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Engagement rings and divorce custody battles
A look at what happens to engagement rings when marriages end. Women recount rings stored in vaults for security, transferred to the right hand, or returned to ex husbands who later re-gift them. Some rings are auctioned or sold for money, while others stay in the family or are kept for future heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Reed
Esme Hammond
Robert Sarnoff
Ural Mountains
Saks Fifth Avenue
Diane L. Ackerman
Nannette Kreizel
Eileen Maremont
Larry Adler
Constance Mellon
New York
J. Carter Brown
Washington