David, hard as it is, it's now your sister's property to do what she
will with it. The obvious answer, as others have suggested is to buy
the ring, but try not to feel bad about it. As executor you presumably
divided your mother's estate according to her wishes and shared out the
jewellery as you saw fit at the time. Maybe if your youngest sister
had had that ring the "dear" little sister would have had something
else that she might have wanted to sell.
If you really feel strongly buy the ring and let her have the money for
a car (which will depreciate!) whils tyou and your other sister will
have something of great sentimental value that will keep its value,
even if you do have to pay 'over the odds' for it.
Good luck
Brenda - who's wearing her own mother's engagement ring!
On 8 May 2007, at 13:04, David in Ballarat wrote:
Dear Friends,
A couple of nights ago I got quite a surprise when I was cruising
around Ebay. I found that my "dear" little sister had put our deceased
Mother's engagement ring up for auction.
She was asking a reserve price of $400 and thank goodness got no bids.
I did email her with 7 hours to go and asked for a "buy now" price -
which she ignored. All she said was that she needs to sell it so that
she can put the money towards a new car!
Our youngest sister is furious and is tempted to buy it. However,
neither of us feel that we should have to buy what our father had
saved for for months back in 1942. As Mum\s Executor it was me who
dealt out the jewellery back in 1991 and now I'm regretting ever
giving her a thing.
What's the best way to handle this situation?
Thanks
David in Ballarat
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