Inactive The Ralpharing - One ring to gunt them all, value dropping by the minute

[MirnaMinkoff]

I've always held the sentiment that jewelry is worthless and not worth the money unless it provides powers or magical abilities. Beyond that if your showing off your jewelry your just wasting my time and yours.

You are right as far as the mass manufactured junk sold at most jewelry stores. Those places are palaces of marketing, they sell $50 worth of gold and $30 worth of stones for $2,500. The cost of stones is mostly in paying ppl to cut them.

Pawn stores will give you $20 for a ring you paid $800 retail for, because they are nearly worthless on the secondary market. Jewelry stores tend to make much of their bank by financing purchases. Finance $8k for a ring that cost them $600. Good grift.

OTOH

Spoiler

But Google names like John Paul Miller, Radakovich or Margaret DePatta plus the word jewelry and you will find jewelry valued for its artistry and craftsmanship, the precious metals and gems are very secondary. Alexander Calder jewelry sells for six figures and it’s made of plain old brass, copper or sterling - the value is entirely the design.

It’s like Faberge. The actual value of the precious metals and gems used in their eggs is maybe a few thousand, but the craftsmanship makes them worth millions.

It’s something to keep in mind when buying jewelry. Quality, design and craftsmanship will ensure a piece retains value beyond smelting. It’s why jewelry from Cartier or Van Cleef Arpels will fetch prices far, far above the value of its gold or gems - craftsmanship and design. (There are exceptions when dealing with truly exception gem stones and fancy colored diamonds - but generally you don’t ever see those type of quality stones used in anything but fine crafted jewelry.)

If you ever want to spend money on jewelry -Do research, learn about it, check auction results and then go to an auction like Skinner to buy quality jewelry and good prices. Don’t go to the mall and get ripped off.

 

[H. H. Lovecraft]

I've always held the sentiment that jewelry is worthless and not worth the money unless it provides powers or magical abilities.

It's not often that I feel the need to write a post out longhand into my notebook but this is one of those times. Godspeed.

 

[Nate Scully 025]

Something I’ve been thinking about is how in various shows like Pawn Stars, where people overvalue particular items because they have some sort of sentimental value behind them, either from themselves or a family member. And, you see, normally I’d assume that’s what was going on, just on another level, because The Ralphamale can’t do anything normal.

Except… I don’t really remember hearing much about this grandfather of his before now. No offhanded mentions of him, or the land that Ralph got, or… anything really, to suggest Ralph has this deep emotional attachment to this ring that’s warping his assessment of its value.

I don’t have any particular theory about that, just couldn’t help but wonder.

 

[MirnaMinkoff]

Something I’ve been thinking about is how in various shows like Pawn Stars, where people overvalue particular items because they have some sort of sentimental value behind them, either from themselves or a family member. And, you see, normally I’d assume that’s what was going on, just on another level, because The Ralphamale can’t do anything normal.

Except… I don’t really remember hearing much about this grandfather of his before now. No offhanded mentions of him, or the land that Ralph got, or… anything really, to suggest Ralph has this deep emotional attachment to this ring that’s warping his assessment of its value.

I don’t have any particular theory about that, just couldn’t help but wonder.

No Ralph has never said jack shit about his precious Daddy’s family. Did he even go to Ronnie’s funeral?

Pretty sure he never bothered to see Ronnie in the years leading up to his death. I get that Ronnie abandoned him but he did the same thing to his mom who did everything for him almost until the day she died. Momma’s welfare checks bought Ethan his weed and Sandra shared her precious xanxieberries, yet he let her die alone like the coward he is.

The only reason his paternal side family members have ever come up is sad flexes on the swamp land and boarded up crack shack Ralph got a percentage of thanks to Ronnie’s death. Ralph might have ended up with something more than a pimp ring from Clyde, by way of Louis, if he wasn’t estranged.

Remember Grandpa Clyde didn’t even leave that ring to Gunt, he left it to his son Louis. Louis obviously figured the tacky ring had set in a drawer long enough and gave it to Gunt. If Gunt had known someone would give him pimp jewelry he would have visited sooner!

 

[AltisticRight]

Gemologist fag here, and thats a pretty great explanation. Unless the diamonds are highly graded and have an official appraisal, this is the kind of ring thats literally only worth its weight in whatever spec price 14k gold is selling for on that particular day.
Poor quality rings like his would be melted down for the gold, and the diamonds would either be cut down for melee (tiny stones used in pave settings and eternity bands where color and clarity isn't really a big deal) or ground down for industrial use.

Basically drillbits then. My aunt was even less forgiving, she said it's worth the gold's mass of the day or infinity if there's sentimental value. The rocks are zirconia.

The average nicely cut zirconia looks better than most diamonds on the market, would that be the higher dispersion? They do look nicer under the sun.

