Appraisal: Edwardian Sapphire & Diamond Ring, ca. 1905
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Appraisal: Edwardian Sapphire & Diamond Ring, ca. 1905
In Grant's Farm, Hour 1, John Colasacco appraises an Edwardian sapphire & diamond ring, ca. 1905.
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Appraisal: Edwardian Sapphire & Diamond Ring, ca. 1905
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In Grant's Farm, Hour 1, John Colasacco appraises an Edwardian sapphire & diamond ring, ca. 1905.
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She got it from her mother in probably 1945.
And then prior to that, my grandmother got it from her aunts.
When, I don't know.
APPRAISER: We have here a sapphire and diamond ring.
The diamond weighs, by formula, approximately a carat and a quarter.
And the sapphire is just over two, a little over two carats, about two-and-a-half carats.
The ring was probably made by a very high-end jeweler in New York City.
The diamond is beautiful, but the sapphire is really special.
One of the things that we can't always determine in this context is whether or not a stone has been subject to treatment.
So, there are certain inclusions that you see when a stone's been treated.
And what we're seeing under magnification is, this is a natural color.
GUEST: (whispers) Great.
APPRAISER: And that's very important in the colored stone market, because stones of this beauty are pretty unusual.
And when we determine a sapphire, we do talk about country of origin.
One of the things that we can't do here is do that.
(chuckles) GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: The stone would have to go to a laboratory.
What we think, though, from looking at this color and the shape and just everything about it, it's probably a sapphire from Burma, and those are quite desirable.
At auction, I would estimate the ring at $15,000 to $20,000.
GUEST: Wonderful, great-- thank you so much.
APPRAISER: Oh, thank you.
GUEST: I appreciate it.
APPRAISER: Do you wear it?
GUEST: No, but I will be now.
APPRAISER: You better.
(laughing) GUEST: Yeah, I will.
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Clip: S30 Ep13 | 2m 39s | Appraisal: Lucille Ball Backgammon Game & Signed Photo, ca. 1970 (2m 39s)
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Clip: S30 Ep13 | 2m 57s | Appraisal: Three Stooges-signed Photo, ca. 1950 (2m 57s)
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Clip: S30 Ep13 | 2m 40s | Appraisal: WWII OSS Stiletto with "Pancake Flipper" Sheath (2m 40s)
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