Woman Bought $13 Diamond Ring At Flea Market That Sold For Over $800K At Auction

Woman Bought $13 Diamond Ring At Flea Market That Sold For Over $800K At Auction
About 30 years ago, a woman found a huge ring while visiting a flea market in London. She picked it up and assumed it was a costume ring, so she bought it. And it never left her finger for all the years that followed. Then, one day, she had it appraised. She never could have imagined just how much that ring was going to alter her life forever.
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[@shereemorgan1430]

Fabulous find, but cut to the chase. The guy talks way to much!

[@ghosttgirlghosttspook5478]

Sheree Morgan yes he dose!:I get so mad;!

[@ginnybagwell1580]

So happy for her! I'm sure she deserved her good fortune.

[@xinghuali2842]

You talked like my grandma, you're a cure to my insomnia. Thanks!

[@CMissShelleyMichelle]

LOL. LMAO. 😂😂😂😂

[@miajohnson1441]

I went to sleep ! What happend ? Lol😯😯😯😯😯😯😯

[@cuadrosite4823]

YOUR SO CUTE I LOVE YOU

[@jford751]

Oh...for Christ's sake... could you stretch the damn story out any longer if you tried?

[@juanvelez8564]

not to mention the jerky "dramatic" pauses

[@elkidee1]

😆🤣😂

[@halcyonsandiego]

Hahaha zactly !

[@anitacarter8060]

Jim Ford .... HAHAHAHA

[@meniafrazier1855]

lmbo!!!!

[@ghosttgirlghosttspook5478]

I get so mad at the guy that that talks to much! please shut up and get on with the story;!!!!

[@sailaab]

calm down lasso its okay

[@srinidada3717]

Man, you talk too much. Just come to the point, straight.!!!hmm. 26 carat diamond for only 800,000$?. It could be much more.!

[@ineedthekrup5333]

Sorry to burst your bubble, there are many aspects that determine the value of a diamond. It is evaluated by color, cut, clarity, and carat. Unfortunately with old diamonds big does not mean better. Unless that are deemed Golconda with IIA grading.

[@meniafrazier1855]

thank u

[@tangonice8189]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@franb7271]

Srini Dada Mildred

[@SavaliyaMaheshmymo]

Yes u India Gujarat Name mahesh Patel my WhatsApp [phone] Diamond business jewellery business government world class advance business

[@bunny_smith]

You do an excellent job of taking a 1-minute story and stretching it to 6x it's natural length. I especially liked the emotional turmoil she went through deciding which appraiser to take it to. And again, when she speculated to herself what the ring could possibly be worth was aslso very compelling.

[@trulyjulie7734]

Don't even get to see the ring? Pointless...

[@sct4040]

I would have loved to see a photo of that ring.

[@rainingstars6618]

S CT...the ring at 3:55 is the real ring.

[@nathalienathalie1829]

It was at BBC antic show. This Lady brought it there to antic expert to find out if it with something. So it come out diamond was a rare one and also from colonial India. Ring also was beautiful.

[@jenniferdavis2110]

Wow what a lucky woman 🧡

[@sonofpharaoh9716]

I bought a ring for $300, actually the ring worth $300k.. its Natural Alexandrite 29 carats..

[@joannekelly8671]

Mom had 1 stolen

[@HisMiraclesHappening]

Alan Josef I would love love love to see a picture of that. Alexandrite is my favorite stone (;

[@sweetwillows555]

I love color change stones, that's actually cheap for 29 carats

[@JohnThreeSixteen7373]

Josef Hendersson - Woah...that's pretty cool!

[@jeniwatkins3297]

WOW! I'd love to have/find something like that. It's my favorite stone and my sons birthstone. I have a tiny one but, can't afford one that you can really see

[@marionky3249]

Thanks for sharing. Come find your rare or specialty antique treasure in Marion, KY!

[@janespaulding7337]

How Wonderful in all ways!!!!!

