Subj : The Collectors Newsletter No. 1093 July 7 2017
To   : All
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Fri Jul 07 2017 13:05:20

7. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help/Blast from the past


Here's a reprint from the June 25, 2002 newsletter:

In search of a stolen memory a reader sent us this story. I have a passion for 
40's and 50's rhinestone jewelry.  Several years ago my mother gave me a pair 
of her rhinestone earrings from the 40's.  They were my favorites out of her 
jewelry and I had always wanted to try them on when I was little.  About two 
years later I was robbed and the earrings were part of what was stolen.  
Needless to say I was heartbroken.  I spent several months looking through pawn 
shops hoping to spot mom's earrings with no luck.  About 10 years after the 
robbery I was browsing through a local antique store and spotted the same 
earrings that had been stolen from me.  I was delighted to purchase them back 
at a reasonable price and regain a special and sentimental part of my mothers 
life and my childhood.


Do you have an interesting story to tell? Send your story to 
newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here.  If we use your story, we'll 
send you a handy-dandy TIAS pocket tape measure & magnifier
https://www.facebook.com/pg/TIASAntiques/videos/?ref=page_internal

Please be sure to include your name and postal mailing address. (Valid for US 
addresses only)
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