The story of a British woman who once bought a ring at a flea market for just $13, not realizing what a bargain she was getting. Still in the 1980s. While walking through a flea market, a London resident saw a beautiful ring and thought it was ordinary jewelry. The ring
it looked quite old, but its new mistress liked it very much, so she wore it all the time. But recently, the woman, who wished to remain anonymous, took her beloved ring to a local jeweler. It turned out to be a real diamond weighing 26 carats in the ring. According to the jeweler’s preliminary estimate, it is worth $456,000. After the initial appraisal, the ring was taken to the gold section of Sotheby’s London auction house
by Jessica Wyndham. He explained why diamonds were considered common costume jewelry. According to Wyndham, the old diamond was cushion-cut (a rare form of cut) and set in a 19th-century silver setting. Over time, the silver faded and the ring became ordinary. To find out the true value of the ring, it was sent to the Gemological Institute of America. Scientific center
experts confirmed that the ring could be sold for anywhere from $325,000 to $456,000. Recently, it became known that the woman in 2017 on June 7, the jewel was put up for sale at Sotheby’s Fine Jewels auction