Rare diamond brooch found hiding in jewelry box delivers 'special moment'

A pricey diamond brooch was recovered hiding successful plain show wrong an innocuous container of jewelry erstwhile the container was brought successful for a regular valuation.

Most of the items were worthy small much than astir $270. 

The brooch, however, turned retired to beryllium an Art Deco treasure — which aboriginal sold astatine auction for astir $3,100, quality bureau SWNS reported.

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Lisa Spence, caput of jewelry astatine Richard Winterton Auctioneers, successful Lichfield, Staffordshire, successful the United Kingdom, spotted the invaluable point arsenic she sifted done the ample collection. 

"We ever cheque everything arsenic a substance of course," said Spence, arsenic SWNS reported.

A pricey diamond brooch was recovered hiding successful plain show (see the yellowish circled point above) wrong an innocuous container of jewelry erstwhile the container was brought successful for a regular valuation. (SWNS)

"It's particularly important," she added, "to look done larger jewelry collections with attraction and attention, arsenic you ne'er cognize what mightiness beryllium lurking successful there."

Spence had hardly begun examining the trove erstwhile thing caught her trained eye, said SWNS. 

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With a speedy glimpse done her magnifying glass, she realized this wasn’t conscionable different trinket tucked among the costume pieces.

"You ne'er cognize what mightiness beryllium lurking successful there."

She said, "It became wide we were dealing with a gorgeous rectangular diamond-set brooch with a cardinal oval-cut diamond astatine astir 1.20ct."

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"This agleam diamond was surrounded by astir 1.80 ct of arsenic beauteous old-cut and single-cut diamonds," she added.

"It became wide we were dealing with a gorgeous rectangular diamond-set brooch with a cardinal oval-cut diamond." (SWNS)

Not lone were the diamonds exceptional, but the brooch’s pin and information clasp were inactive intact and successful remarkably bully condition, making the find adjacent much valuable, said SWNS.

"It's ever a peculiar infinitesimal erstwhile you tin marque someone's time with a blessed astonishment valuation," said Spence, "and this was nary exception."

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When the brooch yet went nether the hammer astatine the Lichfield Auction Center, it fetched much than $3,100, a merchantability that marked much than conscionable a fortunate discovery.

"It's ever a peculiar infinitesimal erstwhile you tin marque someone's time … This was nary exception."

Auctioneers revealed that the palmy bid contributed to a record-breaking quarter, per SWNS.

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Managing manager and auctioneer Richard Winterton said, "It was fantastic to spot our jewelry, gold, metallic and coins section interruption each records." He said hammer prices totaled implicit $676,000 successful the archetypal 4th of 2025.

"It was fantastic to spot our jewelry, gold, metallic and coins section interruption each records," said Richard Winterton, managing manager and auctioneer (shown above).  (SWNS)

"It's a monolithic accomplishment and a immense testament to the hard work, dedication and attraction to item which the squad enactment in," said Winterton.

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He continued, "An absorbing illustration of attraction to item was down to our eagle-eyed caput of jewelry."