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Title: 407-carat diamond in the rough
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Chinn, Paul
Date Created and/or Issued: 1988
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph caption dated September 28, 1988 reads, "Darla Volkov stares deeply into a 407.48-carat diamond that will be auctioned at Christie's in New York on Oct. 19. The golden-colored gem is the largest rock ever auctioned to the public. It is second in size to the 530.20-carat Cullinan I that is set in Britain's Imperial Sceptre as part of the Crown Jewels. The rock was on display yesterday in Beverly Hills."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00094622
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b095_f5_i4
CARL0005034745
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/29688
Subject: Diamonds
Beverly Hills (Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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