Right after I showed you those couple of rings Hick found, and researched, and was informed were junk...Hick also found a couple of other rings. He's still modeling them himself, so beware.
The red one has a very thin band. It reminds me of my mom's high school ring. Not the stone, but the gold band itself. Mom's ring didn't have a stone, just an emblem with a big 'E' for the name of her high school. But the gold itself looked just like this one. Kind of thin and fragile, hollow-looking on the underside of the band. This one is marked 14k gold. The stone is all the same color. That's just a trick of the light that makes it look dark in the center.
As for the other one..."It's a man's ring," Hick told me, quite unnecessarily, what with me having two good-enough eyes to his one, and being somewhat familiar with the type of jewelry ladies wear, although I'm not such a lady myself. This ring is quite heavy, and is marked 18k gold in the band.
Hick has not taken them to that uncooperative jeweler, nor to a pawn shop. Instead, he asked a fellow flea marketer/auction aficionado. The one he was helping carry a table when he stumbled and hurt his butt. That guy said ACCORDING TO HICK that the man's ring could be worth $500-$600 at a place that melts down jewelry for the gold.
We'll see.
Of course, Hick said, "I might just keep that man's ring for myself."
He's welcome to some baubles of his own. He paid us back the remainder of the money for the storage lockers a couple weeks ago. Anything he gets now is pure profit.
Score! He needs to work on his YUUUUP.
ReplyDeleteHick would break the network if he was on a reality show!
DeleteIt is turning into a good thing, this buying of the abandoned storage buildings, Hick has paid back the original debt and has some bling to show for it. How long before he buys another lot of abandoned units?
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping he at least waits until he's gotten rid of everything from this batch, which is cluttering up his brand new Freight Container Garage.
DeleteThe man's ring is very nice and looks like something my Dad would have worn while he was alive. Dad's favourite ring was gold with a square red stone inset with a diamond shaped mother-of-pearl that had a real diamond in the centre of that. But he would have worn something like that one of Hick's, Dad did like a bit of sparkle.
ReplyDeleteThat ring sounds fabulous. Hick is not one for wearing much bling. I think he would wear this one to attract attention. He apparently discussed it with his dental hygienist yesterday, since he mentioned a gold buyer that she told him about.
DeleteWatch out Warren Buffet and Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. There's a new tycoon on the block.
ReplyDeleteMore like a new raccoon on the porch! Hick is one strange critter.
DeleteAhem, what about the gems tone in that men;s ring? I mean he could be sitting on a diamond.
ReplyDeleteHick didn't even mention that part! I think he was too wrapped up in that giant chunk of gold.
DeleteHeWho doesn't even wear his wedding band. For safety, you know. Or so he says. Probably a good idea since he works with tools. I have seen plenty of severed digits due to rings back in my ER days.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Hick didn't wear his when he was working in electric boxes all day. Or a metal watch. I don't think he took out his partial plate with the metal hooks, though!
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