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July 8, 2019

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When someone offered a jeweler in Auburn, CA, a deal that was too good to be true, he knew just what action to take.

A man went to sell Ben Swann, owner of Golden Swann Jewelry a ring for $2,000, CBS Sacramento reports. But the ring was worth about $30,000.

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“Immediately it hit me that it was stolen, because you see it, that diamond is almost $30,000, but why is he selling it so cheap?” Swann told the news station.

He bought the 3-carat diamond ring, got the seller’s information, and turned everything over to police.

As it turned out, Esther Morse’s house had been burglarized and she’d filed a police report several weeks earlier. Her missing ring had been a 20th anniversary present from her husband.

The ring is now back with its very thankful owner.

“Money we make it, it doesn’t matter, but making somebody happy to me is a wonderful day,” Swann said. “I’ve never been happier in my life like that.”

There’s no word yet on what happened to the burglar.

Read more at CBS Sacramento

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Rick White, owner of White’s & Co. Jewelry in Rogers, Ark., knew it was time to retire. Since the age of 18, jewelry had been his life. Now it was time to get that “me time” every retailer dreams about. So, he chose Wilkerson to manage his going-out-of-business sale. White says he’d done plenty of sales on his own, but this was different. “Wilkerson has been a very, very good experience. I’ve had the best salespeople in the history of jewelry,” he says. “I recommend Wilkerson because they are really the icon of the jewelry business and going-out-of-business sales. They’ve been doing it for decades. I just think they’re the best.”