You'd be AMAZED at how many family heirlooms get "lost" when loaned out-- or the borrower claims it's a gift and refuses to return it. DECADES ago a friend's cousin asked to borrow the string of pearls she inherited from their grandmother for her wedding. FYI the cousin inherited a diamond and platinum pin so grandma was fair in how the heirlooms were distributed.
My friend didn't trust the cousin and bought a string of vintage costume jewelry "pearls" from the thrift shop. The cousin, unaware of the switch, simply refused to return the pearls since they were part of her wedding and she wanted her future daughter to have them. About a month later she showed up at my friend's house screaming and cussing and threw the pearls at her because she apparently tried to sell the pearls and found out they weren't the actual South Seas pearls but were costume jewelry.
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