AKRON, Ohio (AP)
An Ohio woman who paid $5 at a yard sale for a LeBron James pendant she thought was costume jewelry has found out it's worth nearly $10,000.
Vaneisha Robinson, 20, says she used to wear the basketball jersey-shaped pendant to high school when she didn't know its value. Then she had it appraised.
The International Gemological Institute says Robinson's find is the real deal.
Gemologist Jerry Ehrenwald says the 14-karat white gold pendant sports more than 2 carats of diamonds.
The No. 23 jersey reads ''King'' on the front and ''James'' on the back.
Robinson is an amateur boxer in James' hometown of Akron, Ohio. She has listed the jewelry on eBay. She says the King's brand will never die even though he's left the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Miami Heat.
An Ohio woman who paid $5 at a yard sale for a LeBron James pendant she thought was costume jewelry has found out it's worth nearly $10,000.
Vaneisha Robinson, 20, says she used to wear the basketball jersey-shaped pendant to high school when she didn't know its value. Then she had it appraised.
The International Gemological Institute says Robinson's find is the real deal.
Gemologist Jerry Ehrenwald says the 14-karat white gold pendant sports more than 2 carats of diamonds.
The No. 23 jersey reads ''King'' on the front and ''James'' on the back.
Robinson is an amateur boxer in James' hometown of Akron, Ohio. She has listed the jewelry on eBay. She says the King's brand will never die even though he's left the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Miami Heat.
WADSWORTH, Ohio -- An Ohio woman who said she paid $5 at a yard sale for a LeBron James pendant worth nearly $10,000 said it's been taken from her.
Vaneisha Robinson had the basketball jersey-shaped white gold pendant appraised and put it for sale on eBay. She said she got a phone call Wednesday from the mother of Maverick O. Carter, the CEO for James' marketing company.
She said the woman told her James wanted to buy the pendant but when she went to the woman's house, James wasn't there and other people threatened her and took it. Wadsworth police Sgt. James Elchlinger said he determined the pendant belongs to Carter. Carter said it had been stolen from him. Robinson told WEWS-TV the pendant belongs to her and she wants it back.
Vaneisha Robinson had the basketball jersey-shaped white gold pendant appraised and put it for sale on eBay. She said she got a phone call Wednesday from the mother of Maverick O. Carter, the CEO for James' marketing company.
She said the woman told her James wanted to buy the pendant but when she went to the woman's house, James wasn't there and other people threatened her and took it. Wadsworth police Sgt. James Elchlinger said he determined the pendant belongs to Carter. Carter said it had been stolen from him. Robinson told WEWS-TV the pendant belongs to her and she wants it back.
oooops.....guess she was the one doing the stealing lol...... http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5386495
