Jewellery News

A Salvation Army charity kettle in Fayette County in the US saw a new kind of a donation a few days ago – a diamond ring that was easily worth over £1,000. The ring has a solitaire diamond that is half a carat and it is set in 18 carat white gold. They say that the diamond is flawless and of the best quality. The person who opened the kettle didn’t realise what it was at first and just saw something shining. He soon realised that it was no ordinary piece of costume jewellery.

The point is, who could have done this? The question comes to mind that maybe it is a stolen ring. Or then again, it could be a genuine anonymous gift. The Salvation Army isn’t taking a chance – they will sell the ring and use the money only after they are sure that what they have isn’t stolen. For this, the police will have to go through their records to see if there are any reports of a ring like this being stolen. This isn’t the first instance however that the Salvation Army has been the recipient of something unusual and expensive. Their kettles have seen old gold coins and even a set of gold teeth! It is said that rings are also part of the largesse that the kettles throw up. Of course, on the downside, they also find popcorn, lint and jelly beans.

Deborah Kerr’s jewels were up for auction as we had informed you sometime ago and they were expected to fetch a pretty price. However, when the auction was done, a lot more was collected than expected. All her jewels went for £50,000.

Among them was her diamond engagement ring which sold for £33,600 and that figure was a whole lot above the expected price of £11,000. The jewellery also included some antique pieces like a turquoise and gold chain, an old pearl and diamond ring, an amethyst necklace and a diamond and emerald bracelet. They all fetched amounts that were more than they were expected to bring in. The diamond engagement ring had diamonds that were tinted yellow.

Her most memorable role was in ‘The King and I’ and there were many takers for this wonderful old actress’s jewellery.

With the meltdown come decisions that would never have to have been taken in better times. So if you were to talk to pawnshops, you’ll find that more and more of their customers are coming by to pawn or sell their old engagement rings or wedding rings. This is especially so with rings that belonged to a marriage from the past. Women might have kept the rings for sentimental reasons but with more money needed, these items of jewellery seem to be the first things to go as necessity takes precedence over sentimentality.

The recession is taking its toll and pawn shops have already started noticing the disturbing trend. It’s a great time for the pawn shops of course whose businesses are up and running to the hilt. October was one of the busiest months for them and in the coming year, it looks like the same trend is going to persist. People are also putting sentimentality on the back burner and pulling out mothers’ and grandmothers’ rings to pawn or sell. In times of plenty, rings are usually made into another piece of jewellery like a pendant and worn. Things have changed and now, gold, diamonds and other precious metals are being increasingly seen as the road to more dollars than something that is to be treasured and preserved.

All said and done, from an ecological point of view, these just mean that more second hand rings come into the market and there’s less of pillaging of the earth’s resources. While one despairs of the recessionary situation, there’s some good that seems to come out of it.

She went to a party alone – her husband didn’t like making small talk and stayed home. That was when someone came up to Chelsea Cain and while talking, asked her if she was married. When Chelsea said Yes, the other lady remarked that she didn’t have a wedding ring on. Chelsea just hadn’t noticed that her ring was missing. Embarrassment aside because no doubt the other woman thought she was lying, she frantically tried to remember where she could have lost it.

Then she remembered that she had gone to the spa for a massage a few days ago and she had removed her ring and kept it in a very safe place – and promptly forgotten about it. Now she couldn’t even remember where that very safe place was. Once she got home, she hunted high and low but the ring was nowhere to be found. The funny part was that she had picked up this ring with a chipped diamond for a song at her locksmith’s years before she met her husband. Then, because she had gotten used to wearing it, they used that for a wedding ring.

Not wanting to go around with no ring, she went and bought herself a fake ring with a fake diamond and had people exclaim over how lovely it was. Her husband didn’t even notice that her ring was different. And no, she didn’t listen to her friends’ advice to tell him. Then she found it – hiding in one of the pockets of her purse and she wouldn’t have if she hadn’t emptied it all out to change purses. So she slipped it back on, knowing she loved it and it was a part of her.

