My dad spent $150 to buy me a gift from an estate sale – I thought it was fake but the appraiser went wild
A LIFESTYLE influencer has shared that her dad spent $150 on a gift for her at an estate sale.
The gift, however, ended up being worth around $10,000.
Christine (@dutchworld_americangirl) shared the story with over 500,000 TikTok followers.
“My dad and mom live in Iowa and my dad used to own an antique store years ago,” she started.
“He wheels and deals all the time and goes to estate sales and buys stuff for my mom and I.”
She explained that for Christmas one year, her dad gave her and her mom David Yurman bracelets with real diamonds and gold set in Sterling 95 silver.
The next gift, also from an estate sale, was a pair of earrings with 46 stones total.
Christine shared that her initial reaction was the stones must be a cheaper material, until they took a closer look.
“I used to work with diamonds, my uncle and I were looking at these and we were like oh my gosh, I think these are real diamonds,” she said.
“Today I went to the jeweler and we got them checked out.”
“They looked at these diamonds and they went absolutely nuts…the ladies at the store said they think they’re worth between eight and ten thousand dollars,” she said.
She revealed that her dad spent $150 on the gift.
People took to the comments to share their thoughts.
“What an amazing gift, diamonds or not,” said one commenter.
“The earrings are beautiful.”
“So happy for you, your dad sure knows how to spoil his girls, love it!” said another.