Show HIGH PRICES FOR DIAMONDS value of the highly desired Spar sparkler klers has been soaring to unheard of heights the economic situation 0 of the world at large Is said by jewelers to be mare mo re responsible for the present hi high h prices of diamonds diamonds than any shortage e of diamonds ip in the south african mines or any manipulation of 0 the output t by the de DI beers diamond company I 1 twirls concerning diamond prices wre ware obtained ined from antwerp erp the Eurol Euro penu leau finier of the diamond no market an diamond before the war cost crt TSI 11 ebrat and 32 39 after cutting amm after th the declaration of yar war HIP price slumped in 1915 the germans began to got get nervous regarding regard ipg oie value of paper money and started buying all the diamonds they coufa aoud find france switzerland italy and england followed suit and the price went up rapidly orl on the eve of the armistice an uncut carat diamond was nias worth 70 since the war ended the diamond market has boomed owing to the depreciation of european money the difficulty of exchange and the embargo on the export of currency from one F european european nation to another today a carat of uncut stone finds a ready market at the antwerp merchants no longer seek customers the market Is swamped with buyers credit Is no longer given the sales are tor for cash the buyer frequently resells and the new purchaser sells again at tat fat profits thus the price keeps going up large stones are snapped up at unheard of prices |