Ralph's zirconia rocks look like shit, probably salvaged from old jewellery.

I comfidently armchair appraise this ring as essentially worthless aside from sentimental value.

My $350-$500 street value was being too generous.

 

[Christorian X]

I'm not going to try to exactly locate a sister ring for one bought 60 years ago at a department store that stopped existing 20 years go, but this is the closest "legitimate jewelry" example of Ralph's ring, from the style, gold content, and coloration.View attachment 3218233
The sale price for this ring where I found it is $3300. I'd put this as the upper bound for the value of Ralph's ring assuming his diamonds are real, etc etc. Maybe one of the resident jeweler kiwis will be more insightful.
FWIW it's not a bad ring. It might be tacky, but that's not a Walmart special. Besides, I doubt in 1968 Ralph's meemaw was considering "What will my perpetually jobless loser grandson more than half a century from now think about this ring when bragging about how he inherited it?" So as a gift, it's perfectly inoffensive. Ralph will get mad not because the ring is just a typical ring but because he can't take the perceived L of the ring not being on par with some imperial regalia in value.

So what you're saying is, at the very best, it's worth 26 acres of Louisiana swampland...

 

[Your Favorite New Friend]

How wigger can you get?

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[bucketOjibblies]

Basically drillbits then. My aunt was even less forgiving, she said it's worth the gold's mass of the day or infinity if there's sentimental value. The rocks are zirconia.

The average nicely cut zirconia looks better than most diamonds on the market, would that be the higher dispersion? They do look nicer under the sun.

Ralph's zirconia rocks look like shit, probably salvaged from old jewellery.


My $350-$500 street value was being too generous.

You definitely can't put a price on sentiment, unless you're Ralph and don't know the definition of the word.

You're right about the zircon, when it's cut well it's light refraction can be more brilliant than a diamond. That was the standard diamond simulant until moissanite came around in the 80's or 90's. I don't doubt the diamonds in the gunt ring are real, but there is only so much info you could glean from a short video and a few pictures about their quality. It doesnt really matter how big or sparkly the stones are, under a microscope they could be riddled with inclusions and basically drill bits.

Until he shows us an official appraisal of the ring or a grading report on the diamonds from an accredited gem lab, we can all just assume it's aluminum set with super glue and plastic rhinestones.

 

[Capt. Jean Luc Ritard]

Something I’ve been thinking about is how in various shows like Pawn Stars, where people overvalue particular items because they have some sort of sentimental value behind them, either from themselves or a family member. And, you see, normally I’d assume that’s what was going on, just on another level, because The Ralphamale can’t do anything normal.

Except… I don’t really remember hearing much about this grandfather of his before now. No offhanded mentions of him, or the land that Ralph got, or… anything really, to suggest Ralph has this deep emotional attachment to this ring that’s warping his assessment of its value.

I don’t have any particular theory about that, just couldn’t help but wonder.

the ring doesn’t have sentimental value to Ralph. His assessment of its value is warped because he’s a nigger with a walnut brain and has no concept of a how the actual world works, and he’s convinced himself it’s valuable because that’s the only way he can flex on the haters.

 

[TherapyMan]

the ring doesn’t have sentimental value to Ralph.

I disagree. I think Ralph's attachment to the ring is in large part due to his latent daddy issues that have transformed him into the Ralphamale he is today. From a lot of Ralph's various outings, you can tell he a very sad, pathetic attachment to his father from whom he was estranged (examples: "You changed the name your daddy gave you", "Nobody has hurt me more than my father", etc.) In a way, he's still a little boy who doesn't understand why his dad left for cigarettes and never came back.

Ralph tries to flex on the haters with everything he does. But I think in this specific instance, him trying to insist it's valuable is a giga cope. That ring is one of the few things Ralph has from his father. It has to be valuable. Otherwise, what does Ralph have of his father?

 

[Christorian X]

I disagree. I think Ralph's attachment to the ring is in large part due to his latent daddy issues that have transformed him into the Ralphamale he is today. From a lot of Ralph's various outings, you can tell he a very sad, pathetic attachment to his father from whom he was estranged (examples: "You changed the name your daddy gave you", "Nobody has hurt me more than my father", etc.) In a way, he's still a little boy who doesn't understand why his dad left for cigarettes and never came back.

Ralph tries to flex on the haters with everything he does. But I think in this specific instance, him trying to insist it's valuable is a giga cope. That ring is one of the few things Ralph has from his father. It has to be valuable. Otherwise, what does Ralph have of his father?

Ralph certainly has issues with Ronnie and his family. In his Hollarin' Stream with Metokur, he kept screaming about "the name you were born with, the name your family gave you". Ralph came off as caring about Jim's name change as a very deep and personal offense. I think there is a lot of shame based around his family as well as many unresolved issues with Ronnie himself.

