On the Value of Pearls, 3 1 5 



A round Pearl of 18 grains each £,^0 to ;^4o 



20 



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» 



40 



» 



50 



24 



J» 



>5 



60 



5» 



72 



30 



>> 



» 



80 



J> 



100 



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 — 

 A round Pearl of 3 grains each 18/- to 20/- 





4 



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28/- 



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35/- 





5 



>> 



» 



40/- 



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5% 





6 



j> 



» 



70/- 



5? 



80/- 





8 



»5 



)) 



100/- 



>> 



120/- 





10 



JJ 



J> 



^10 



5) 



^11 





12 



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14 



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16 





14 



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)J 



i8 



)) 



20 





16 



)) 



>> 



20 



)J 



30 





18 



JJ 



>> 



30 



>> 



40 





20 



» 



» 



40 



J> 



50 





24 



)) 



J> 



60 



J> 



72 





30 



» 



>> 



80 



» 



100 



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 



