The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-02-13
THE LANaTRY s DIAMONDS
s15O,OOO Worth Of Gems-A Cor.
geous Collection Of Sapphires.

e15O, 900 Worth Of Gems-A Cor.
geous Collection Of Sapphires.
Post Dispatch.
81 never saw so many sapphires and
such beauties in a bunch in nv life
before" said Raymond Gregg. the dia
mond merchant. referring TO Mrs
Lsngtry's collection IF gems. Mr..
Gregg has just returned from New
Orleans. whittier he went with some
diamonds he had sold to the Lily.
She has got over $50. 900 worth
Of precious stones the dealer contin.
ued. land they are not only remarka.
BILE for their quantity, but fer quality
also. There are some rare gems in
the collection-blue diamonds that
are the finest in the world, fancy
stones Of exceeding value, and sap.
phires SO large and beautiful and cost
ly that We have no trade for such
things in this country. ] don't know
that such a magnificent collection has
ever been brought here from Europe.
| spept a whole afternoon looking
through the jewels. and if you like
will describe few Of them. / don't
think the Langtry collection has ever
been written up"
The Post-Dispatch reporter got out
his note book and followed MIR. Grepp's
description.
"She has thirteen large brooches,
h- said to begin with. Four have
sapphire centers with twelve to four
teen ti,ree-four:hs karat and looks like
a ball of fire. A fifth brooch has a
fourteen karat diamond center, with
small blue diamonds surrounding it..
The others are large diamonds and
emeralds. There is crescent pin
containing sixty-four graduated dia-
monds, the largest in the center, being
two karats. and the smallest one-haif
karat. A horse shoe pin has three
karat sapphire ceuter surrounded by
eleven small diamonds. A very large
eight-pointed star used for a hair or
nament, is solid mass of diamonds :;
two small crosses are also composed of
numerous diamonds set in platinum.
Among her rings Is turquois about
the size of II finger nail, set in dia-
monds it is the fuesI thing of its
kind in the country. She has sapphire
and diamond rings till you can't rest,
hut beauty is l5-karat sa; p'lire sur
rounded by fifteen blue diamonds each
weighing 8 4 karat. The handsomest
ruby and diamond bracelet l ever be-
held is in her Collection it must be
worth at least 1000; the entire top
band is set with alternate diamonds
ald rubies there are are at least four
teen stones, the center ruby being 81
karats, from which the stones graduate
down to one karat. A BEAUTIFUL bangle
consists of . .Jur-karat sapphire set in
wire with a two-karst blue dia-
mond on either side. Another wire
bangle bracelet has an immense thirty
five grain pear-shaped pearl, with dia-
mond pendants on each side. / could
not estimate the value of The pearl
there is 10 demand for any such In
this country thev may be bought in
Europe, but not here.
"The boss thingh, owever, the dia-
mond merchant continued. "is the
necklace she wore if'The Honeymoon
when she played here; it is the hand
soonest necklace that ever graced
lady's neck. There are 125 karars
of material in it, consisting of eighteen
and seventeen sapphires
in double crown setting, very
and elaborate in design. The
necklace could not he duplicated in
this country. The thirty-fve. .ones
graduate from thirteen karats each
down t" four karats She now has
two necklaces. having taken the 100
karat one from me. and v Sen she plays
''Juliana" in Cincinnati next week she
will have the ruby and diamond one
pinned across the edge IF a square
neck white satin dress. f,stennd at the
end with diamond stars. and wear the
,eventeen-stone piece around her throat
rha. will be gorgeous sight for the
ladies', won't it ?"