When it comes to jewelry that does double duty as art, you really can't beat the beauty of a cameo. Some of the most valuable cameos are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and they feature ...

Every art, whether major or minor, has its capital: Music has Vienna; fashion, Milan; haute cuisine, Paris. Even the somewhat obscure art of cameo-carving has its acknowledged center: Torre del Greco ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A sardonyx cameo of a Grecian god, framed in diamonds and set on a deep red silk cord, caught the eyes of many ...

WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Antiques Roadshow. An Antiques Roadshow guest was "blown away" by the value of an inherited piece of jewellery that had been tucked away in a drawer.