AboutBill and Sally Jarrett Expertise We are collectors, hobbyists and dealers in memorabilia and antiques - especially antique vintage and costume jewelry items. For 10 years we owned an antique shop here in Central Florida but retired and reopened a site on the internet that specializes mostly in antique jewelry and accessories such as perfume bottles, etc. Bill is informed on general antiques specializing in china and silver or sterling tablewares while Sally tends to jewelry and paper/advertising ephemera. We receive a lot of general questions from our site and would be glad to try and answer or give direction not considered for official appraisal purposes, i.e. estate or insurance.
Experience 10 years as antique shop owners
8 years as a jewelry designer supplying designs
to Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and MGM as well
well as other limited outlets.
Question I was told it says in german I traded gold for silver.It has 1914 engraved on it with the what I think is german writing. I haven't been able to find anyone at local flea markets or jewelry stores to have any knowledge about this ring or it's worth.I was told I believe that the lady who owned it was in a nazi camp & they exchanged this ring for her gold one. Thank you.Julie Spencer
Answer Hello Julie and thank you for your inquiry. It was the practice in Nazi Germany to exchange silver for gold in order to finance the war. It was also done in the concentration camps. Here is a site that you might find interesting and lead you to some other resources. Just copy and paste it into your browser address field and hit enter:
