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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 5447151, member: 5833&quot;]I was watching this &amp; thought it sold for something like 40,000 GBP, or substantially below estimate anyway.&nbsp; See now the listing says &#039;Amended&#039;.&nbsp; Guess seller, said no way.&nbsp; Wonder how much the missing diamonds affected bidding.</p><p><br /></p><p>If ever the phrase &#039;romancing the stone&#039; fit a person, it&#039;s Schmidt.&nbsp; He must have been on the most intimate terms with a stone before deciding how to use it.&nbsp; Of course every unsigned carved opal gets attributed to him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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