Just imagine being this lady’s grandchildren, the stories she could have told them, anecdotes, history facts. Conversations with her surely are very interesting. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Her story is more valuable than the jewels though they are beautiful & are still here to remind us. The sadness & tragedy is carried with them. Bless this woman her family
For those fascinated by this story, I recommend the book "Education of a Princess", an autobiography by Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, a niece of Nicholas II. She and her brother Dmitri were among the few royals to escape the Bolsheviks. Dmitri survived, ironically, because of his involvement in the murder of Rasputin.
Look at what remains of this era ....just imagining what it could have been today. Ive been to st Petersburg..its very beautiful probably one of the most beautiful ive ever seen The palaces and Imperial parks the Tsars family all of them lived in the most beautiful fantasy...
Totally agree. The architecture is superior. Amazing. The subtle colours they are painted of. The country and buildings are beautiful. The people cheer look ess. Don't they have ever smiled. Maybe they didn't trust tourists.
Thank you for letting me see the beautiful and unforgettable tragic pieces of history, they still shine brightly for the ones that were lost. Please keep the safe. Even tho Russia will never be the same when these pieces were made they still remain the beauty of imperial Russia. ❤ from Canada.
The balls that brooch had been a part of would be historic alone. So glad her Grandmother made it to America and she made it on the show to share her story.
Makes me think of the "Frasier" episode 'A Tsar is born,' where Martin brings his Russian bear clock on Antiques Roadshow, and later has some fun with Frasier and Niles over it, lol...
Wow. My family was poor except for one branch of very successful photographers, two of them official photographers to two Czars' families. In the 1930s, two brothers in my family were murdered under Stalin on trumped up charges of treason. Their wives were sent to the gulags (leaving their children alone during the Siege of Leningrad, in which their grandparents starved to death). I've often wondered if they were targeted because of their connection to the Romanovs. My family is also Jewish and was decimated in the Holocaust. The wealth and fame of those who had worked for the Czars did nothing to protect them.
I would like to ask this lady if her great grandmother or mother knew of a dear childhood friend to Anastasia in the Russian court that wasn’t heard from after the revolution.
I remember a story about Russian aristocrats dressing up as peasants to cross the border during the revolution and hiding their jewels inside candles. (Clever idea as border guards would not have suspected jewels were inside a candle, when searching a random cart with someones household belongings.)
Amazing how people idolize brutal “nobility.” Ask yourself, “how did the Bolshevik revolution come about? What was it like for the common folk? Czarist Russia was no fairytale.
Unfortunately there is no one to tell the real dramatic, tragic story of millions of peasants that were tortured and murdered under the evil Tsar Nicholas II and his ilk…
Her grandmother inherited the diamonds and lost so many family members, I can understand the need to keep connections to ancestors. Many of us do it all the time.
"My father was an American spy" :) by the end of WWI America was ready to became owner of many Russian best assets used as collateral for wartime loans, including Transsiberian railway. Grandfather working in finance was effectively selling the country to "American spy", not forgetting to buy diamonds for grandmother.
Is it you Putin, my dear friend? Spending again too much time scrolling in free west media? Go find your own people and send them to Siberia or near an open window. It's the way Stalin liked and you so much desire to imitate.
Is it you Putin, my dear friend? Spending again too much time scrolling in free west media? Go find your own people and send them to Siberia or near an open window. It's the way Stalin liked and you so much desire to imitate.
The value comes from the plausibly that any member of Czar’s family may have worn or handled this jewelry in their lifetime and they can then handle it themselves which is subjective.
What an ugly thing to say. They were not killed for their jewels, but the positions they held and their connections to the Tzar. The Russian people suffered far more under the Bosheviks than the Czar. Millions died at the hands of their own leaders.
@@duchy13 Killed by those that only ended up paying lip service to an avenue of power and control and suppressed those that stood firm to their own beliefs. Is it morally right to bid on this item just to hold that in your hands? The true owner would one that would honor the legacy of those that were oppressed.
She's not nobility. People should not be held responsible for the crimes of their ancestors (unless they claim power through them). Naturally she would have a dim view of communism because that's how she was raised. Like most people she's probably a nice person; while her ancestors deserve derision she doesn't.
I have been studying this for a very long time. Stories such as hers are lost without the words penned on paper. I know this time in History. My hope is that this woman will be told by someone, she knows, that there are those who do not want it to be lost or forgotten. I can travel to her. I have taken long shots before, it is always, worth trying. So maybe before long she will contact me. I can hope. Merry Christmas.
Bless that beautiful lady! I hope she wrote down all her memories, they are worth far more than the jewels. But the jewels are amazing.
This segment is so iconic you guys are literally looking at a piece of the Russian Romanov dynasty in front of you ICONIC
What a wonderful old lady! I think she said that from Finland her family went to Riga. Riga is the capital city of Latvia, where I live. Brilliant!
Just imagine being this lady’s grandchildren, the stories she could have told them, anecdotes, history facts. Conversations with her surely are very interesting. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is beyond jewelry. This is history.
"And i brought it here in my pocketbook." 😂
This went from Antique Roadshow to a movie!
My 1st though, too - !
Absolutely stunning historical pieces. While they were assessed for a dollar amount, I consider them to be priceless.
Her story is more valuable than the jewels though they are beautiful & are still here to remind us.
The sadness & tragedy is carried with them. Bless this woman her family
I wish we could have seen the whole collection
Happy to be in America, kind of says it all.
What a story
For those fascinated by this story, I recommend the book "Education of a Princess", an autobiography by Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, a niece of Nicholas II. She and her brother Dmitri were among the few royals to escape the Bolsheviks. Dmitri survived, ironically, because of his involvement in the murder of Rasputin.
What an amazing story!
