What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How Sharon’s own jewelry journey began and how her family is preserving her exceptional collection.
- Who Sharon considers her most memorable guests and which insights stuck with her over the years.
- What prompted Sharon to travel the world to study jewelry, and what she learned during her decades of studying the art form.
- Sharon’s tips for new podcasters on how to create a show with longevity.
- How you can share your memories of Sharon and continue to connect with the Jewelry Journey community.
About Sharon Berman
Sharon Berman is managing principal of Berbay Marketing & Public Relations, specializing in working with professionals to create the visibility and credibility that fuel revenue growth. After 20 years of positioning lawyers and other trusted advisors as experts, Sharon launched Arts and Jewelry and expanded her scope to include professionals in the decorative arts and jewelry fields.
A passionate jewelry collector, Sharon is studying for her GIA Graduate Gemology diploma. She is on the Board of Art Jewelry Forum, and is a member of the Association for the Study of Jewelry & Related Arts, American Society of Jewelry Historians, Society of Jewellery Historians and Society of North American Goldsmiths.
Sharon writes and speaks frequently about business development and marketing for professionals. She has been a speaker at the Antique & Estate Jewelry Conference (“Jewelry Camp”).
Sharon earned her undergraduate degree at UCLA and her MBA at USC.
Additional Links to Articles About Sharon and Her Life:
For donations in lieu of flowers, please follow the next link to Simms Mann program at UCLA, which was important to Sharon and Jonathan:
Photos available on TheJewelryJourney.com
Transcript:
Welcome to the Jewelry Journey, exploring the hidden world of art around you. Because every piece of art has a story, and jewelry is no exception.
Sharon: Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast.
Jonathan: In fact, it's not going to be Sharon today. I'm Jonathan Kramer, known to some as Mr. Sharon Berman, and I'll open this podcast with some news, not unexpected in some quarters. Sharon passed away in August 2024 from the long-term effects of cancer. Sharon lived a long and productive life. Even after her cancer diagnosis some nine years ago and her prognosis that she would only live for five years, she soldiered through, did an amazing job of prolonging her life, and in some important ways, did that through this Jewelry Journey Podcast.
In the podcast you're about to hear, Sharon's jewelry journey is going to be the subject. My youngest daughter, Aleah Kramer, is interviewing Sharon. This interview took place a couple of months before Sharon's passing. It's going to be the same thing you've heard before about a person's jewelry journey, but it's going to be very personal to Sharon.
Sharon's jewelry journey with me began 32 plus years ago when we w
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