That’s what Tom Cruise did soon after he met Katie Holmes. He went out and bought a diamond engagement ring. He says he was sure about his feelings as soon as he met her. As far as Katie Holmes was concerned, she’s had a crush on Tom Cruise ever since she was a little girl and she just could not get over the fact that she was meeting the superstar actor of her dreams when they met the very first time.

Was Tom Cruise jumping the gun or did he have some kind of ESP when he went out and bought that ring? And if he did buy the ring when he says he did, what was to stop him or both of them from revealing this little titbit of information earlier? One wonders if this revelation has something to do with the fact that his new film is launching and whether he wants a bit of personal publicity during that time.

Whatever the reason may be, he was probably one of those lucky ones who not only knew about the way he felt but was also so sure of her that he could go get a diamond engagement ring and be sure that would get engaged and married eventually.

It’s been a year since her fiancé died but for Idaho State’s redshirt junior libero, the love lives on. She even wears a silver wedding ring on her right hand. They were very much in love – he was the football star in school and they were high school sweethearts. Then he went to on a mission to another state and it was there that he fell ill and on testing, they realized he had leukaemia.

Through his treatment, they spent every moment they could together. However, his battle against the disease was lost and he passed on. For Paige Palmer, she feels he still lives in her heart. So every day, she still wears the jewellery he gave her which includes her diamond encrusted engagement ring, a gold chain and a bracelet with miniature hearts.

Theirs was the love of a lifetime – a love that everyone who saw them together envied. Even though he did manage a few months when his cancer seemed to be in remission, he succumbed to it. For Paige, he still lives on in his diamond engagement ring and the other jewellery she wears.

That’s what Karla Mason had to do – wait a whole nine years for her boyfriend to ask her to marry him. In the meanwhile, she bore his three children. So it was a long wait as far as she was concerned. Then, finally, he did propose and she was ecstatic. At long last, there was a sapphire and diamond engagement ring on her finger.

Karla plays soccer and she’s the goalie for this Birkdale women’s soccer team. After a game, she was driving home when suddenly she realised that her engagement ring wasn’t on her finger. And that after their team had lost the game. The ring had been loose for her but she had it resized so she felt it was probably the rain that made it loose and slip off her finger. She, her fiancé, two of their children and friends spent hours looking for it and even hired metal detectors.

It was at night that they found out that a player had found it and picked it up, meaning to hand it to the police. Karla however, was overjoyed that she had got it back and vows to have it fitted really well this time so there is no chance of it slipping off.

It’s no ordinary ring – it’s a five carat diamond engagement ring and it was probably the last thing on her mind. However, times are hard for Lisa Aviva Bleviss of New York and the business she was running as well as the relationship she was in both went through very troubled times.

Here is the sordid story. When Lisa’s fiancé left her, he also took her business for a ride. Lisa had a very successful men’s accessories business going for her and she had orders not just from leading stores in the US but from all over the world. Her fiancé stole all her samples and the production fabrics when he left, leaving Lisa with a broken business. There was no other way than to cancel her orders and she had creditors drumming on her doors for payment for the material.

Declaring bankruptcy seemed to be the only way out and that is not what she wanted. So she decided that the engagement ring had to go as it would also mean closing that chapter in her life with a final bang. So she’s auctioning the ring online, starting at $1. It would be great if she were to get a good amount for it, considering what she has been through.

So it would seem and most people who have seen the huge sparkler on her finger think so. The model, who is thirty eight has been with Vladimir Doronin for a while now so it’s only natural that the rumours are flying around, fast and furious.

Her ring is an emerald and diamond ring and she’s been spotted wearing it on her wedding ring finger so obviously, no one can be faulted for thinking it is a diamond engagement ring. The fact that she was gazing at it all the time just gave credence to the rumours.

The supermodel has had a traumatic time, battling with moods and has been through sessions of anger management to help her cope. She’s always been top notch on the ramp, having modelled for perhaps all the big names in the fashion industry. She’s held that top position for years with her height, her figure and her pout.