[@leeluv96]

$13.00 is about all a diamond is worth. They only cost so much because the system and consumer drive the prices.

[@cherrycochrane1311]

De beers are the problem they determine the valuation system or they did !

[@leeluv96]

@@cherrycochrane1311 , awww but aren't we to quick to point fingers and a bit simplistic in our blame? We the consumer play a part as well as the system. If WE stop seeing value in the product enough to spend lavishly, then value would assuredly adjust. This goes for all things that do not maintain life like air, water, food, healing, and shelter.

[@leeluv96]

@Paul W , I know exactly what I'm talking about. Basic Economics tells the reader that products, in this case diamonds, but really any product's value is set by the manufacturer cost to produce then by the retailer's cost to sell plus profit goals. INITIALLY, after that they manufacturer and retailer watch the market to see what the CONSUMER will do. If the CONSUMER agrees with the retailer that the product is worth what it's being sold for then the purchasing demand will drive the prices. Supply and demand is the most elementary basis of economics. Now we could get all into Macro vs Micro Economics but I've already bored you enough. In short the prices of things over and above cost is only driven by the consumer alone. The moment we don't buy, these items turn up in the dollar stores, Big lots, TJ Max, Marshalls, etc... because they've been discounted at a fraction of the INITIAL price due to lack of demand. The consumer could control all pricing if we stop agreeing with the value of products. The power is and has always been with "The People". It's the retailer and merchant's jobs to make you forget that and yield to what they say the value of a product is. Diamonds are not worth much. Sure they are essential in running machinery but other than that it's just a rock regardless of the size, brilliance, or cut. It doesn't give or sustain life in anyway. It does not enhance innovation, or education. So it has many uses but minimal value. De Beers said It himself.

[@makeithasmith3681]

Right colorful glass

[@lunamequa]

leeluv96 It’s truly just pretty charcoal.

[@PhyllisBennettNana]

I did this once.. Got a ring from pawn shop..paid $30 wore it.they said it was cubic zirconia it was in the cz case....then gave it to my daughter in law.. She took it to a jewerly store..it was real worth $400..

[@angellee9673]

Very good story.😄 Thanks. 😝

[@caliwoman]

Wow! She's a lucky lady! Damn!

[@showgirlsaroundtheworldada4484]

Great story!

[@onceANexile]

I remember a man bought a 30million$ Ruby in a Liverpool market for 12$....

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

Costume jewelry can be nice

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Thats just amazing.

[@markbabiak808]

He said she wanted to remain anonymous then he quotes her on a statement saying Jennifer Windham what! 🤔

[@mssmssmssmss]

I think that was a Sotheby's employee.

[@teresaward2458]

I have had (what I think to be) costume jewelry for many years. I have been waiting for the gold to change colors. One pink diamond set was made in 1928. One day, I hope to find someone to do appraisal on my antique jewelry. I love shopping at the goodies (which is like a flea market). I'm gonna be shell shocked if I have been sitting on a windfall of money unaware.

[@LaDivinaLover]

For anyone wondering what the actual cut is called it is an Old Mine Cut.

[@anitacarter8060]

Whoa!!! I'm going flea marketing with her… For sure 🤣🤣🤣 💍💍💍💍💍💍💍👀👏🏻

[@balkangetaway]

Good thing she never threw it out

[@bettybourne1947]

Great story. Glad she was told the truth. So many jewelers, might have cheated her to get the ring cheap

[@xadam2dudex]

Such a stone should have been known who had bought it originally ... stones of that size are not common...

[@kruegerman1125]

i remember digging through a box of fancy jewelry which we inherited from our granny. most of it are splashed with acid. that it turned green and tarnished way back. as i dig through i found a big catleya gold flower brooch. as i look closer to my amazement. i saw the 18k print upon it. with little pearls as the flowers pistils. Actually its made of tri-colored gold. i sold it for 2 thousand dollars

[@boussedchalal4668]

L'usine de production produit alimentaire.

