SALE OF DIAMONDS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 5

SALE OF DIAMONDS.

THE BLUE HOPE BRINGS £16,000. (By Teleeraph-Press Association -CopyriEht) \ (Rec. June, 25, 11.35 p.m.) " , ' Paris, June 25. , The Bine Hope diamond has been sold m ' 'fans for £16,000. Six other diamonds lately belonging lo the ,ladies of ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid's 'harem sold \for £22,000. -A GEM OF ILL OMEN. it l ' *5* rc P°, r K a last J ear t fa at the famous' f£ll diamond, known as the Blue diamond, t. h& tf rc . M ," L ? bl " <;Sl our ' hatl b <*n sold was JSO.OOO, but doubts wore subsequently th Z°l u on the transaction This . diamond! which woighs «i carats, once belonged to the £?™&T nnC f i. H™S Stolon ,nth 6 re 'B" °f ,v ?L«, f!i ft Eomo moa ," B 8 0t t0 England BevohtSn. " "*' "' S tho I? " n <* ♦>. I L t w Ilo Tr |hl in t , h6 "JiotMnth ccnturv bv the banker Hope and at his death become tho heirloom of the family, the iremb-r« of which .died one after anothci under tragic circum. stances. Superstitious tivm induced the re mining members of the Hope faimlj to sell the diamond, vjiich found its «a\'to America In tho recent financial curis, Jlr.'rnnAcl an American, sold it to a French fini which ' AbdT^d^ 8 TiP ° liei "> hav * "" ' k h> hiL A £? ul HMHd-siDCo deposcd-was the SZ 'f n b K n i th,s gcm of doubt ™ omen would Beem to be keeping up its reputation.