One item alone Is enough to excite
the envy of women even in royal
ranks, a necklace containing 150 large
and perfect oriental pearls, valued now
at $500,000 and which would undoubt
edly bring more, since pearls of such
size and lustre are not often placed
on the open market. These came
from the treasure chest of an Fast
Indian nabob and were so quietly pur
chased by Mr. Hunnington’s agents
that the strand had crossed the seas
and had been worn by Mrs. Hunting
ton in New York before news of its
transfer became public. Diamonds,
rubies, emeralds and sapphires Mrs.
Huntington possessed to the value of a
million and a quarter dollars, and these,
with the pearls, make the value of her
jewels close to $2,000,000. Not many
collections remain intact which are
worth so much. What Mr. Hunting
ton intends to do with this superb
collection is intriguing the feminine
world In all its parts, and, of course,
jewelers are not unmindful of the op
portunities thus presented. Mrs.
Huntington was an unostentatious
person and only on formal occasions
did she wear more than the custom
ary' ornaments. There seems no
doubt'that the generous owner of the
finest library and art collection on
the Pacific Foast does not propose to
add the gems to the curios already on
view for the public. No musuem takes
such a risk as this, those on view at
the Tower of London being on the au
thority of gem experts only glass re
plicas, which the real treasures repose
under strong guard in the valuta of
the Bank of England.
Mile. Iffet Konitza, the niece of the
Minister of Albania, M. Faik Konitza.
