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An Antiques Roadshow guest was shocked when a ‘piece of tattoo’ was worth thousands of pounds.

Husband and wife appeared on the BBC show where they sought advice on two gems. One of them was nicknamed ‘tattoo piece’ by her husband, but the lady loved the piece and wanted to keep it.

She explained to specialist Susan: “They were on my husband’s side – his mother’s – and when she died, my husband said that his mother had a beautiful opal bracelet that I might like.

“In this big box there was a lot of stuff and we got to the bottom and discovered this. My husband said, ‘you don’t want that – it’s a lot of stuff’. It’s just a piece of glass. So I thought, ‘well, I like it. from that.'”

The man added: “We would like to know what it is! It’s too big for a gemstone, I would have thought.”

Susan then explained how special and valuable the piece was. She shared, “Let’s start with the bracelet first. We know it’s opal like you said, but it’s very beautiful. As we can see, there are these wonderful opals, all graduated in size, and with diamonds in the middle, which really helps to highlight the beautiful colors.

“The greens, the blues, the flashes of orange that we see around the rocks. It really is totally magnificent and the added bonus of any piece of jewelry is having the original box which we have here. the piece was purchased from Wartski’s in Llandudno. It is now based in London, but this is where they set up shop. They have become one of the most important jewelers in the world, known for selling Fabergé, but we can calm things down a bit. because this isn’t Fabergé, but it really is a super example of jewelry from the 1880s.”

Explaining about the necklace, she added: “Then we come to the tattoo piece you would call it. It comes from the Edwardian period and has diamonds encrusted here at the top. You need strength to support this jewel here. It’s actually aquamarine. The color is also present throughout the stone.

It was then that she revealed exactly how much it would be sold for.

Susan said: “Overall, it’s a far cry from the tattoo! The aquamarine pendant, if it were to go to auction, would cost around three to £5,000. The opal bracelet, of course, is a magnificent piece and if that comes to the auction, we would be at an estimate of eight to £10,000,” with the man commenting, “I wasn’t expecting that!

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