Story of a 100-Carat Stone for Sale Here Discounted Well authenticated gossip in Russian circles has it that one of the Crown jewels of old Russia is now being peddled from shop to shop in Shanghai, by Soviet agents, but, owing to its great value, no purchaser has been found for it. One stone alone is valued at $500,000, and the entire piece, without reference to other than its intrinsic value, should bring at least $1,000,000, were it to be sold complete. It is stated that the holders. of the major stone have offered it for as low a figure as $100,000, but there have been no takers,
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