Show ottoman ottom an jewels jew els up at auction solid gold thrones and gems worth millions in collection paris antique dealers and mu beani collectors merchants of alln and precious stones of all kinds are awaiting the lie order froin roni an angora 9 orn to sell hie file imperial treasures collected by the lie sultans who ruled lu in Stan stamboul aboul from 1453 1433 to the downfall of lie ot 01 toman empire A swedish expert tins lias been called in by the angora assembly who ha has set their selling value at and the turkish national bank Is to recci receive te that sum tor for its gold reserve whenever the sale Is s made tile the top capou berall where all tills this wealth la 13 storer stored was seen by very few people outside the sultans intimate household in the old days and when sortie some distinguished visitor to constantinople was accorded tile the privilege it was a grent great ceremony nowadays any tourist can welk in for 50 pl plasters diadems diadema and thrones diadema diadems Olau Di adems ems thrones rings ringa ornaments sacred vessels fans all are crusted loc lu ruste with will precious stones but their chief interest Is in their relation to the whole history of 0 the empire since lie ilie conqueror captured con ond opened the period of 0 turkish conquest in europe lie built the top capou berall and Is still there la in effigy ns as are the 23 other sultans who ruled in a constantinople from 1151 2411 to isa they form another sort of 0 Siege sallee and instead of being carved in a marble as the he berns ore are in their sullee they are dressel dressed armed and made to took look as much like tile lie originals as possible As they are in a great dark ca cai elike ellke hall they are a ghostly gli collection the brilliant bi stones glowing darkly first Is the conqueror himself who was ordered by tits bis dy ing father to capture constantinople and could not steen until lie bad cap aured itile ithe built tire alie scroll on lie hie eminence from filch there Is a in mag ag ent few of the asiatic shore a view the sultans enjoyed during four centuries beside him film Is tile the effigy ol of its his sue cessor 11 II pol poisoned by tits his sun son 10 lo the lie belt of his effigy Is a dagger with tile the handle made from one big erne emerald raid down the line are bellm 1 who conquered the persians Pers lins the kurds burds palestine and egypt bring ing back from mecca the standard of 0 the prophet and the keys of tile lie cosba casba making him the heir of the prophet prop liel only one in armor the throne oi of shah small lie he brought back from india to in 1514 1511 la Is part of the worth of val it Is solid gold and covered with a design in thousands of pearls of alual size it t Is in tire the middle of 0 hie file hall and looks in the obscurity like a piece ot of tile the milky way sollman tile magnificent who brought broucht tits his armies to the walls tills of vienna Is curiously the least le ast imps ing of the 21 24 mannequins ills white turban Is mildewed mil dewed and his single do dagger has no jewels ills Us robe Is pale blue and Is covered with a silver man tic le with red v fl flowers olivers and there Is little to call up the vision of a man nho ruled the danube and the euphrates and had tits his armies from tho the persian Ier sian gulf to algiers IV Is clone shown in armor ills efel y Is in his own coat of mall and his golden crown cronn rests on his steel casque ills sword is covered with rubles and diamonds and the arrow sheaf with emeralds and rubles its ills effigy Is that of a real oriental potentate |