Parties
Mar 18 2009, AP

The women gathered in the kitchen, enjoying brie and chocolate tortes as they told stories about their high school rings and pieces of jewelry given to them by ex-husbands and boyfriends. But they weren’t just reminiscing for old times’ sake.

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Gold tester Maggie Percival, of Granby, Conn., uses a testing device with an electric current to evaluate the value of a gold ring at a gold party in a private home, in Granby, Thursday, March 12, 2009. Like the Tupperware parties from years ago, gold...