Tiffany & Co. Sapphire & Diamond Ring, ca. 1913 | Newport, Hour 3 | Preview 

I agree with most comments. As a gemologist, this ring being an unheated Burmese sapphire flank with two old European clean diamonds & no less, a Tiffany brand even in today's market a replacement value would be in the six figures at least $100, 000 us. Nice classic ring which is stylish even in today's designs.

$30,000? YOU'RE FIRED!

Such a gorgeous ring. I would wear it every day.

Definitely a Burma Sapphire and worth far more than 25-30k and certainly worth 100k+ it’s absolutely incredible! She should have put it on her hand! Also, is it platinum? Likely during that era! Just gorgeous!!!!💙💙💙💙

Tiffany keeps excellent records.

My favorite part of Antiques Roadshow videos is that everyone in the comments always thinks the items are worth 10x what they're appraised at.

What a lucky granddaughter, I hope she passes this treasure to a deserving child of her's

Way undervalued. Who is he kidding?

My ring from Tiffany is a platinum with 1 carat and that was already 25k. This should be more.

Never ceases to amaze me.. How people are gifted and or handed down precious items that have been in the family for generations are willing to be sold just saying

This guy is undervaluing that ring. If she auctioned it, she’d get closer to 100 thousand.

That ring is gorgeous !

I had my wife's engagement ring custom made to resemble (half scale) this classic 3 stone design after we saw a similar, more modern version at Tiffany's in Chicago while dating. Fine untreated sapphires are hard to find. Her sapphire was Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The side diamonds were super ideal (AGS 0) cut diamonds. The ring featured in this episode is impressive in size and rarity.

Its a family heirloom, dont sell it... Its priceless

This guy is nuts..at Tiffany's a single unset 3 carat, high quality mine cut stone from their antique section would likely come in for what he appraised the entire ring. I do hope she went elsewhere, had the stones photographed (mapped) and then reappraised, asking to be present while handled...unless she takes it back to Tiffany's..the diamonds..wow!! have the look of diamonds from the Golconda mine in India..very rare now. If the stones' origin is there, the value increases even more..man, I'd like to know if I am correct..I sure think I am.

It's a priceless, untreated Sapphire and it's only $30k...even in a 2018 market, we're talking six figures.

I wish he had worn a White glove and held the ring at different angles, plus erased the fingerprint on the Sapphire!

A bit of masking tape and I'm sure I could clean up the lint on that display stand. Details people.

Berma gems are exquisite, I've seen Elizabeth Taylor's collection of jewelry and she had beautiful sapphires and rubies that are still considered some of the best cut stones in exsistance.

What an amazingly beautiful ring. Some people are born lucky!!! 😀

Keep it! That’s a beautiful ring!

Dang, I gotta find me a “retired” man 🤣😂🤣

There is no way I would sell this beautiful heirloom. I would wear and enjoy it every day unless I was desperate for money.

That is so beautiful! Looks like a bow.

That dude was extremely low-balling that ring.

wish it was shown on hand

Maybe check with Tiffany and company who know they might have records of it

Lately, watching these videos, I've gotten the impression that the appraisers are seriously undervaluing the items. I wonder if it is their attempt to purchase it, when off camera. I showed this video to a friend of mine ( jeweller), and he agreed- this ring.... @ minimum is worth $500,000 +.

Worst case scenario, it's still worth $15,000!! It's an excellent sapphire ring!

The fact they never wear gloves... Man knows this ring is about half a million

That is just so breathtaking - wow !

They always undervalue gems!

So beautiful, I love stones and beautiful mouldings that are very beautiful and utique.

Beautiful ring!!!❤️

He’s all over the map

I thought the old lady threw this off the boat

I worked at Tiffany & Co. The values stated are off. Given the period, size of stones, and country of origin, this ring is worth far more. Walk into Tiffany's and price a similar ring.

Saw that very same ring on Antiques Road show in England.

For people commenting on the fact he’s not wearing gloves, I believe The British Museum made a video a few years ago on when specialists choose or not to wear gloves. It’s quite interesting to see and begin to understand that, just because something is an antique, it doesn’t necessarily require you to wear hand protection.

I think it is worth $100k or more..

30,000 dollars for a ring that has 6.5 karats the guy is trying to hustle this women !! Tiffany’s sells rings today with less karats 4 that go for 650,000 dollars + !!!! Hopefully she kept it and passes it on to her grandson to get married if she has one !!!! I hate when I see people sell these beautiful pieces that have been passed on for generations and then you get selfish people that sell a family item that is rich not only in money but in story and live

Lovely ring

Wow...way to really nail down the price point

Way undervalued. The carat diamonds alone are worth much more than $25,000.

It’s magnificent.

Beautiful piece ...

an item is only worth what somebody is willing to pay for it. At an auction you need at least two people who want it who have money. If you put a high reserve on it, you could be holding on to it for a long time. Insurance value is always much higher and you have to pay the premiums which will be high for a piece of jewelry (besides, you can insure it for whatever you're willing to pay for up to the appraisal amount). What's it worth? If you use it as collateral you can only get a 50% value loan and pay interest. Tiffany isn't going to buy it back so replacement value is meaningless.

It might be quite hard, even for the very best gem labs, to work out where that sapphire came from. Blue sapphires are notoriously difficult to determine origins for, because all major origins have strongly overlapping chemical and spectrscopic properties. What's even harder though in this case is that this is a very old sapphire, and the reference gemstone collections of most top labs consistent of stones that were mined far later. If this is mined form a deposit that was exhausted before later mines opneed that fed the gem labs, then it might not have an modern precedent in the gem lab reference datasets.

