Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-09-02 | Page 40 | Buyers Scorn Russian Gems

SCORN RUSSIAN GEMS Large Yellow Diamonds Held In Low Esteem In Germany G-ermany BERLIN Sept A 1 M h hvist vist vist Russia has few supporters amon among the d diamond dealers of ot the world The flood ot of cheap and e stones bich soviet officials ha haic hase e thrown thron n upon the market marbet has h interfered a with Ith the tho trad of old established houses house J rc k l the am- am ambassador ambassador om in BeIlin Is reported to tob toba toba b ba one of ot the tho chief diamond deal dealers deal deal- dealers ers in Europe There are arc fabulous tales in circulation as to the great quantity q of ot confiscated stones he keeps locked up In the tho bo boxes es of ot the tho Russian em- em embassy embassy em embassy bassy here herc At Genoa The Hague and Lau Lau- Lausanne Lau Lausanne sanne it was currently r that tho the Bolshevist I t delegates tl- tl financed fl their expenses through the thealo salo alo of ot confiscated Jewels Russian diamonds has become a contemptuous expression in Ger Germany er- er ermany many to define inferior stones This I la Is because fco so many of ot the jewels which have hate found their way Into the tir hands of ot German dealers from Russian sources are aro r ellow imperfect and aad badly cut Size Siz and not quality was sought Bought by fills fills- Ru slins who bought jewels in the theold theold I old days daya day and they ha had 1 the tho great creat I ellow diamonds mounted In fan fan- settings with other stones atones tone Consequently many of tho the Hu Rus Russian sian je els hid hd to be b and ond ro- ro re remounted mounted before they were saleable In western Europe They oro ere too oriental and gorgeous for the th quieter tastes totes ot of o westerners westerner Buyers Buyer who paid fancy prices for n diamonds when they first began bego into western estern Europe o hat ha e learned a le on Stones Ston sold tor for a 0 carat se elal years ago oso are r now beggIng It a carat The Tho market for tor cHow ellow and Interior Inferior diamonds has been glutted