DIAMOND BANGLE WAS SOLD AT £570
A easket of jewels made up of vari-' ous propertiea brought a total of £36,266 at Ohristie's, states a Londoli message. Towards tliis aum £57u0 was given for a diamond bangle, the' entife eircumference- mounted with twenty large stones graduating from the centre — tlie centre ovul diamond being the Eureka, the lirst diamond discovered iri South Africa. This was catalogued as the "properly of a nobleman". In a sniall eollection from "a lady of title" was a diamond and sapphifb braeelet which realised £152V. A diamond and sapphire necklaee made £9U0. From another anonymous sourc'e came a guard chain comjiosed of 180 dimnonds . of vurious sizes joined bv platinum links, which realised £1320. !-• At yothebv \s, an eleventh centurv manuscript of the Oreek gospels, with a full page miniature, brought £360; uud a copy of " De Evangelica Praeparatione," by Eusebius, from the press of Nicholaus Jenson, 1470, realised £270. The day's totq.1 was £4531. In an adjoining room, a sniall morocco dressing-ea^e, eohtaining tii; tings and bottles in 18-carat gold mounts, made £140, and 'a silver table service of old English rat-tail patter'n. weighing 412 ount-es. £220. The total was £5051.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 August 1946, Page 7
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