Royal City Jewellers & Loans Ltd. is proud to announce that our 19th Annual Tie Day Event finale will take place on November 28, 2015. Our celebrity ties will be on auction throughout the month of November, both in store and on the web. Presented to Royal City Jewellers & Loans Ltd. by The…
Royal City Jewellers & Loans Ltd. have officially turned ” SIXTY YEARS OLD “. We will be celebrating our “DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY” all year long, so please, watch us on face book and on our website. We will be featuring special items or special events all year long. We have had the pleasure of serving your…
When I first started writing this blog, I promised to keep you updated on some of the weird and wonderful items that cross my desk. The staff and management of ROYAL CITY JEWELLERS & LOANS LTD. are always on the lookout for just such items. Recently a pair of original ‘ Rocky’ Lifespar boxing gloves…
As you saw in our previous blog, our 18th Annual Tie Day Auction at www.tieday.ca is up and receiving bids. The past year has been great fun tracking down celebrities and encouraging them to autograph a tie. Some are easier to get than others and sometimes, special items just fall into our lap. Oliver Queen…
Another year has come and gone, and here we are again. After spending the past year gathering celebrity autographs on ties, framing the ties, and making the exhibits into pieces of artwork, the ties have been posted to our web site at www.tieday.ca ready for auction. Since our inaugural Tie Day Auction in 1997, we…
When I first started to write this post for Royal City Jewellers & Loans Ltd., I promised to share with you some of the exciting and unusual things we see and experience on a daily basis. The one area I have not covered extensively is the Loans department. Since I am not an authority on…
In India, the ruby is known as the King of Gems and is worn by Kings and Queens for good luck. In Asian countries rubies have always been held in high esteem. They were used to adorn the armor, scabbards and harnesses of noblemen. They were also laid beneath the foundation of buildings to secure…
While June actually has three Birthstones, Pearls are the most popular stone associated with the month of June – and most commonly given as a gift to those with June Birthdays. Pearls also have a historic tie with Weddings. Hindu texts credit Krishna with discovering the f irst Pearl. He then presented it to his…
The green of the emerald is the colour of life and springtime. It has, for centuries, been the colour of beauty and constant love. Its magnificent green is a colour which conveys harmony, love of nature and elemental joie de vivre. The lively luminosity of its colour makes the emerald a unique gemstone. Really good…
Tanzanite is the blue purple variety of the mineral Zoisite discovered in the Merani Hills in Northern Tanzania in 1967. Tanzanite is a gemstone which, naturally formed, is extremely rare. Tanzanite is usually a reddish brown in its rough state, requiring artificial heat treatment to bring out the blue violet of the stone. Since heat…