Tag: jewels

Argentines pawn family jewels to make ends meet

An appraiser examines a gold ring at a jewelry exchange in Buenos Aires (JUAN MABROMATA) In Argentina’s strangled economy, one sector is thriving: the pawn shops buying up gold and other family treasures that many are forced to sell to pay their bills. “When you are drowning in debt, sentimentality falls to the side,” said […]

UK to loan back Ghana’s looted ‘crown jewels’

The UK is sending some of Ghana’s “crown jewels” back home, 150 years after looting them from the court of the Asante king. A gold peace pipe is among 32 items returning under long-term loan deals, the BBC can reveal. The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) is lending 17 pieces and 15 are from the […]