GUEST: I brought today, um, a bracelet that was my grandmother's. I was the first-born granddaughter, grandchild, and my grandfather always bought the best for his bride. And this was something that she cherished and she wore all the time. I know that it came from the Cartier store probably in Birmingham, Michigan, somewhere, because they lived there for a number of years. When they passed, this was handed down to me.
APPRAISER: Do you know when she got it?
GUEST: I do not know exactly.
APPRAISER: And so approximately when did he buy at a Cartier?
GUEST: It could have been 50 years ago, maybe a little bit more.
APPRAISER: Sure.
GUEST: It's hard to say.
APPRAISER: Okay.
GUEST: I don't know the whole story.
APPRAISER: Well, this is a great design to wear. It's so easy.
GUEST: It's so easy. It's so classic. It's a statement piece. I don't have to worry about anything else. And I think of her when I wear it.
APPRAISER: Yeah, well, he had good taste, for sure.
GUEST: Yeah, mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: I mean, Cartier is a great, iconic store.
GUEST: Uh-huh.
APPRAISER: And you brought it up to the table in the original Cartier box.
GUEST: Absolutely, absolutely. That was one of the greatest things about it. When my yaya was getting dressed, she would tell me to get the special box, and I knew, of course, that that was the red Cartier box.
APPRAISER: The iconic Cartier.
GUEST: Yeah, yeah.
APPRAISER: I did some research on it and it seems like they're not producing this style anymore.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: And indeed, I do think it's probably about 50 years old.
GUEST: Uh-huh.
APPRAISER: Basically, the great part about this is that it's tricolor gold.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: We have the rose gold on the top, and then it's white gold in the middle...
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: And then yellow gold on the bottom. It's stamped "Cartier" and
"750."
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: And 750 is for 18-karat gold.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: The two Cs on either side...
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: ...is the symbol for Cartier.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: And so that's like the double C motif. Sometimes it comes in plain gold. Sometimes they're embellished with tiny diamonds.
GUEST: Oh!
APPRAISER: And you can wear it not just to special occasions. I would think every day you could wear, wear this.
GUEST: Do you think I'd sport it every day?
APPRAISER: I think you could rock it out. (laughing) Yeah, for sure.
GUEST: Well, then I'm gonna start.
APPRAISER: Do you have any idea on its value?
GUEST: I wouldn't even begin to guess. I have never even crossed the line of a Cartier store.
APPRAISER: I would say a conservative auction estimate would be between $3,000 and $5,000.
GUEST: Hey, that's wonderful.
APPRAISER: Yeah.
GUEST: And it's just, it's more to my heart, too. But that's a great, great thing to know.
