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Joan Rivers did more than just wear jewelry; she celebrated it. She viewed it as art (rightfully so, in our opinion) and now, since her passing, her belongings are up for auction, along with an extensive collection of designer gowns, home furnishings and other personal belongings.

The comedienne’s private collection will be auctioned at Christie’s in New York City on June 22nd. Nearly 300 lots are for sale, ranging from a Tiffany dog bowl, to the desk and chair where she may have written her jokes, to an Edouard Vuillard painting that may fetch more than $120,000.

“There’s really just incredible depth to her collections,” Gemma Sudlow, Christie’s specialist head of Private & Iconic Collections, told ABC News. “There’s glitz. There’s glam. There’s that Hollywood feel to it, that show business feel to everything.”

The collection is on view and is free and open to the public at Christie’s through June 21. Items range in price from $400 to well over $100,000.

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WOW! I can’t stop looking at it. It’s perfect and looks just like my original engagement ring. Thank you so much for doing such a great job!

M.B.

Maybe you wore the same school ring as your graduating class in college or high school. Or you and a friend or lover wore a ring that symbolize how two halves make a whole (like wearing a half heart, for instance.) But collective ring wearing is still a rarity.

Unless you’re from Latvia. Then the same ring is ubiquitous to its entire small population. A whole country wears the same kind of ring…now that’s some serious solidarity.

The ring that mostly all Latvians wear?

The Nameja Gredzens

The Nameja gredzens or Ring of Namejs [NAH-mays] consists of:

Three separate bands of silver twisted around each other and forming a braid
A thread-like chain wrapping them together, making them one
Four separate elements that come together in a single shape

And while the overall design is the same, no two rings are exactly alike. Each one is handcrafted.

The Nameja Gredzens are old!

This style of ring has been excavated from sites along the Daugava River dating back to the thirteenth century. These rings were simple yet contained the same components as ones designed today. Each ring is still forged by hand, braiding three bands of silver (traditional) or gold and then wrapping them with a chain.

The

Nameja Gredzens

are worn with pride!

The Nameja gredzens are give to a man as rite-of-passage (from boyhood to manhood, for example). Women also wear the braid of Namejs in the shape of rings, necklaces, bracelets or brooches.

The Nameja Gredzens are symbolic.

The three bands on this style ring represent Vidzeme, Kurzeme, and Latgale, the three ancient tribal regions of present-day Latvia.

If you’d like one of the powerful and symbolic rings (you don’t have to be from Latvia!), let us custom design your very own Nameja gredzens

I haven’t received my ring yet but am in love with what I see in its photos and my experience with Joe. Communication, price, and expediency were unrivaled. He is exceptionally kind, enthusiastic, and has achieved the balance between his own expertise and the client’s dream. Never once did I feel condescended to or that he was trying to alter my vision. He replied to each message promptly and consulted me at each step so that the project was one-hundred percent custom. I recommend Joe and his team to anyone and everyone, always. Thank you for making a dream come true!

M.H.

We love Pinterest! Where else could you find such amazing images of jewelry? But more than just stunning pictures, Pinterest offers us great tips to take care of jewelry or advice on how to wear jewelry more effectively. Here are a few of our favorite pointers.

Oh…and follow us on Pinterest too!

A quick and easy reference to necklace lengths.

Match the right necklace with your neckline.

More advice on neckline/necklace pairing.

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