Sapphires found in widow's house fetch £17,800 at auction

The sapphire and diamond ring, which was discovered in an old carrier bag hanging in Margaret Hood's home, fetched £11,000 when it went under the hammer at Richard Winterborn Auctioneers in Lichfield. A pair of diamond-and-sapphire earrings, also found in the same house, went for £6,800 during the sale at the company's auction centre in Fradley.