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                                                                   Exhibit 10.16

                        AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS AMENDMENT, dated as of February 3, 2000, is made and entered into
by and between PREMIER CONCEPTS, INC., a Colorado corporation ("Company"), and
KEVIN O'BRIEN ("Employee").

                                   WITNESSETH

         WHEREAS, Company and Employee are parties to a certain Employment
Agreement dated February 26, 1999 (the "Original Employment Agreement"),
pursuant to which Employee currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of
Company.

         WHEREAS, Company is contemplating entering into an Agreement and Plan
of Merger ("Merger Agreement") with AmazeScape.com Inc. ("AMZE"), pursuant to
which Company would be required, among other things, to (a) form a new
corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware ("Premier"), which would be
a wholly owned subsidiary of Company, (b) transfer and assign to Premier
substantially all businesses, rights, warranties, privileges, properties and
assets (of every kind, nature and description whatsoever, real, personal or
mixed, tangible or intangible and wherever situated), used or useful in the
business of Parent as then conducted or proposed to be conducted (such transfer
and assignment, the "Drop-Down") and (c) issue additional shares of Company's
common stock and a new class of preferred stock as part of the consideration for
the merger of AmazeMerger Co., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Company, with and into AMZE (such merger, the "Merger").

         WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Amendment, the parties have agreed that, as part of the Drop-Down, Company shall
assign all of its rights and interests in and to the Original Employment
Agreement to Premier and that Employee shall continue to serve as the Chief
Operating Officer of Premier in accordance with the terms set forth in the
Original Employment Agreement, as amended by this Amendment (the "Employment
Agreement").

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants and agreements hereinbelow set forth, the parties agree as follows:

         1. GRANT AND ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL STOCK OPTIONS. The Merger Agreement
contemplates the adoption by Company of a certain Stock Option Plan, conditioned
on the consummation of the Merger. As consideration for entering into this
Amendment, Company agrees that, if the Merger is consummated, Company will grant
and issue to Employee on the date of the Merger incentive stock options pursuant
to said Stock Option Plan to purchase, exercisable at any time after the vesting
of such options but prior to fifth (5th) anniversary of such vesting, an
aggregate of 20,000 shares of Company's common stock, par value $.002 per share
("Common Stock"), at a price per share equal to the closing price of Common
Stock on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market on the last trading day immediately
preceding the date of issuance of said options. The options granted to Employee
under this Amendment shall vest as follows:
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                  (a) If before February 25, 2001 Premier makes an "Extension"
(as defined in paragraph 2 below), the option to purchase fifty percent (50%) of
said shares of Common Stock shall vest on February 25, 2001 and Employee's
option to purchase the remaining fifty percent (50%) of said shares of Common
Stock shall vest on February 25, 2002.

                  (b) If as of February 25, 2001 Premier has not made an
"Extension" (as defined in paragraph 2 below), the option to purchase all shares
of Common Stock shall vest on February 25, 2001.

In the event Employee's employment with Premier is terminated by Premier without
"Cause" (as defined in the Original Employment Agreement) prior to the vesting
of the options described in this paragraph 1, then and in such event those
options shall be deemed automatically to have vested and become exercisable by
Employee in accordance with their respective terms and conditions. Said options,
to the extent vested, may be exercised in whole or in any one or more parts, at
any time prior to their expiration as set forth in said Stock Option Plan.

The options to be granted and issued to Employee pursuant to this paragraph 1
are in addition to, not in replacement of, any other options granted or other
benefits accorded to Employee by Company, whether pursuant to the Original
Employment Agreement or otherwise.

         2. EXTENSION OF THE TERM. Employee hereby grants Premier the right to
extend the "Term" (as defined in the Original Employment Agreement) for an
additional period of one year (i.e., through February 25, 2003), but with a
cost-of-living adjustment in Employee's salary in proportion to the change in
the Denver Metropolitan Area Consumer Price Index (all items) for All Urban
Consumers as published from time to time by the United Sates Department of
Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (or, if at the relevant time such index has
been discontinued or replaced, such other governmental index or computation with
which it has been replaced that would yield substantially the same result as
would have been obtained had such index not been discontinued or replaced) from
February 25, 2001 to February 25, 2002. An extension of the Term pursuant to
this paragraph 2 is referred to herein as an "Extension."

         3. SEVERANCE PAYMENTS. Employee shall be entitled to receive, as
severance, continued payment of salary for the six-month period immediately
following Employee's termination of employment with Premier (at the rate in
effect at the time of termination) if and only if such termination occurs,
without "Cause" (as defined in the Original Employment Agreement):

                  (a) on February 25, 2002, if Premier has not made an
Extension;

                  (b) on February 25, 2003, if Premier has not made Employee a
reasonable offer to extend Employee's employment with Premier after such date
pursuant to a written employment agreement; or

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                  (c) within six months before the expiration of the Term on
February 25, 2002 (if Premier does not exercise its right to make an Extension
pursuant to paragraph 2) or February 25, 2003 (if Premier does exercise its
right to make an Extension pursuant to paragraph 2).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any severance payments due pursuant to this
paragraph 3 shall be reduced, if applicable, by any "Termination Payments"
received by Employee pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Original Employment
Agreement.