[@staceypurnell7380]

I love shopping at flea markets two month ago I found this really old book but was really cool thing I found is this lady report card from 1910-1911 that was in the book so I looked her up,her name is alice turner she was in the eight grade ,derrick city that's the school in harrisburg,pa it was 🔥 down to me I think I found a treasure very interesting!!

[@CherylLoke]

This story totally happened!!

[@morenag.7769]

Awwww come on guys....he’s telling a “story.” Leave him be. It’s his channel. If you lack the patience to listen to the entire story. Well then don’t listen. Easy as that. This is what he does. It’s his channel. Just like it’s your choice to listen. You also have the option of forwarding....lol & guessing where he gets to the point! Sheeeesh....just sayin. Don’t bash the guy for doing what he does. 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️On his channel.😉😘

[@shaheenrahman6480]

I’m appalled that Sotheby’s didn’t do its due diligence.they should have gone to the police or Scotland Yard to find out if there were any large missing stones

[@chado3000]

So just what kind of hardships did she live through all those years when she could have used the money?

[@titotico67]

LUCKY LADY! WHO OWNED IT BEFORE HER? AND WHY DIDN'T THEY CHECK IT OUT?

[@debrakinzie2592]

Great find & lovely style ring .!!

[@wendybilton1790]

I could have told this story in one sentence. This is made me wonder about a ring that I have now.......!!

[@TuesdayWells27]

I love happy stories.

[@kimberlyfisher3543]

Shut up

[@IR-yd5bp]

Oh I love them more than anyone in my life .

[@elainemartin9001]

You talk too much!!!

[@2degucitas]

Set in silver? Such a priceless diamond on a cheap setting?

[@bethschaefer18]

2degucitas silver is much stronger than gold, however platinum is stronger than both.

[@thriftyheart4845]

It was probably set in either white gold or platinum, I highly doubt a jeweler would have set such a large diamond into a sterling silver mounting when the ring was first made, that's pretty much regarded as a cardinal sin in the jewelry industry to set a very valuable and precious gemstone into a silver mounting as 0.925 silver is very soft and more susceptible to wear and tear and at a faster rate. The person who said silver is stronger than gold is wrong when it comes to jewelry metals, sterling silver is MUCH softer than any gold alloy (10k, 14k, 18k). And any reputable goldsmith or jeweler will always set the more valuable gemstones in gold or platinum rather than silver. A lot of people like to call white gold "silver" because they either don't know that it exists or don't want to bother explaining it.

[@Roholi]

Most diamonds in the 1800s and before were set in silver. White gold hadn’t been invented until 1912 and platinum was first used in jewelry around 1890. The older royal jewelry in Europe, including Marie Antoinette’s famous jewels, all were created with silver.

[@paulsimmons5726]

Great amount of luck for that lady.

[@sheisbrit17]

Man. Where do you get luck like this!?

[@joanns7007]

Score for her

[@mariagradilla296]

O my Yeap he drags the story

[@jennifermorris833]

What’s the idea behind the shot of the woman cleaning the window and then stopping and gazing off into the distance?

[@kwamemartin6371]

Damn that's a $799,987+ come up

[@marykaiser4460]

I could only wish

[@piratelady6467]

Wow

[@shaheenrahman6480]

Has it occurred to anyone that the ring may have been stolen or lost

[@earthangel6480]

EARTH ANGEL😇. LUCKY 🍀 FIND!!! CONGRATS 🎈 TO YOU M’LADY!!! WHERE THE STONE WAS SO LARGE, RECUTTING IT WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE THE GORGEOUS DIAMOND 💎 COME THROUGH!! IT WOULD “DANCE” WITH 🔥 FIRE, AND YOU’D STILL HAVE A. ERY LARGE STONE WORTH A LOT MORE MONEY 💰!!!!!👍😍

[@mariagradilla296]

Good eye 👀 on the ring 💍

[@miajohnson1441]

Sounds like hes reading a child's book .

