Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

My aunt, who recently passed away, gave it to me about 25 years ago.

APPRAISER

But what did you do with it?

GUEST

I had it in the closet for all this time.

APPRAISER

All this time-- all right. Let's get Auntie's necklace out of the closet. It's very obvious to anybody that looks at it, the signature inside the box says Tiffany & Company, New York and Paris.

GUEST

Yes.

APPRAISER

The necklace itself is 18-karat gold, I don't know if you knew that.

GUEST

No, I didn't, no.

APPRAISER

This necklace is in a style that's called Etruscan Revival. Many of these Tiffany pieces were made by a French firm for them, Boucheron.

GUEST

Oh, that's...

APPRAISER

A piece like this with the association of Boucheron is easily over $25,000.

GUEST

Oh, my goodness, oh. I'm just... I'm in shock right now.

APPRAISER

So it's a good thing you got it out of the closet.

GUEST

Oh, my.

APPRAISER

Now, you told me you wore it last night.

GUEST

Well, I put it on last night. It was a little tight, and I didn't want to break anything, and I said, "That would be just like me to break it."