The cover of Sotheby's catalog shows a striking yellow-gold Patek Philippe wristwatch (1954-61), with thick black strokes marking the time.
It got a boost in 2003 when Uma Thurman appeared in the movie Kill Bill decked out in Tiger wear -- a yellow sweatsuit and a pair of gold-colored Onitsuka Taichi sneakers with black stripes.
In August, Sophia Loren appeared at the opening night of the Venice Film Festival wearing a one-of-a-kind yellow gold, emerald and diamond necklace from Bulgari.
What is fact is that Verdura's setting the stones in yellow gold was revolutionary--the era's regnant style, Art Deco, prescribed platinum.
The aim of all this is to separate resisters from committed insurgents to turn the current gold-yellow map back to the lighter hues of 2005.
Another hang-up for gold is the lack of interest in general by non-traditional market players for the yellow metal and commodities in general.
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Still, given that gold is a safe-haven asset the yellow metal could rally if the EU crisis once again escalates.
While the EU debt debacle has the market place in a risk off mood early this week, given that gold is a safe-haven asset the yellow metal could rally if the EU crisis escalates in the near term even if the U.S. dollar index rallies, too.
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Bargain hunting in gold has helped propel the yellow metal higher in pre-New York action.
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The diamonds are surmounted by circular-cut fancy yellow and white diamonds Mounted in yellow and white gold.
Given that gold is also a safe-haven asset the yellow metal could also rally if the EU crisis once again escalates.
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Gold is a safe-haven asset and the yellow metal could rally if the EU crisis escalates in the near term even if the U.S. dollar index rallies, too.
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But the recent stronger dollar has been less of a bearish weight on gold, as the yellow metal has seen better safe-haven demand surface as the new year gets under way.
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In addition, a pair of diamond ear pendants brings together a pear-shaped fancy yellow diamond of 52.78 carats and a pear-shaped white diamond of 50.31 carats surmounted by circular-cut fancy yellow and white diamonds Mounted in yellow and white gold, the pendants may be easily swapped or detached completely, giving the owner three options for how to wear them.
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However, the stronger dollar has been less of a bearish weight on gold recently, as the yellow metal has seen better safe-haven demand surface.
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However, the stronger dollar has been less of a bearish factor for gold recently, as the yellow metal has seen better safe-haven demand surface as the new year is under way.
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Even those who did allow for a better than up to now performance for gold cautioned that silver will continue to under-perform its yellow senior relative.
Adding a sixth gold star to the famous yellow and green jersey will be difficult -- Brazil lost to Netherlands at the quarterfinal stage at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa -- but not impossible, Ronaldo says.
The gold bulls are disappointed their precious yellow metal did not see good safe-haven demand surface Tuesday.
This two floor room with a wrap-around balcony has beautifully hand crafted walls with tones of brown, yellow and gold.
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That did prompt profit taking in gold and pulled some safe-haven investment demand away from the precious yellow metal.
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Gold market bulls are confounded by the fact the safe-haven precious yellow metal has not garnered more investor demand due to the European Union debt crisis that is on the verge of escalating.
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Indeed, with the dollar price of gold having reached an all-time high in January of 1980, the yellow metal began a long collapse downward once Reagan won the New Hampshire Republican primary.
In 2010, 6.6 million brides will make gold a part of their ritual as the yellow metal signifies the importance of a long-term relationship, says the WGC website.
The near-term technical posture for gold improved Wednesday, which added to trader buying interest in the yellow metal.
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Earlier this week, he told his subscribers that he sold part of his gold position as the charts of the yellow metal in U.S. dollar and non-U.S. dollar terms were turning modestly bearish.
Since mid-July, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF is up more than 26%, outperforming the yellow metal itself.
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Gold market bulls have been somewhat irritated that the yellow metal, which is itself considered a safe-haven asset, has not seen stronger investor demand amid the latest escalation in the EU debt crisis.
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Gold market bulls have been frustrated recently that the yellow metal, which is itself considered a safe-haven asset, has not seen stronger investor demand amid the latest escalation in the EU debt crisis.
Gold initially held its pre-Bernanke testimony level, but the strength of the dollar dragged the yellow metal to new lows for the session and the week.
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