MODERNIST SILVER RING BY ART SMITH....A COMMENT ON 'INFLATION'

I ONCE HAD THREE 'ART SMITH' RINGS.....ALL, VERY SIMILAR....THAT I PURCHASED, FOR $100,  DECADES AGO, FROM A BOX OF 'OLD JEWELRY'....MADE BY PEGGY ACKERLY, WHO HAD LEFT HER APPRENTICESHIP WITH SAM KRAMER, IN NYC. AND OPENED 'GOLDBRICK', IN ATLANTA.....TODAY, I NOTICED AN 'ART SMITH' RING, ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE 'ONE' THAT I SOLD....FOR $50....LONG AGO...     IT WAS BEING OFFERED FOR 'ONLY' $2850!   I STILL HAVE ANOTHER "ART SMITH" RING...LIKE THE ONE BELOW, THAT FEATURES PEARLS WITHIN THE LOOPS RATHER THAN A PIECE OF POLISHED TURQUOISE, ENCAGED  BY THEM.