People: Feb. 4, 1929

"Names make news." Last week the following names made the following news:

Louis Cartier of Paris, red .cheeked and affable, visited in Manhattan his brother Pierre with whom he conducts the international jewelry firm of Cartiers. Dangling a model of the Kohinoor, he said: "The great diamonds of the world are vanishing. There are only ten of the first class between 100 and 200 carats and no more than 250 of the second class between 50 and 100 carats. There are many, many more prospective purchasers than that."

Edward Stephen Harkness, Manhattan financier, presented...

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