 

[Mr. Manchester]

Ralph certainly has issues with Ronnie and his family. In his Hollarin' Stream with Metokur, he kept screaming about "the name you were born with, the name your family gave you". Ralph came off as caring about Jim's name change as a very deep and personal offense. I think there is a lot of shame based around his family as well as many unresolved issues with Ronnie himself.

Ralph is such a stupid last name, I've never met or heard of anyone outside of Ethan with the last name Ralph. I imagine long long ago when people were picking up last names Ralph's distant ancestor told the duke something like, "Mah name is Ralph motherfucker! Ahm the best dang gong farmer in the entire fuckin' town! You want me to pick muh LAST NAME too bitch? Guess what, it's Ralph motherfucker, you unnerstand? Ahm Ralph Ralph. Does that make sense to you FUCKERS? SUCK MUH DICK BITCH!"

 

[Christorian X]

While hunting down Ralph's ancestry here:

https://www.houseofnames.com/ralph-family-crest

I came across this gem:

The surname Ralph was first found in Herefordshire where Ralph the Timid, the Earl of Hereford (died 1057) held lands and estates. Apparently, "he was in command there in July 1049, when a force of pirates from Ireland and Welsh under Gruffydd ab Rhydderch invaded the shire. He fled before them, leaving Worcester to be burnt by the invaders, and gaining for himself the appellation of 'the timid earl.' [1

That's right friends, the founder of the Ralph family line was known as Ralph The Timid.

 

[Lincoln A-log]

While hunting down Ralph's ancestry here:

https://www.houseofnames.com/ralph-family-crest

I came across this gem:

The surname Ralph was first found in Herefordshire where Ralph the Timid, the Earl of Hereford (died 1057) held lands and estates. Apparently, "he was in command there in July 1049, when a force of pirates from Ireland and Welsh under Gruffydd ab Rhydderch invaded the shire. He fled before them, leaving Worcester to be burnt by the invaders, and gaining for himself the appellation of 'the timid earl.' [1

That's right friends, the founder of the Ralph family line was known as Ralph The Timid.

you do some fine work Christorian!

 

[Retink]

While hunting down Ralph's ancestry here:

https://www.houseofnames.com/ralph-family-crest

I came across this gem:

The surname Ralph was first found in Herefordshire where Ralph the Timid, the Earl of Hereford (died 1057) held lands and estates. Apparently, "he was in command there in July 1049, when a force of pirates from Ireland and Welsh under Gruffydd ab Rhydderch invaded the shire. He fled before them, leaving Worcester to be burnt by the invaders, and gaining for himself the appellation of 'the timid earl.' [1

That's right friends, the founder of the Ralph family line was known as Ralph The Timid.

No wonder the rage pig face tanks every punch, he's trying to make up for the cowardice of his ancestors, but he just can't help himself and starts yelling for others the second that first hit occurs. Do you think Ralph the Timid screamed "Arrest him! Arrest him!" as he squealed and fled?

 

[AltisticRight]

While hunting down Ralph's ancestry here:

https://www.houseofnames.com/ralph-family-crest

I came across this gem:

The surname Ralph was first found in Herefordshire where Ralph the Timid, the Earl of Hereford (died 1057) held lands and estates. Apparently, "he was in command there in July 1049, when a force of pirates from Ireland and Welsh under Gruffydd ab Rhydderch invaded the shire. He fled before them, leaving Worcester to be burnt by the invaders, and gaining for himself the appellation of 'the timid earl.' [1

That's right friends, the founder of the Ralph family line was known as Ralph The Timid.

This Timid Ralphamale likely has a proclivity for unwashed teenager buttholes.

 

[MeltyTW]

Gruffydd ab Rhydderch

i was actually expecting the name to be exactly or close to idk joshua connor moon like flams was or something. well fuck guess the fucker deserves his own original entry into the lore for being the first man to punt the gunt

 

[Christorian X]

i was actually expecting the name to be exactly or close to idk joshua connor moon like flams was or something. well fuck guess the fucker deserves his own original entry into the lore for being the first man to punt the gunt

If it helps a number of Ralph's migrated to New Zealand and are literal Kiwis as well as the fact that the Ralphs settled in the NORTH when they came to America, lol.

 

[MeltyTW]

If it helps a number of Ralph's migrated to New Zealand and are literal Kiwis as well as the fact that the Ralphs settled in the NORTH when they came to America, lol.

figures a man this felted would be a carpet bagging yankee

 

[Retink]

If it helps a number of Ralph's migrated to New Zealand and are literal Kiwis as well as the fact that the Ralphs settled in the NORTH when they came to America, lol.

You think Chris the Kiwi and Randbot are long lost Ralph's? Null did describe Rand as the proto-Ralph.