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Antiques Roadshow: ’Is it?’ Guest left speechless over diamond ring bombshell


The Antiques Roadshow aired on Sunday evening on BBC One, and it saw a whole host of people bring in their antiques to be evaluated by the show’s experts.

One of them was jewellery expert Susan Rumfit who was delighted to see a diamond ring be brought in by a guest.

Susan asked: “So how do you think your grandmother got hold of it? Where do you think it came from?”

The guest replied: “Not too sure at all. Maybe my grandfather might have bought it while he was working in Turkey.

“He was based in Istanbul during the twenties and thirties.”

Susan added: “Do you think he may have travelled over to America or anything like that?

“What we have is a mount that is very similar to pieces of jewellery being made in America in the 1930s, the height of the Art Deco period.”

The guest went on to reveal they always thought it was just a slice of glass, saying: “I just think it is like a slice of glass because it’s not very bright. It’s very grey.”

Susan remarked: “It does have a greyness to it, that’s right. And that’s down to how it’s been cut, the central part.

“We call it a rose cut. It’s actually got a flat base, and it’s got all of these facets on top.

“It’s got more facets than some stones, but it doesn’t make as much of a sparkle.”

They then got onto the valuation and Susan revealed it was worth quite a bit of money and also made out of diamond.

Susan exclaimed: “Nevertheless, now we have determined it is a diamond, and it’s not glass as you thought it was, it would have an auction estimate of between £2,000-£3,000.”

The guest was astonished by the high valuation and thrilled to hear how much it was really worth.

She gasped: “Oooh. Thank you very much. Wow. I am surprised.”

Meanwhile, another guest was left stunned by the valuation of their Edwardian gold bracelet.

Susan surmised: “We’re going from the style and the history to get to the period we’re looking at that latter part of the 19th century.

“So, if we popped it into an auction, then I’d imagine we’d be looking between £4,000-6,000,” the jewellery expert told the guest.

Stunned by the valuation, the guest remarked: “Very impressive. It’s not going anywhere, though.”

Antiques Roadshow continues Sunday at 7pm on BBC One.



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