GUEST: Well, it was my grandmother on my mother's side, and we believe she had some French in her, so we think it's probably from France, and it's been in our family for a very long time. Doesn't come out of the box too often, don't, you know, have much occasion to wear it, but I've always just loved it, and just think it's gorgeous, and wanted to find out more about it.
APPRAISER: These are beautiful diamonds. They're mostly rose-cut, and, yes, it is French. We do not know the maker, it's Art Deco, platinum, diamonds. I counted a little over 200 diamonds in there.
GUEST: Oh, wow.
APPRAISER: And so you've got a little over two carats of stones.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: I like costume jewelry, that's my gig. And I see pieces that are copies of this.
GUEST: Oh!
APPRAISER: But rarely do I find the authentic piece. He's beautiful. Have you ever had him appraised?
GUEST: Not really. I... we did find out from an insurance policy that they had in 1959 that they had valued it at about $1,300.
APPRAISER: Okay.
GUEST: So that was probably about the last bit of information we've had.
APPRAISER: Well, on today's market, I would say retail value between $6,000 and $8,000.
GUEST: Ooh, that's nice. And so many diamonds, too, wow, thank you! That's wonderful. Thank you.