         4. WAIVER OF RIGHTS PURSUANT TO "CHANGE OF CONTROL" PROVISIONS. Section
8.4 of the Original Employment Agreement (which states the definition of the
term "Change of Control") is hereby amended to insert the following before the
period at the end of such section:

                  ; provided, however, no "Change of Control" shall be deemed to
                  have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction
                  contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger to which
                  Company and AmazeScape.com, Inc. are or may become parties.

Employee acknowledges that the intent and effect of this paragraph 4 is for
Employee to waive any and all rights under the Original Employment Agreement
arising upon the occurrence of a "Change of Control" (including, without
limitation, the right to voluntarily terminate employment pursuant to Section
3.8 of the Original Employment Agreement) by virtue of the consummation of
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Employee represents and
warrants that Employee's waiver in this paragraph 4 has been made knowingly,
intelligently and voluntarily and that Company's covenant to issue additional
options as set forth in paragraph 1 and to pay severance upon certain events as
set forth in paragraph 3 of this Amendment constitutes adequate consideration
for Employee's waiver pursuant to this paragraph 4.

         5. ASSIGNMENT OF COMPANY'S RIGHTS UNDER ORIGINAL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.
Company intends, as part of the Drop-Down, to transfer and assign to Premier all
of Company's rights and interests in and to the Employment Agreement. Employee
acknowledges that Company has the right to effect such transfer and assignment
without Employee's consent. Upon and after such transfer and assignment, all
references to "Company" under the Original Employment Agreement shall mean and
refer to Premier, rather than Company, and Premier shall be substituted for
Company as a party to the Original Employment Agreement; provided, however, all
references to "Company" in Section 2.4 of the Original Employment Agreement
(i.e., the provisions relating to Company's Incentive Stock Option Plan and
common stock) shall continue to refer to Company.

         6. EFFECT OF THIS AMENDMENT ON ORIGINAL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. This
Amendment is intended to amend the Original Employment Agreement and, therefore,
to the extent of any inconsistency between the terms of the Original Employment
Agreement and the terms of this Amendment, the terms of this Amendment shall
control. The Original Employment Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, shall
remain in full force and effect.

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         7. EMPLOYEE'S INDEPENDENT COUNSEL. Employee acknowledges that counsel
to Company has advised Employee to seek the advice of her own separate counsel
in connection with entering into this Amendment. Employee represents that
Employee is entering into this Amendment after obtaining or having the
opportunity to obtain such advice.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is executed as of the date first
above written.

         Company:                           PREMIER CONCEPTS, INC., a Colorado
                                            corporation

                                            By:_________________________________

         Employee:                          ____________________________________
                                            KEVIN O'BRIEN

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                                                                   Exhibit 10.22

                                VOTING AGREEMENT
                              RE: PREMIER COMMERCE

      This VOTING AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as of February 3,
2000 by and among Premier Concepts, Inc., a Colorado corporation ("Company"),
Sissel B. Eckenhausen ("Eckenhausen"), Equisition Capital, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company ("Equisition"), and International Monetary Group, Inc.
("IMG").

                                   Background

      Company contemplates entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger
("Merger Agreement") with AmazeScape.com Inc. ("AMZE"), pursuant to which
Company would agree, among other things, to (a) form a new Delaware corporation
("Premier") as a wholly owned subsidiary of Company and then transfer and assign
to Premier substantially all businesses, rights, warranties, privileges,
properties and assets (of every kind, nature and description whatsoever, real,
personal or mixed, tangible or intangible and wherever situated), used or useful
in the business of Company as then conducted or proposed to be conducted, and
(b) cause AmazeMerger Co., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
Company, to merge with and into AMZE, which will become a wholly owned
subsidiary of Company as the surviving corporation of such merger (such merger,
the "Merger").

       Eckenhausen, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Company, and
Equisition and IMG, as investors in the Company, have made substantial
contributions to Company's business, which in anticipation of the Merger will be
transferred and assigned to Premier as aforesaid. To enable Company and Premier
to benefit from continued participation of Eckenhausen, Equisition and IMG in
management of Premier through serving, or designating someone to serve, on the
board of directors of Premier (the "Premier Board") after the Merger, the
parties are entering into this Agreement.

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereby agree
as follows:

      1. Eckenhausen as a Director. Throughout the two-year period beginning on
the date of the consummation of the Merger, or for such shorter period during
which Eckenhausen continues to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Premier, Company shall vote or cause to be voted all shares of Premier
(including, without limitation, all proxies for any shares of Premier) and shall
take any and all action (including, without limitation, the signing of any
consent presented for purposes of electing one or more directors to serve on the
Premier Board) so that Eckenhausen continues to serve as a director on the
Premier Board at all times during such period.

