THE BLUE DIAMOND
BAR IS, June 25 The famous Blue Diamond, which was once one of the Russian Crown jewels, was redeemed on Saturday from a. State, pawnshop at Nice. The lute Tsar presented the diannu d in 1912 to Milo Suzanne Thillier, authoress, who frequented the Russian (’ourt. Afier the revolution iier chateau was eontir-c.iteo 1 , and she came to France. She lost, heavily at. Monte Carlo, and pawned the diamond, which is of forty-three eara/s, for 200,000 francs. An American millionaire has now offered £200,000 for the gern, which will enable Ml in Thillier to pnv her debts,---A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18668, 24 June 1924, Page 7
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103THE BLUE DIAMOND Evening Star, Issue 18668, 24 June 1924, Page 7
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