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The initial reportage couldn't resist the "lost jewellery" tag when they were never lost, just not openly discussed.
by ggm 1y ago
The initial reportage couldn't resist the "lost jewellery" tag when they were never lost, just not openly discussed.
- lIl-IIIl 1y agoI think it's correct. They were lost to the general public and were considered missing. When a smaller yellow diamond surfaced there was speculation that it's the Florentine diamond that was cut.
- ggm 1y agoI'm not in the jewellery business but I would be very surprised if the diamond industry didn't have a pretty good idea where things lay. That kind of multi-caret stone has a premium. You need to know provenance. The risk it's a blood diamond or stolen is very high. Lost to wider society? Yea, I can buy that but it's a stretch. It's not "lost" the way a medieval triptych hanging in an alms house for centuries and found to be worth millions is a "lost masterpiece" or works coming out of safe deposit boxes where some GI has hoarded loot after ww2. The titular holders decided to put a time lock on their deposit box but had clear title to the assets.