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An Antiques Roadshow expert was shocked that a guest hid a valuable box full of jewelry that she inherited from her grandmother from her parents. During the hit PBS show's Season 29 episode, Maryland Zoo, Hour 2, a teenage girl presented the jewelry box to expert Kevin Zavian, who was not only stunned by how many precious rings were stuffed to the brim in the box, but how the girl came to own them. The teen explained that she got the box of jewelry from her grandmother before she passed away in 2020.
Her grandmother had called her into her hospital room and handed over the valuable box. Saving Private Ryan dethroned as 'greatest ever war film' by Netflix hit Gene Hackman's New Mexico property has scary update as pictures emerge of home The guest said, "She told me to put it up in somewhere safe. So I just put it in my closet, and I kind of forgot about it, until I heard I was going on the Antiques Roadshow I wanted to bring it.
" Zavian asked her, "Is that when you told your parents?" The guest giggled and nodded before the expert added laughing, "I can't believe you hid it from your mother and father. What was their reaction when you..
.? The girl replied, "They were really shocked and surprised," before Zavian asked her, "What do you know about these rings?" She responded that she didn't know much, but when she was younger, her grandmother used to paint her nails, and they used to play with them a lot. The guest added that she knew her grandmother had a "big collection of them.
" Zavian then divulged that most of the rings were real and that all of the rings in the top rows featured real gold and diamonds. However, the appraiser added that a few of the bigger rings with bigger-looking diamonds were actually cubic zirconia, but all the smaller diamonds in other rings were real. He added, "The only rings that are not gold and that do not have genuine stones in them are all the rings right here in this bottom row.
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You have a real cultured pearl there. You have amethyst. Over here you have more peridot, amethyst, citrine.
" He then pointed to some of the rings' red gems, asking the girl if she knew what they were, which she guessed correctly as rubies. Zavian replied, "Right, rubies," before asking about the green gems in the collection, "And this one?" The girl said, "Emeralds?" The expert further explained, "That's right. You have some rings that are a little larger.
Like, this one's amethyst, this one here is synthetic. It's a big stone-- this one here is synthetic. This one here is synthetic.
But the ring is still gold. Ten karat, 14 karat." He added that there were some rings that are manufactured in the United States and China.
"There's a bunch of them, especially the smaller colored stones, that would have been manufactured in Thailand. I would say overall, they range anywhere from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s," the expert said. The teen said, "That's old," which made Zavian laugh.
He said, "That's old! If I add up what's here, it's $15,000 to $25,000. That's a lot of money-- your grandmother loved jewelry, no doubt about it." The teen, who didn't seem too shocked by the value of her jewelry, then shocked the expert once again when she said, "Mm-hmm, yes, she has a lot.
" Zavian asked, "There's more? No?" The guest replied, "Yes, I have a lot more at home." The appraiser laughed and asked, "Is it still being hidden?" She responded, "Yes." The expert asked again, "Have your mom and dad seen it yet?" The teen replied, "Not yet.
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