Oh,
beautiful, Ubbrd
Mine was a genuine multi diamond ring from the early 1900s .. Art Deco style I think it would be .. geometrical design. Platinum, old cut diamonds and gold. Bought it on the old SOLD.com. for $52 (!!!!)
She was a great seller, a real character. We used to email back and forth like regular old penpals, almost every night. I bought quite a bit from her. At the time, our local post office must have been staffed by Mafia members or something .. they were even ripping open my Registered mail items. I forced AP's corporate security group to investigate, wrote the appropriate Minister and to Aust. Post's headquarters. In the end, although AP denied any wrong-doing on the part of the staff in question, they nevertheless got rid of the lot of them. Coincidence, obviously ...
As consequence and during all the above, I asked my seller friend to hang onto my items until such times as it seemed safe to send them. She was fine with that and I kept on buying, even sending down money in advance so that there was a hefty balance which I intended to use to buy more.
Then, she just disappeared off the radar. I'd left it too long, even though she'd assured me all my things (and there were some gorgeous items amongst them .. genuine antique jewellery, etc.) were safely in a drawer at her place.
Tried to contact her several times. No response. So all I have to show for it is the lovely multi diamond ring. All my fault. But it's a lovely ring, and to this day, I'll claim I only paid $52 for it (and we'll forget the several hundreds of dollars in items I lost, lol)