[@fabulouslifeinchrist1349]

Was the ring unmarked? No stamp of gold or anything?

[@kalimera66toye57]

Diamonds are a woman's best friend xxxx

[@Anteroization]

Urban leyend in every flea marquet a big 26 carats diamond vs1, quality which mean flawless internally will reflect fire, spark, shine, cut a mile away to any naked eye IN ANY LIGHT CONDITION, real gold too due to weight in the hand, what you can really can find hiding under natural oxidation is sterling silver unpolished and will look like costume metal to the untrained eye. were is the unmounted stone show the receipts

[@raincloud7817]

I never had given it away.

[@sypharathreth7857]

I wish myself someday

[@carmelcapicorn8452]

💎💍💰🏦💃

[@wildbutterflycj]

I wish they'd show what they're talking about. They never do

[@murielbarker4311]

i bet the family who cleared out their relatives jewlery and not checking the ring was real must be feeling sick now

[@Sharon-pb7so]

How would they even know? It's not like we saw a picture of it.

[@teresavogt5977]

I can believe it...I was offered 150,000. for my engagement ring. It was an 'old world ' cut diamond. Older stones are what designers want. New cut diamonds are cut to fit massmarket Settings... Old cuts are for those one of a kind type ring. Set in white gold. That had to be determined by acid testing as the shank had been cut off taking all halmarks with it. I enjoyed telling my ex how much I was greatful his Grandfather's good taste in rings.

[@badddd]

I thought you were supposed to return the ring back if you didnt get married? Loo

[@jeffreybodkin1777]

So you milked your ex and sold his grandparents engagement ring ... you must be so proud of your greed to post it for millions to see ...

[@paulanewton8544]

I'M GOING TO SOME FLEA MARKETS

[@bohemialite6371]

Well I thought the story was great it was interesting and very intense to find out because I found a diamond and now this story is going to take me to a jewelry shop to find out if it's real it looks very real but who knows.

[@danvango]

would be nice to see the ring

[@thekweenofbling3621]

I bought a ring at a little thrift store on campus. It had one large diamond at two medium diamonds on it. I think I only paid $2 for it and I found out that it was worth a lot of money. That same day at the same store they had a bunch of bracelets there and necklaces that looked very dirty I bought those also took them home and clean them up and they were real gold and real silver. And y'all do take an hour and a half to tell a 10-minute story. You really need to work on that.

[@asajironagamatsu1097]

FUZZII EVERLOVE OP

[@miajohnson1441]

Taps loves his channel. Bla bla bla .

[@maryellen7276]

Sold I would buy a home 😂

[@imyourhuckleberry8961]

JFC get to the fucking point! 2:45 I’m out.

[@hambone4402]

This could have been told in 2 minutes. A waste of time.

[@trinihirons16]

I do

[@farahvogue8623]

I bought a ring for 50.000 US dollar 😍

[@miajohnson1441]

Maybe you SHOULD MIND YOUR OWN BISCUITS !!! TAP THAT !

[@omfug7148]

She personally didn't end up with $800K the auction house will take it's cut, typically 20% plus other fees, and then the tax man will take a healthy cut too, but even so, that was a nice nest egg that she had.

[@ellabuzz7968]

Only listening halfway ..cut the chase

[@vjohnson2400]

Not sure I believe this story.

[@ww9929]

V Johnson you right!

[@billy19461]

My wife lost a 5 & 1/2 carrot ring at wal mart in Minden, Louisiana.

[@jeffreybodkin1777]

billy19461 its karat if you are referring to the value of the gold Carat if you are referring to stone weight

[@billy19461]

Ok I know I can't spell.

[@created2love]

So funny I am sure this happen flea market sellers knows values of their products

[@erosangelos9422]

hahahah..you are really happy with your story do you))?? maybe you should take to Hollywood and talk to a producer they might make a great movie ,,its a nice interesting story )))) men oh men youtube is a great place)) good luck!

