A market price can change while the object’s place in a life remains steady.

The price a stranger would pay and the place a thing holds in your days are unrelated measurements. The ring is now valued differently by the market, and it is still the ring you were given, still the thing you reach for on certain days. Markets price the object. They have no instrument for the years.

When a valuation arrives, whether flattering or disappointing, notice which of the two questions it answered. If you were not planning to sell, the number is only information. Let the object keep the place it earned in your life, and let the market talk among itself.