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Ch.18: Value of Pearls

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On the Value of Pearls.               315
It is probable that during the whole time the author of the preceding Table was in business—from 1845 to 1870—he did not have a dozen really fine round Pearls of over 50 grains, pass through his hands.
The above Table was published in 1865. The same author gives in 1867 the following estimates—
These prices seem to-day ridiculously low. It may interest the reader to know that the author recently sold a fine round Pearl of a little under 30
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