I wish we could have seen the other pieces
What for a Cute Grandma 👵 ❤🤗
Look at what remains of this era ....just imagining what it could have been today. Ive been to st Petersburg..its very beautiful probably one of the most beautiful ive ever seen
The palaces and Imperial parks the Tsars family all of them lived in the most beautiful fantasy...
Totally agree. The architecture is superior. Amazing. The subtle colours they are painted of.
The country and buildings are beautiful. The people cheer look ess. Don't they have ever smiled.
Maybe they didn't trust tourists.
А народ?
They still live in a fantasy.
@@heathermccall8015 how do you know this? Don't just parrot propaganda it's unbecoming.
@@людмилавойтихлюди тоже красивые 🙂
Lovely lady.❤
It's hard to imagine losing so many family members and knowing that they suffered. Best wishes to her.
Great story
Interesting story history involved.
What a nice Lady
Thank you for letting me see the beautiful and unforgettable tragic pieces of history, they still shine brightly for the ones that were lost. Please keep the safe. Even tho Russia will never be the same when these pieces were made they still remain the beauty of imperial Russia. ❤ from Canada.
Can we see the rest of her collection??
The balls that brooch had been a part of would be historic alone. So glad her Grandmother made it to America and she made it on the show to share her story.
Makes me think of the "Frasier" episode 'A Tsar is born,' where Martin brings his Russian bear clock on Antiques Roadshow, and later has some fun with Frasier and Niles over it, lol...
Czar and Czarina and children 🙏🏻
Wow. My family was poor except for one branch of very successful photographers, two of them official photographers to two Czars' families. In the 1930s, two brothers in my family were murdered under Stalin on trumped up charges of treason. Their wives were sent to the gulags (leaving their children alone during the Siege of Leningrad, in which their grandparents starved to death). I've often wondered if they were targeted because of their connection to the Romanovs. My family is also Jewish and was decimated in the Holocaust. The wealth and fame of those who had worked for the Czars did nothing to protect them.
I would like to ask this lady if her great grandmother or mother knew of a dear childhood friend to Anastasia in the Russian court that wasn’t heard from after the revolution.
Her remains were found in 1979. They were confirmed by DNA in 2018.
These are the true Americans who deserve citizenship
What is wrong with having jewelry from your family? What a comment to make about this family.
I remember a story about Russian aristocrats dressing up as peasants to cross the border during the revolution and hiding their jewels inside candles. (Clever idea as border guards would not have suspected jewels were inside a candle, when searching a random cart with someones household belongings.)
Amazing how people idolize brutal “nobility.” Ask yourself, “how did the Bolshevik revolution come about? What was it like for the common folk? Czarist Russia was no fairytale.
Neither was what was born out of the death & destruction created by Lenin, Trotsky & eventually Stalin.
Her name was what?! 😂
The elderly woman should sale it and go on a cruise. Enjoy herself ❤
I thought that was a sausage in the thumbnail
Unfortunately there is no one to tell the real dramatic, tragic story of millions of peasants that were tortured and murdered under the evil Tsar Nicholas II and his ilk…
Yeah Stallin treated them so much better…..starving his own people what great man.
People starved in the street while others brought diamonds...
Her grandmother inherited the diamonds and lost so many family members, I can understand the need to keep connections to ancestors. Many of us do it all the time.
"My father was an American spy" :) by the end of WWI America was ready to became owner of many Russian best assets used as collateral for wartime loans, including Transsiberian railway.
Grandfather working in finance was effectively selling the country to "American spy", not forgetting to buy diamonds for grandmother.
Maybe the reason they attacked your family is because your family was covering themselves in diamonds while people were starving to death?
Here we go!
Typical leftist excusal of murder because of class grievances.
I doubt her relatives committed murder as was done to them.
Gets old.
Is it you Putin, my dear friend? Spending again too much time scrolling in free west media? Go find your own people and send them to Siberia or near an open window. It's the way Stalin liked and you so much desire to imitate.
Nobility that stole everything. Ahh the romance of looking down your nose at those you crush.
Oh yes that justifies murder of course .
Terrible how we treat each other 😢
jealousy is a terrible thing.
Typical leftist excusing outright murder
Is it you Putin, my dear friend? Spending again too much time scrolling in free west media? Go find your own people and send them to Siberia or near an open window. It's the way Stalin liked and you so much desire to imitate.
Hard to feel bad for this corpse and her ancestors. The valuation of these jewels is exactly why they were killed.
What era are these from? Stalin?
The value comes from the plausibly that any member of Czar’s family may have worn or handled this jewelry in their lifetime and they can then handle it themselves which is subjective.
What an ugly thing to say.
They were not killed for their jewels, but the positions they held and their connections to the Tzar. The Russian people suffered far more under the Bosheviks than the Czar. Millions died at the hands of their own leaders.
@@duchy13 Killed by those that only ended up paying lip service to an avenue of power and control and suppressed those that stood firm to their own beliefs. Is it morally right to bid on this item just to hold that in your hands? The true owner would one that would honor the legacy of those that were oppressed.
She's not nobility. People should not be held responsible for the crimes of their ancestors (unless they claim power through them). Naturally she would have a dim view of communism because that's how she was raised. Like most people she's probably a nice person; while her ancestors deserve derision she doesn't.
The jewelry talked through her.
If you ever want someone to write your story, please contact me.
I have a strong suspicion that woman wouldn't have the faintest idea what RUclips is to see your comment/ offer.
Her granddaughter might though…. Or even her friends granddaughter
Lol
I have been studying this for a very long time. Stories such as hers are lost without the words penned on paper. I know this time in History. My hope is that this woman will be told by someone, she knows, that there are those who do not want it to be lost or forgotten. I can travel to her. I have taken long shots before, it is always, worth trying. So maybe before long she will contact me. I can hope. Merry Christmas.