The ring of truth - Telegraph These are hard times. War and bloodshed, crime and poverty, an economy that is feebly sputtering like an elderly lawnmower. The news is full of people being unpleasant to one another. It is nice, then, to read of something that bucks the trend. Eric Cloutier, of California, found himself living every husband's nightmare last week, after accidentally selling his wife's wedding ring - worth nearly £15,000 - for just $10 in a garage sale, while she was in hospital. His wife was understandably distraught. But their luck was in. After seeing an appeal on local TV for its return, the buyer - one Chaundel Holladay, a devout Christian - sought out the Cloutiers and returned the three-carat diamond ring to its owners. "It is giving me faith in people again," said Mr Cloutier. Faith in people: like Mrs Cloutier's ring, a sometimes undervalued commodity.