      2. Designation of a Director by Equisition. Throughout the two-year period
beginning on the date of the consummation of the Merger, Company shall vote or
cause to be voted all shares of Premier (including, without limitation, all
proxies for any shares of Premier)
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and shall take any and all action (including, without limitation, the signing of
any consent presented for purposes of electing one or more directors to serve on
the Premier Board, or removing and/or replacing a director serving on the
Premier Board, with or without cause) so that at all times during said two-year
period at least one of the directors serving on the Premier Board is a director
that Equisition has designated , it being specifically agreed that Equisition
may change such designation at any one or more times by written notice to
Company and thereupon require the removal and replacement of any designee of
Equisition serving on the Premier Board. In the event of any vacancy on the
Premier Board resulting from the death, incapacity, resignation or removal of a
designee of Equisition, or if Equisition desires for any reason whatsoever to
remove and replace a director that Equisition previously designated to serve on
the Premier Board, Company shall hold a special meeting or sign a written
consent as promptly as practicable in order to fill such vacancy, or effect such
removal and replacement, so that at least one director serving on the Premier
Board is a then-current designee of Equisition.

      3. Designation of a Director by IMG. Throughout the two-year period
beginning on the date of the consummation of the Merger, Company shall vote or
cause to be voted all shares of Premier (including, without limitation, all
proxies for any shares of Premier) and shall take any and all action (including,
without limitation, the signing of any consent presented for purposes of
electing one or more directors to serve on the Premier Board, or removing and/or
replacing a director serving on the Premier Board, with or without cause) so
that at all times during said two-year period at least one of the directors
serving on the Premier Board is a director that IMG has designated, it being
specifically agreed that IMG may change such designation at any one or more
times by written notice to Company and thereupon require the removal and
replacement of any designee of IMG serving on the Premier Board. In the event of
any vacancy on the Premier Board resulting from the death, incapacity,
resignation or removal of a designee of IMG, or if IMG desires for any reason
whatsoever to remove and replace a director that IMG previously designated to
serve on the Premier Board, Company shall hold a special meeting or sign a
written consent as promptly as practicable in order to fill such vacancy, or
effect such removal and replacement, so that at least one director serving on
the Premier Board is a then-current designee of IMG.

      4. Indemnification of Premier Directors. For as long as Company has
control directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, through any one
or more subsidiaries of Company or other intermediaries of any kind) over
Premier and Eckenhausen or a designee of Equisition or IMG continues to serve on
the Premier Board, Company agrees that the terms of indemnification provided to
each director serving on the Premier Board shall be no less favorable in any
respect to such director than the terms of indemnification provided to any
director of any other subsidiary of Company. For purposes of this Section 4,
"terms of indemnification" include, without limitation, the provisions of
directors' and officers' liability insurance, if applicable.

      5. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, it
being expressly agreed that, for as long as Company has control directly or
indirectly (including, without limitation, through any one

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or more subsidiaries of Company or other intermediaries of any kind) over
Premier, Company's successors and assigns include, without limitation, all
holders of shares of Premier. Furthermore, all references herein to Premier
shall include its successors or assigns with respect to all or any substantial
portion of Premier's assets or business, if Company has control directly or
indirectly (including, without limitation, through any one or more subsidiaries
of Company or other intermediaries of any kind) over such successor or assign.

      6. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of incorporation of Premier,
which as of the date hereof is the State of Delaware, without regard to
principles of conflicts of laws.

      7. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive
statement of the terms and conditions between the parties, and supersedes and
merges all prior proposals, understandings and all other agreements, oral and
written, between the parties relating to this Agreement. Without limiting the
generality of the preceding sentence, neither party hereto has made any
representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement relating to the subject
matter of this Agreement, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

      8. Amendment, Modification. This Agreement can be amended or modified only
by a subsequent written agreement duly executed by all parties hereto.

      9. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall
be interpreted in such manner as to be effective, valid and enforceable under
applicable law; however, if any provision of this Agreement shall be determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable for
any reason, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this
Agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect, and the parties
expressly agree that the court making such determination shall have the power
to, and the parties hereby request such court to, reduce or otherwise modify
such provision to the minimum extent necessary to render such provision legal,
valid, binding and enforceable, or, if necessary, delete such provision.

      10. No Implied Waiver. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no
forbearance or leniency or other delay or failure of a party to enforce at any
one or more times, or for any periods of time, any or all provisions this
Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of any such provisions or shall
diminish or affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce the same or any
other provision absolutely in accordance with the terms hereof. No waiver of any
breach of this Agreement shall be a waiver of any other breach, and no waiver
shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized
representative of the waiving party.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the day and year first written above.

                                    PREMIER CONCEPTS, INC.

                                    By:_____________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                    ________________________________
                                           SISSEL B. ECKENHAUSEN

                                    EQUISITION CAPITAL, LLC

                                    By:_____________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                    INTERNATIONAL MONETARY GROUP, INC.

                                    By:_____________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

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