GUEST: It was given to me from my mother. My mother was a German countess, and her ancestors started in Russia, and then, during the Russian Revolution, they fled to France. APPRAISER: Okay. GUEST: And at that time, they were supposed to have acquired this piece. APPRAISER: In France? GUEST: In France. It was supposed to have belonged to Marie Antoinette, that's the story I got from my mother. My mother was born in France. And then they moved to Germany, and she was raised in a castle in Munich. APPRAISER: You have five beautiful Burmese rubies here. They're roughly somewhere around four carats, maybe four-and-a-half carats. GUEST: Wow. APPRAISER: In the trade, we call the best rubies pigeon-blood red rubies. And that's what you have here. GUEST: Wow. APPRAISER: They're bright. And they're not treated, they're natural, and... You know the bracelet was made in France. GUEST: I was assuming that it was. APPRAISER: Oh, okay. GUEST: Since my mother told me that it was Marie Antoinette's, but... APPRAISER: Okay, well, Marie Antoinette never saw this bracelet. GUEST: Okay. (laughs) APPRAISER: The hallmarks, the double eagles in the head, tell you it was made in France and it's 18-karat gold. GUEST: Mm-hmm. APPRAISER: The gold is on the reverse side. If you turn it over like that... GUEST: Uh-huh. APPRAISER: You see the yellow gold. The top, all the diamonds, they're very tiny full-cut diamonds. They're set in platinum. GUEST: Okay. APPRAISER: So this is late 1800s when it was made. GUEST: Okay. Not Marie Antoinette. APPRAISER: Not Marie Antoinette. She could never have wore it. GUEST: No. APPRAISER: Ever wear this bracelet? GUEST: No, my mother used to wear it all the time. In fact, she left it in a car that my father sold. And she realized that she had left it and went back the next day, and it was still in the glove box, so... APPRAISER: Oh, my God. GUEST: (laughs) I guess I'm fortunate to still have it. APPRAISER: A piece like this in today's market could easily sell for somewhere between $30,000 and $35,000. GUEST: This piece? APPRAISER: This piece, at auction. GUEST (chuckling): Well, I'll hold onto it for a long time, then.