Jewelry sorter, Barry Landis, quite literally found a diamond in the rough when he discovered a 2.6-carat diamond ring among the piles of costume jewelry given to a Pennsylvania Goodwill store. The retired jeweler said he trembled while holding the tarnished stone, realizing he had more than just a rhinestone bauble on his hands.
The ring, appraised at a whopping $17,600, includes a 2-carat European diamond surrounded by 14 smaller diamonds in a platinum setting. No one has called in yet to claim the ring - the most valuable Goodwill donation on record for the Pennsylvania area.
"It could have ended up with a price tag of $5.99," Jennifer Ross, spokeswoman for Goodwill Industries Keystone Area told The Patriot News.
"It makes me think about what treasures might be out there in some of our stores."
Ross said the ring will be posted for auction in the Reading section of www.shopgoodwill.com with bidding starting at $15,000.
"I don't know that we'll ever top this," she said. "All we need is a matching bracelet now."
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