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CJDG and The COUTURE Show Announce the 2018 Cindy Edelstein Memorial Auction

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6 years ago

March 6, 2018

INSTORE Staff

(PRESS RELEASE) NEW YORK — The Contemporary Jewelry Design Group (CJDG) announces that the second annual Cindy Edelstein Memorial Auction will take place on Friday evening, June 1, 2018 at the COUTURE Show in Las Vegas.

Following the success of last year’s inaugural auction, CJDG and COUTURE have decided to open participation to any jewelry design company that is exhibiting at COUTURE. In addition, all members of the CJDG will be able to donate to the auction, even if they are not showing in Las Vegas.

The auction will take place online. Once again, we thank StrategyWerx and Andrea Hill of Hill Management for their generous donation of the online site

Proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Jewelers For Children charity and to the Cindy Edelstein fund of the Women’s Jewelry Association.

Details of the online auction site and donated pieces will be forthcoming. The dollar amount raised will be announced at the event on Friday evening, June 1.

For more information, please contact Marylouise Lugosch, Executive Director of the CJDG at marylouise@cjdg.jewelry

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