Successful Shows and Seminars

1986 Course in fine gems at the Gemological Institute in Idar-Oberstein, Germany

1986 Opening business with vintage jewelry and antiques, first contacts with rhinestones and bakelite®

1986-95 Shows in vetted antique fairs (Hamburg, Market Hall, Frankfurt Old Opera and Century Hall

1988 Course in Pearls, Coral, Amber and other organic substances at the Gemological Institute in Idar-Oberstein

1990 Course in diamond grading at Gemological Institute, Idar-Oberstein

1995 Special exhibit in the Industry Museum in Lauf\Nürnberg entitled 'Glitz Glitter Glamour', with accessories from the Art Déco period to the 1950s

1997 Loan of period headgear to exhibit 'Hats make the Woman' in the Lauf Industry Museum

1997 Exhibit in the Amberg City Museum

1998 Show in Cap d'Ail, French Riviera, 'Glitz Glitter Glamour'

1998 Exhibit in 'Société Pibor', Place de l'Opéra, Paris

1998 Invitation to address Nürnberg Rotary Club - 'The History of Rhinestone and Bakelite® Jewelry'

1999 Show in Port d'Andratx, Mallorca

1999 Exhibit 'Jewelry and Art' at a dinner gala in the Eschweiler Old Town Hall

2000 'Fifty Years of Jewelry' in the Cardillac Gallery in Karlsruhe

2000 Bavarian Radio broadcast on December 28 on Rhinestone & Bakelite® Jewelry

2002 'Best of....' jubilee exhibit, July to January, Lauf Industry Museum; rhinestone & bakelite jewelry

2004 Lecture to the Soroptimists, Aachen, 'White South Sea Pearls'

2005 Lecture to Soroptimists, Nürnberg, 'Introduction to the History of Rhinestone and Bakelite Jewelry'

2006 Exhibit during the World Riding Games in Aachen

2007 'Introduction to the History of Rhinestone and Bakelite Jewelry', invitation of the Zonta Club in Nürnberg