Brazilian diplomat Joao Alberto de Barros comparing the Jonker I 142.90-carat emerald cut diamond (right) with the, as yet, uncut, two-million-dollar Presidente Vargas diamond, during a visit to the New York premises of American jeweller Harry Winston, 13th February 1949. (Photo by New York Times /Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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