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Show LARGE IMPORTATION OF PRECIOUS STONES NEW YORK, Nov, 12. With several weeks to spare the. ' present year has passed all others in the total valuation of the precious stones and pearls brought into the port of New York. Figures Fig-ures compiled by customs authorities . showed that the record of last year, $37,148,337, the highest up to that time, already had been passed. - The American demand for foreign f erns is mostly in diamonds and pearls, mporters say that - the tendency of . prices is still upward because never before be-fore has it been aa difficult as it is now to obtain the better grade of stones demanded de-manded by American, buyers. . |