A 74-year-old woman was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight in Oakland. It happened outside of a jewelry store. The thieves took her jade Buddha pendant, which not only has sentimental value, as ...

The Jade Buddha drew throngs of more than 3.5 million during its 2009 tour of Vietnam and attracted an estimated 120,000 people last winter at stops in San Diego and Houston.

Associating jade jewelry with an older generation once made it hard for younger women to embrace these pieces, but thankfully, that attitude has changed. In part, that’s due to the recent wave ...

Thank God, he didn't kill me." She said in her purse were keys, cash, jewelry, ID and bank cards. But the item she cherished most is a jade Buddha, a good luck charm she's worn for decades since 1994.

The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace, above, can be viewed for free at 1980 Senter Road, San Jose, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and until noon Friday. A closing ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. Friday.

Co Lam Pagoda unveiled the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace — a nearly 9-foot-high Buddha carved entirely out of one block of jade, that will be at the temple through Aug. 29.

Langmann said Houston commissioned sculptor Lyle Sopel to carve the Buddha out of a 2,000 pound B.C. jade boulder. The sculpture took three years to complete, and the finished product is 780 pounds.

Other items to be auctioned include a Van Cleef and Arpels ruby necklace, a £120,000 Harry Winston diamond pendant featuring an exceptional sapphire and a rare jade Buddha by Carl Faberge.