A septuagenarian falls on a diamond of a value greater than 2 million euros by cleaning up at her house
The pretty story has become viral on the other side of the Channel.A retiree living in the county of Northumberland (north of England) gave the hand, by cleaning up at home, on a box in which she retains her alliance and a certain number of costume jewelry, a priori of low value,Reveal The Independent.
A 34 carat diamonds whose value amounts to 2 million pounds sterling
The interested party, who was to go to a city close to her home for an appointment, decided to take the opportunity to make these jewelry estimate.""We saw a fairly large stone, bigger than a piece of a book, and I thought it was zirconium oxide (used, when it is shiny, in jewelry because of itsresemblance to the diamond), indicates the auctioneer responsible for estimating jewelry in words reported by The Independent.She stayed on my desk for two or three days until I use a diamond testing machine.""
The latter's verdict is final: it is a diamond of 34 carats whose value amounts to 2 million pounds sterling.
The stone is then sent to Antwerp (Belgium), in order to be authenticated.It is now stored in a jewelry store in London, and will be sold at auction on November 30.
A nice jackpot in perspective for the septuagenarian who, for the record, does not know how she has obtained the diamond in question. Tout juste a-t-elle indiqué au commissaire-priseur ""se rendre régulièrement dans des vide-greniers et y acheter des bibelots"".Pretty find.
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