[@KaylaMaryy]

Were there no markings inside indicating it was real ??

[@jeffreybodkin1777]

Kayla Mary they dont mark rings with the diamond value just the purity of the metal , the year it was made and the maker

[@krisoluich9119]

After taxes she had bupkiss!

[@miajohnson1441]

Hmmmm READ BELOW I WASNT ALONE LOL

[@HisMiraclesHappening]

I lost my “10 carat diamond ring” in a Dressing room. I paid $35 for it. The room attendant thought it was real, kept, then tried to sell it to our amazingly fancy jewelry store in the city. They laughed. My ring was “found” a few weeks later. She was stupid enough to tell her workmates what she did. I guess stealing makes you look like a jack*** haha! Good video... I understand the length because you are a storyteller, I can tell you enjoy it. Everybody chill lol. If you don’t like his videos don’t watch. He told you the scoop in the title lol!

[@jamooreem]

Shaunna M. N

[@Noggle88]

Picture of the ring would have been nice

[@shaheenrahman6480]

Definitely a picture would have been nice I say so because a similar ring was stolen from my mother a long time ago . It had belonged to my grandmother.The police never managed to recover it

[@philpuglisi1069]

ok already

[@frankf198]

Who would set it in silver not platinum sounds like mine cut

[@falishaparker7368]

🤦😘💁😍👍

[@pamalojo]

Too much repetition - dude must think his viewers are dotards!

[@dominiquemarciano4162]

Why is this narrator going round and round and round in telling his story.

[@z.paradis4545]

STOP ⛔️⛔️⛔️⛔️⛔️⛔️⛔️⛔️

[@carolcunningham3878]

Imagine that 🏧🏧🏧🏧

[@darkrobroy14]

Shit that didnt happen .. Episode 675

[@kanestone4576]

That sounds bs....

[@ChiLicaliente]

Talks too much!! I lost interest in this story after hearing him go round and round saying the same thing over and over. This video could have been 3 minutes long and it would have been more enjoyable.

[@MrZcotty]

what are the chances i'll ever watch another of your vids? three guesses, and the first two dont count..

[@BrassCovers]

She got ripped off if she sold it for 800k. Also what is a “1 color grade?” You mean “i” color? If so, someone got a good deal at 800k.

[@Sharon-pb7so]

I know. There's no 1 color grade from GIA or even the lesser grading houses. DEF.... GHI... JKL... etc. Rarely will you see a nice diamond below J in color. D is the best.

[@BrassCovers]

K and L colors are actually starting to gain some popularity in ideal cuts in RB. They typically face up about two grades higher or more.

[@jeffreybodkin1777]

Diamonds are graded worldwide by a Lettered system for color starting with D .... did the announcer mistake an I for a one? There is NO color grade “ one “ i am a jeweller and know this

[@BrassCovers]

@@jeffreybodkin1777 True, until you get to the fancy colors. You have FLY, FY, FIY, and FVY. Also you have TLBs (Top Light Browns), top light silvers, etc. I am not sure what he meant by "1" lol.. either he meant D color (1st color on the grading scale) or I color (mistaken for numerical 1). That could be a big difference in price depending on which one..

[@ladythalia227]

@@jeffreybodkin1777 Europeans usually grade them like this: River, Top Wesselton Wesselton, Top Crystal, Crystal etc instead of letters.

[@miajohnson1441]

I VOTE HE BE GONE .ANYONE WANT TO SECOND THAT ??

[@margaretharypkema5714]

Don’t believe this...

[@kens3755]

The color is I not 1.

[@Crystalscorpion91]

You mean the color is "I" not the number "1".

[@withalohatara]

Took 6 minutes to reveille the actual value!🙄🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@jeniwatkins3297]

Can't even show the ring. WTF