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...He set about trying to convince as many buyers as he could to close on units whose value had been cut in half....
...All in all, it consumed around half a kilo of platinum and pink gold and 366 carats of stones, ranging in size from the almost invisible 0.03 to 13.5 carats....
...Another parure (£30,000-£40,000) comprises a necklace of pearls set within diamond “flowers”, earrings and a pendant brooch....
...Gold was flat at $1,226.94 an ounce. Intraday In the US the S&P 500 is set to open flat later in New York....
...€/£ 0.7755 (0.7747) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.53 at 46.27 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.51 at 44.55 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,242 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 2.25 10-year...
...These include a pair of 18-carat yellow gold and diamond earrings by Boucheron, priced at $9,300....
...His tie is impeccably knotted, silver cufflinks shine in a crisp white shirt and another glint comes from the diamond stud in one earlobe....
...a white gold and zalium case....
...Clients selling his pieces at auction have already made a profit: a pair of gold and amber earrings sold last year yielded the buyer eight times its 1999 retail price....
...The thing about diamonds, compared, say, with decanter sets or gold earrings - to pluck two examples from the air - is that their quality and value is certified and easily tested....
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