Gorgeous. A very lucky womsn!

Wish they would show these jewelry pieces on a person so we could see what they are like worn.

Thank you.

i vastly prefer those old cut stones to the brilliant cuts used now.

Sapphire my birth stone. N my Grd 🐕🐾 name. Love it💞🌹🌻🌺💓💞🐾

It made my day.

Very beautiful!

30K? BS. Those are huge stones and it's over 100 years old.

Gorgeous.

If i were you i would not sell it. Itz an antique piece with emotions and memories.

Wait, what? $35K or replace it for $100K. I'm missing something here.

Definitely a keeper!

I was expecting it to be more. The engagement ring I inherited that's about 2 carats I just the FMV at $19,000.

Keep it! Stunning.

It's beautiful!

Diamonds aren't that rare - they're just withheld by De Beers et al to maintain a ridiculous value in one of the world's most corrupt swindles.

Beautiful

Stunning ring. 🇨🇦

I wish I could have seen it on a hand. It’s hard to see it’s relative size in this video. I bet if it went to auction it did well for her.

"Its like.... Bombay Sapphires.... I can take you higher.......Whatever you desire....... I can mend your heart, I can mend you heart"....... "It's like .......Purple Haze.......It's there every day .......It's passion never fades ........You know what I mean"........ ~Stevie Nicks~

She Needs to go somewhere else This ring is worth so much more 😖😨😣😔

I found a Tiffany Somerset ring, on a beach with my Aquanaut.

Gorgeous

I want that ring so badly.

Georgeous♥️

That's it? I thought it would be worth more since it's actually a signature antique piece

That ring is worth way more than 25 to 30k! This kid underestimated by approximately double. At auction, it would easily get 60k for that ring.

Right after the appraisal: "SECURITY!!!!"

She was just hysterically funny with all of her innuendos. 😉 😉 It’s a gorgeous ring though!

Why is there such a discrepancy between aution and retail prices????

“Retired from whaaat?” The ritual subjugation of the underclass

As a retired jeweler, this appraiser has no idea what he's talking about. $15K-$100K appraisal means I don't have a clue.

Everybody seems to have rich grandmothers..lol

waaaay too low of an estimate

Quite the spread

It's worth around $100k +

Wow!

My mom would definitely grab this ring even for 50k cash knowing that the size of the stones, unheated Burma sapphire, diamonds are clear on a Tiffany setting. 😂

Love how a bunch of random people commenting know more than the experts of this show

I want that ring!!

I think if it takes $100,000 to replace it; it's worth $100,000.. I am sick of hearing about retail vs auction vs insurance value... lets come to more of a consensus; the art world is kind of the same way.. I think the $20,000-$30,000 is a pretty low estimate..

Both side stones would sell for 30-40k each in a solitaire setting IF it was in fact an official Tiffany ring….. So really, I’m thinking you wouldn’t be able to go into T&C and get this same ring brand new for less than $200,000USD You might get it for 170ish…. But an I color VVS clarity diamond that weighs 4.19 carats sells for $193,000USD at Tiffany&Co Which is why a Tiffany grade sapphire…(they only use top grades. Tiffany’s basic grade is GRADES above many jeweler’s top grades) would be worth much more than the (not so special) i color diamond ring I saw. I feel like a Tiffany quality (and rare) sapphire would be priced more along the lines (if not higher than) a D color Tiffany diamond rather than an I color. As i color diamonds are the lowest color grade you can get if you’re selecting a “colorless” diamond in the Tiffany world.

This ring 💍 is worth more Sometimes that valuation is so completely wrong that the person making the estimate needs to try another profession.

Actually surprised it wasn’t worth more

Just goes to show that what "my" jeweller is right ... jewellery isn't something you "invest" in. This thing would probably have brought a way higher estimate a few decades ago - when more people were into antiques. From my own experience trying to sell women's jewellery my dad spent quite a bit of money on back in the 70s and 80s: Don't buy any coloured stones (you never know whether or not the colour will still be en vogue down the line) - buy diamonds instead. We've had some sapphire rings and colliers that were no problem to sell, but I'm still trying to get rid of some ruby-ones of equal or better quality that just don't sell because of the colour of the stones. Don't buy anything too "of its time" - chances are, nobody will want to wear that stuff in 20 or 30 years. And if at all possible, get something from a reputable, widely known jeweller. Having a brand-name like Cartier or Tiffany on a piece will widen the group of potential buyers considerably.

I don t understand, tiffany&co would buy the ring back?

I would never give it away..

Let's go and buy some Tiffany n co jewels. So our grandchildren could appraise it, sell it n bcm the rich. But if we survive from all Pandemics. 😀😀😀

WOW!❤️🍸

If it is not a Burma sapphire Tiffany would sell it brand new for no less than $100k dollars! If it is brand new Burma sapphire Tiffany will sell it for almost $300k dollars! But if it is brand new Kashmir sapphire Tiffany will sell it for no less than $500k dollars!

Кольцо очень приличное. Зачем продавать? Это же семейная реликвия!

Oh keep it!!! Don't sell that beautiful piece, she doesn't look like she is sufferering poverty, I'd keep it for a granddaughter or grandson. It's stunning. 💙 My birth stone 💙. People should never sell these priceless items. He's husslng, that bling would go for well over $100.000....