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RINCE DEMIDOFF purchased the “Sancy” about from a French merchant, M. Levrat, Director of the Society of Mines and Forges of the Grisons, Switzerland, agreed to buy the gem for £, but a dispute having arisen as to its value, led to the celebrated trial between Prince Demidoff and M. Levrat, judgment being given in favour of the former on June,.