Show I A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE I It is not generally appreciated that I there are enormos fortunes in single pearls and that a few individuals and great potentates have jewels of this sort that are literally worth a < kings ransom In all the warld there is no more famous roearl than the Tavernier now in the possession of the shah af Persia This remarkable gem came to this eastern king by descent and is a genuinely remarkable curiosity It derives de-rives its name from having been sold by the traveler Tavenier 200 years ago to the then ruler of Persia The price then was S500000 It is now worth more than S050000 Chicago News |