KatherineKelly
Rough_Rock
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- Sep 29, 2005
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I dropped off two sets of stones to be made into one set of earrings for my wedding in October ( now three weeks away). Pair 1 were .75 carat diamond earrings (very nice grade) given to me by my mother for my high school graduation. Pair 2 were of unkown origin, possibly synthetic. They were over 1 carat in size and given to my future mother-in-law in 1975 from an old aunt from Austria. She never wore them (not once) and gave them to me to wear on my wedding day. Since I had two sets of beautiful stones I wanted them combined to wear on my wedding day (that way no one's feelings were hurt).
When I went to the reputable store (where we purchased all our rings -1.5 carat engagement stone, etc) she told me that Pair 2 were not real but would conduct an appraisal more fully and get an estimate on making the new earings using them anyway. 1 week later they called to tell me they can not find either pair of stones (it has been over 1 week since they told me they've lost them. I'm giving them time to search the store again and call cusotmers).
I am so unhappy that I did not have Pair 2 documented before I handed them over to the store. The store lady only looked at them for less than a minute in the back room before telling me they were not real. Could she have been mistaken? How do I deal with the store? What can I ask for in terms of sentimental value, above and beyond the market price of the two pair of stones? I have documentation for Pair 1, but nothing for Pair 2. If anyone has any advice I would appreciate it. Thank you.
To Clarify: Pair 2 have not been seen by anyone since received in 1975. They were handed to Mother-in-law and said "these weren't cheap, keep them safe." They were put in a drawer until this year when I took them to the store. I only thought they might be synthetic because they were large and the family was not super wealthy. But they were from Austria, so they may have been family stones. No one knows much about them.
When I went to the reputable store (where we purchased all our rings -1.5 carat engagement stone, etc) she told me that Pair 2 were not real but would conduct an appraisal more fully and get an estimate on making the new earings using them anyway. 1 week later they called to tell me they can not find either pair of stones (it has been over 1 week since they told me they've lost them. I'm giving them time to search the store again and call cusotmers).
I am so unhappy that I did not have Pair 2 documented before I handed them over to the store. The store lady only looked at them for less than a minute in the back room before telling me they were not real. Could she have been mistaken? How do I deal with the store? What can I ask for in terms of sentimental value, above and beyond the market price of the two pair of stones? I have documentation for Pair 1, but nothing for Pair 2. If anyone has any advice I would appreciate it. Thank you.
To Clarify: Pair 2 have not been seen by anyone since received in 1975. They were handed to Mother-in-law and said "these weren't cheap, keep them safe." They were put in a drawer until this year when I took them to the store. I only thought they might be synthetic because they were large and the family was not super wealthy. But they were from Austria, so they may have been family stones. No one knows much about them.