PRECIOUS JEWELS TO SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN
Received Thursday, 7.45 p.m. WASHINGTON, April 30. The famous Hope diamond. which is i reputed to he ill-omened, will be worn no more for at leas't 20 years. This was stipulated in the will of its l&st owner, Mrs. Evalyn McLean, which was filed for pfobate todaY. After 20 years the stone, which is repdfted to he valrted at 2,009^000 - dollars, will prohahly he sold ot dftt up and divided aniohg Mfs. McLean 's Seven grandchildren to whom She • ■ heque'athed it and all the other gehis in her multiinillion dollar collectioii, - ificlitding the fariied Star of the East diamond and a pigeon hlood ruhy whieh is stated to he the largest of its kiiid in United States. MrS.- McLean ailways maintained that there was no" dark symholisni attached to the Hope diamond.
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 May 1947, Page 5
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