Show COST OF LOUIS BUTTONS I 1 grand said to have squandered in this way twenty thousand dollars for a drop shaped pearl 15 tor for a stud 4 for a coat fastener formed of a white bouton pearl with bold gold bar tor for seven buttons en suite and for a pair of brilliant a cove co u ve links these are a few of the realized lt U the recent sale in london ot of a noble marquis jewelry but after all everything Is comparative and the marquis gems rare and costly though they are would have been quite eclipsed by lou a XIV a personal jewelry the grand mon arque had many crazes but tor for but tens tons he had a positive mania in a angle s agle year 1685 he squandered on them and some of his pur chases are well worth glancing at on aug 1 1685 he be bought two dia mono mona buttons for 67 francs and seventy five diamond buttora buttons for francs the buttons tor for a single vest cost louis of the used contained five ilvo diamonds each while the remainder were single diamonds in all the great Is eald said to have pent 5 on buttons alone |