Antique Engagement Ring

A 14K gold engagement ring with a small diamond valued at $400 to $500 sold for $96. These are just a few examples of rare, antique or collectible items that occasionally turn up at local Goodwill stores. An antique chamber pot. The local Goodwill stores generate about $30,000 in online sales each month. The nutcracker, about the size of a Barbie doll, sold for about $15 to someone locally. And when they do, buyers can bid on them through the online auction site, shopgoodwill. A Hillary Clinton nutcracker &mdash. A buyer in Florida recently snatched up a mechanical tyrannosaurus for $400. recently sold for $29. Dolls bearing the likenesses of the boyband members came up for grabs recently. s exactly the type of item Cathy Lamb loves to come across. These items always sell well, Lamb says. with the price tag still attached &mdash.

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Diamonds have certainly been a bride's best friend since the first diamond engagement ring was supposedly given to Mary of Burgundy by her beloved Archduke Maximillian of Austria in 1477 — though engagement rings go back centuries to the ancient

Sharon Tate's opal and ruby engagement ring was recently auctioned off for more than $21000, and there's now a dispute over its rightful ownership. Whoever bought Sharon Tate's engagement ring may have acquired some bad karma with it. The antique opal

But somehow, the 25-year-old Reading woman left her engagement ring on the commuter rail's Haverhill line yesterday morning on her way to work. The diamond on the ring was a family heirloom, and the loss sparked a frenzied hunt that included a blast of

One easy way to get around both the environmental and ethical concerns with engagement and wedding rings is to look for recycled or antique rings. Even if the original source of the diamond and band was unethical or damaging to the environment,

Using simple glassware, antique wooden boxes and picture frames can make understated by glamorous table settings. A feathered hair piece and bouquet stand out from the brown, dry scenery, dressing up the rustic theme. Old pieces of furniture,