Gift given in error

celyn90

newbie2010 wrote: »

It is the sentimental value. Even with times as tough as they are right now, I have never considered selling any jewellery that has been handed down to me or the Hatton Garden jewellery I was blessed to get on my 18th (oh so long ago).

This is why I think I would need to know if it did belong to the other woman; even if it is just a slim possibility - if it turned out not to be your aunts, would it still have the sentimental value?

pearl123

Wow.. you friend gave you Auntie a rather expensive present. Is she really so well that she'd buy a gold bracelet?
I believe that after 5 years someone is just trying it on and fancies a gold bracelet for themselves.
Do not give the bracelet back. It is now yours OP! Say you've lost it if need be.

newbie2010

celyn90 wrote: »

This is why I think I would need to know if it did belong to the other woman; even if it is just a slim possibility - if it turned out not to be your aunts, would it still have the sentimental value?

I know my aunt and this friend were friends for many, many years and when my cousin gave me the gold and silver bracelets she said they belonged to my aunt and as I was close to her she wanted me to have them as a keepsake. My cousin was close to her mum so I assume she would know if the pieces were not hers. I would understand a mistake shortly after I had received them and no doubt I would have given them back. Its just 5 years is a long time.
So in my mind they were my aunts and now mine.

newbie2010

pearl123 wrote: »

Wow.. you friend gave you Auntie a rather expensive present. Is she really so well that she'd buy a gold bracelet?
I believe that after 5 years someone is just trying it on and fancies a gold bracelet for themselves.
Do not give the bracelet back. It is now yours OP! Say you've lost it if need be.

If the bracelet was a gift to my aunt from this friend is could have been bought 20 or so years ago. Without asking my cousin to ask this friend I cannot be sure. So the price of gold would have been far different to what it is today.

pearl123

newbie2010 wrote: »

If the bracelet was a gift to my aunt from this friend is could have been bought 20 or so years ago. Without asking my cousin to ask this friend I cannot be sure. So the price of gold would have been far different to what it is today.

Yes.. your right of course the gold would have a differant value to todays prices, but it also would still be a luxury item.

meritaten

sorry - but your aunts friend surely hasnt taken five years to remember loaning a gold bracelet? if she gave it your aunt - then my previous post still applies! a gift once given cannot be expected to be returned on the death of the recipient! tho - I have heard many families squabbling about this when sorting out the estate! but not FIVE years later! so I have to say that I dont believe this tale!