Daily Mail
A shocked pensioner has discovered that a diamond she ‘almost threw in a bin’ while clearing out her home is a 34-carat stone worth £2 million.
The Northumberland woman in her 70s took the diamond to be valued along with costume jewellery she had bought at car boot sales over many years.
Auctioneer Mark Lane said that when he learned of the diamond’s true value, it was a ‘huge shock’, according to the BBC.
The stone, which is larger than a pound coin, is currently being stored at Hatton Garden in London before going up for sale next month.
‘The lady came in with a bag of jewellery as she just thought she would bring it in as she was passing because she had another appointment in the town,’ said Mr Lane, of Featonby’s Auctioneers in North Shields, North Tyneside.
He said that the stone had been in kept in a box along with the woman’s wedding bands and other low-value pieces of costume jewellery.
