The legendary “pigeon’s blood” ruby is poised to make a giant splash at Christie’s this fall. Two pieces of high jewelry featuring the exceedingly rare red gemstone will go under the gavel at the Hong ...

For centuries, the Mogok valley in Myanmar (formerly Burma) was the world's foremost source for rubies. Hundreds of years ago, likely in China, the term 'pigeon's blood' was coined to describe the ...

At the bottom of the churchyard well in Resident Evil Village, you find an unremarkable piece of jewellery missing its most important pieces: the Necklace with Two Holes. Despite picking up the ...

As previously reported, the May 29 Christie’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels sale will have the largest round fancy intense pink diamond to ever appear at auction and a 11.85-carat D VVS1 potentially ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 13 (UPI) --An incredibly rare -- and large -- pigeon blood ruby ring sold for $30.3 million, shattering a number of records at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva, the auction house ...

Eye of newt, toe of frog — and blood of pigeon? A recent ad in the Brooklyn-based, Yiddish-language Di Tzeitung newspaper boasts a use for the city’s most ubiquitous bird as a cure for warts. The ad ...

The legendary “pigeon’s blood” ruby is poised to make a giant splash at Christie’s this fall. Two pieces of high jewelry featuring the exceedingly rare red gemstone will go under the gavel at the Hong ...