WEBVTT 00:02.066 --> 00:05.166 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: My father gave it to my mother as a birthday present, in... sometime in the early 00:05.766 --> 00:06.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% '70s, I believe. 00:06.633 --> 00:08.700 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% APPRAISER: Yes. 00:08.700 --> 00:12.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: And she wore it a few times, and then she left it to me, really because I was the 00:14.600 --> 00:18.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% only one with the sort of chest to wear it. Thing is, you can't really wear it every day. 00:20.100 --> 00:24.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% You really need a ball gown to go with it, and I don't wear a ball gown very often, needless 00:26.466 --> 00:31.033 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% to say. So it sat in a drawer for a long time, and then I swapped out part of it for a puppy. 00:33.333 --> 00:35.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% APPRAISER: You-- I'm sorry? 00:35.400 --> 00:38.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: I swapped it, part of it, for a puppy. 00:38.100 --> 00:40.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: A puppy? 00:40.133 --> 00:43.066 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: And I thought my mother and father would really approve of the necklace I probably 00:43.066 --> 00:46.666 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% wasn't going to wear to a darling Jack Russell by the name of Max. 00:46.666 --> 00:48.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: And how did you get the necklace back? 00:48.566 --> 00:50.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: I... borrowed it back. 00:52.533 --> 00:56.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: And I was a bit worried that when I borrowed it back, the gentleman with whom 00:58.733 --> 01:02.533 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the swap was made might want my puppy back. He's, needless to say, not going to get the 01:03.900 --> 01:08.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% puppy back, because I love him far too much. 01:08.266 --> 01:10.333 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: Of course. 01:10.333 --> 01:13.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: And when I heard the "ANTIQUES ROADSHOW" was coming, I thought this would be a great 01:13.100 --> 01:16.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% place to bring it and just find out a bit more about it. 01:16.000 --> 01:20.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Well, when you brought it up to me, I got very excited, because it did look 01:20.933 --> 01:25.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% like a jeweler that was named Andrew Grima, who was a British jeweler, making jewelry 01:27.966 --> 01:31.366 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% in London, and basically, he liked to use all of these amazing crystals and geodes. 01:33.500 --> 01:38.500 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And so he looked at jewelry as sculpture. This particular jeweler, who we have here, 01:40.433 --> 01:44.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% from Russell of London, we needed to do some more research on this particular jeweler, 01:46.166 --> 01:49.266 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% but he's definitely a contemporary of Andrew Grima. It's from 1975, which is exactly when 01:51.266 --> 01:55.600 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Andrew Grima was in his prime. He was using things that weren't necessarily valuable. 01:56.233 --> 01:58.300 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Right. 01:58.300 --> 02:01.533 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: For example, this is just an amethyst geode, and he split it in half to resemble 02:01.533 --> 02:06.533 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the butterfly wings, embellished it with some tiny diamonds from the top and the bottom, 02:08.966 --> 02:12.266 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% and even made the little antenna, right here, en tremblant. So it trembles when you wear it. 02:13.566 --> 02:14.566 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Right. 02:16.933 --> 02:18.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: It's in 18-karat gold. It's truly one of a kind. And you said you don't wear it very 02:20.300 --> 02:22.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% often, but we're in Newport. Maybe you should wear it. 02:22.266 --> 02:23.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: Maybe I should wear it. 02:23.733 --> 02:25.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: We're in the best place for it, right now. 02:25.633 --> 02:29.333 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% GUEST: I'd better find the grand balls to go to in order to wear it. 02:29.333 --> 02:31.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Yes, exactly. There are people that are buying 02:31.933 --> 02:34.966 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% 1970s jewelry very much right now-- it's in vogue. So anything a little different, anything 02:34.966 --> 02:38.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% a little bit unusual, or very unusual, we'll call this... 02:38.033 --> 02:40.033 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Right. 02:40.033 --> 02:42.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: ...is very desirable right now. I would say auction estimate would be between 02:42.700 --> 02:45.766 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% $3,000 and $5,000. 02:45.766 --> 02:50.766 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: That's very nice to hear, and also that makes sense, because I didn't think my 02:52.233 --> 02:56.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% father probably went and spent $100,000 on a birthday present. 02:56.166 --> 02:59.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: If it was an insurance value, it would be, you know, close to double that.