Norman Landsberg, Jeweler With a Friendly Touch, Dies at 94
He designed and sold jewelry for 72 years from a booth in the diamond district in Manhattan. He died of Covid-related pneumonia.
Norman Landsberg at his booth. He was known for his friendliness, custom designs and the spread that he laid out on Saturday mornings.Credit.via Landsberg family
Published March 1, 2021Updated March 8, 2021
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Liberace wanted something opulent but wasn’t specific, so together, jeweler and pianist designed a ring a miniature, upside-down candelabra, featuring five dangling, marquise-shaped diamonds that evoked the branched candleholder that was a fixture on Liberace’s piano.
Pancontinental Resources Corporation: Pancon Intersects 181.6 Meters of 1.24 g/t Gold in Maiden Diamond Drill Program at Former Brewer Gold Mine
Intervals are core lengths, and are not presumed to be true thicknesses.
The Company has posted the Certificates of Analysis and corresponding complete gold-only results for Hole 4 and Hole 5, and gold plus multielement results for Hole 2 in our website (see it here). The Company cautions that the mineralization at the former Brewer Gold Mine is not necessarily indicative of the mineralization that may be identified by the Company s ongoing and upcoming exploration work.
Challenges of Assay Turnaround
Pancon, like many of its peers, is experiencing delays in assay turnaround. It is unclear when these various results will be received. The unusually long delays in results are due to exceptionally high demand on labs across North America plus logistical and labor challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To mitigate against such long delays
“Oh my goodness,” Joanna remarked. “Looking at this, the style is very 1920s.
“What I always do I look at the front, I look at the back and because it’s a brooch [so] it has to prove to me that it’s a brooch.
“I think this has been altered from a larger piece. Now, why do I think that?
Antiques Roadshow: The owner revealed the brooch had been handed down to her from her mother (Image: BBC)
Antiques Roadshow: The brooch had been altered from a bracelet (Image: BBC)
“If I turn it over where the catch is you’ll see it’s been cut away so the design hasn’t finished. It looks like it’s accommodating something else that’s been cut off.”
Cruise operators see brighter horizon as vaccines spur bookings
27 Feb, 2021 07:30 PM
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Cruise lines had to wave goodbye to hopes of sailing in 2020 after virulent strains of Covid forced their ships to anchor. Photo / Getty Images
Financial Times
By: Alice Hancock in London Royal Caribbean s disclosure this week of a $1bn loss for the fourth consecutive quarter marked the end of a gloomy year since a Covid outbreak on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship brought the industry to a standstill.
But investors finally found cause for celebration, pushing the company s share price up almost 12 per cent as it revealed a bump in bookings spurred by fresh confidence around vaccines and lockdown easing.