Jewelry

Asscher-cut Diamond Ring, ca. 1915

Appraisal: Asscher-cut Diamond Ring, ca. 1915

Transcript

Appraiser

Adam Patrick

A La Vieille Russie
New York, NY,

Updated Value (2020)

$165,000 - $175,000 Retail

APPRAISED VALUE (2007)

$165,000 - $175,000 Retail

Event

Las Vegas, NV (2007)

Theme

Things to Use or Wear, Traditional Crafts

Form

Jewelry, Ring

Appraiser Speciality

Jewelry

Material

Gems and Minerals, Diamonds, Metals & Alloys, Platinum

Period

20th Century

Update: October 10, 2011

After this segment aired, a viewer wrote in to say that he thought he had heard appraiser Adam Patrick discussing Birks & Company, the jewelry retailer, in the past tense, as if the company were no longer in business. The company does indeed still exist, but its name has changed. In 2005, Birks joined with another jewelry retailer, Mayors, to become Birks & Mayors Inc.