The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-20
BOOST IN PRICE OF PLATINUM
JEWELLERS SPECIALIZING m
TINE METAL BRISkLY.
Rise In Value Due To the Recent Demand
In various Trades Hard Platinum
BEING Csed Extensively In Jewelry
Increase Of - an Ounce IN q Year.

.
heinz tsed ENtensINely In JewelrS
Increase of - an Ounce In Year.
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w, NV "as .o''I. "''' U.s. -
'h" mounting "' "'her precious stohe>
ana ais" ia the making OF various articles
Of leweiry. such as watch and neck chains.
in which the f,latinum disnlacas gold
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a. hu'h a. 'hos" OF soIi ana may ~ se''h
IN much variety IN the big Jewelry stores
The variation in the tints Of platinum il a
dey.lormen, from the ,,se 81 aIloys For
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OF gray ''h' nut no" IL Is maze IN riCh
blush tIntS. The silver color Is said 10 he
tbs, best background To set OF the bril-
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other purposes The IRIDIUM IN the aHoy
gives the advantage OF durability Tor the
chains
soft nlatinur, "a nov sold AZ sa1 n
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ounce IN Ten month - ana - IN year.
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so il has gone up about ~ per cent. in that
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P'aIhhuhh "H"E u now '"stS 1907 anu
with 20 per cent OF iridium the price -
$40 The alloys have gone up more rap
,dlv than tba nura nIatipurn Iridium
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"a ''e ''' ko.nS
up most "i an ahn y nov PuoL'n az so'
an ounce, u"ubl" 'h" pro" ot tnfr" years
az" III nae u" "1Inih"t''dl U.s. "f'eP'
IN making alloys u" alloy; "snlrldiuIn.
gold p"n points has heeh advancing WIN
the othT C"inp"und-
Many ~ IN" manufacturers IA Maiden
lane can rem"inhrt Nh"h th"y hnuShI
IN" metal 10Y - 10 CIV an ounce uul 'iat
was hack almost To the days ~ IN" ''Nlt
war About quarter u century
ago Maiden Ian" had a hlg demand Tor
watch chains mao" 81 ALTERNATE" hnk-
81 SILVER ana platinum. lht- lad died
out and platinum was thereafter not
u-ed nv the jewellers untll they began
{" md u better inan gold IN mounting
diamond
The present upward movement IN
platinum Wa~ parall"lssd several years
ago, In 1875 the pur" platinum was down
20 $3.50 an ounce. with only lanRiud
demand. Early IN iHS tire consumption
began 60 increase and prices moved
steadily up until they wer" doubled IN
DeC"mber Of that year, when the pur"
platinum was hard 10 get az SIS an ounC"
and hard platinum touched $50.
These were IN" highest Quotations
that the metal reached \ decline started 7
IN February ~ 1877 and continued until /.
August II lS0s when ~ got back 20 IA" '
level II 1875 soon ifi"-vari 49, present
upward movement began, b4' fhs' Rain- .
were slow gn'il ~" last year " gold
- worth SO a. an ounce. ~ = pointed out I
that m lat" year. platinum ha- been IN" .
dssrer metal most - ~" time
Manufa Cturar- Of automobile electric. .
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