Dinner Ring set with a large Mexican fire opal and circled by green garnets and diamonds is valued at $12,000

Original Toronto Star caption: Dinner Ring set with a large Mexican fire opal and circled by green garnets and diamonds is valued at $12;000. Malachite and gold bracelet; left; cost $1;500 and the other; made of black onyx and carnelia; is worth $2;100. Good jewelry is in demand today as a hedge against inflation and there is a worldwide shortage of gemstone. Fine quality gems that cost a lost of money are recognized as international currency; like gold.