine Jewels, who I hadn’t met before NYCJAOS Autumn 2024.

I couldn’t get over the color of this pristine paste pendant brooch from Lucy Verity. Look at that blue!!

Don’t sleep on antique paste, friends. It may not be precious stone but it IS gorgeous.

Sometimes at jewelry events I just get the urge to drape myself in as many diamonds as possible…which Talia Jade Jewels was happy to help me do.

Aren’t these bracelets lovely? It’s so fun to see how different makers from different eras handle the same kind of piece. I think the understated line bracelet in the middle turned out to be my favorite.

This case from Wimpole Antiques stopped me in my tracks. The old boxes, the colors!)

Art Deco geometry at its finest!

This perfect little brooch from D.K. Bressler was unsigned, but clearly the work of an extraordinarily talented early 20th century jeweler. That honeycomb pattern makes me weak at the knees.

I promised you more from Jen Proudman Jewelry, and here it is!

These are those fantastic collar necklaces I mentioned above. The color combination of the lapis with those gold-bezeled emeralds is so satisfyingly lush and regal.

I happened to snap photos of these three charming canine attendees of NYCJAOS Autumn 2024. The distinguished gentleman in the middle is named Poirot.

Speaking of delightful doggies…how about this little fellow??

The brooch itself is vintage but the dealer, Wren Estate, told me that she thinks the little dachshund is a jade figurine that’s much older than the majority of the jewel.

Can you even with its tiny ruby eyes and pearl-adorned collar??

The lovely folks of Wilson Estate Jewelry (who I know from back in the day) waved me down, said they didn’t bring much with them, and then proceeded to show me these two wildly gorgeous pieces of Art Nouveau plique-a-jour enamel jewelry.

Do you see the tiny flowers on that one chain? And the colors!! These are straight out of a dream.

As usual, I took wayyyyyy more photos than I needed and cannot possibly fit them all in one blog post, so please enjoy this bonus slideshow (and keep an eye on my IG for more)!

I made it to 27 different booths during NYCJAOS Autumn ’24 and still missed so many that I would have wanted to see! Shout out specifically to Circa 1700, Gala Antiques, Duvenay, and Austra Jewelry – you’re first on my list for the spring show.

Your next chance to attend the NYC Jewelry & Object Show is coming up in the spring, when NYCJAOS returns to the Metropolitan Pavilion from April 5-7! Visit the show’s website here and their Instagram here.

To see all of the posts in my NYCJAOS archive, please click here.

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