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A gem of a show. The newest jewelry store, Royal de Versallies, opens on Bloor St. W. today with the largest diamond collection ever exhibited in Cana(...)
A gem of a show. The newest jewelry store, Royal de Versallies, opens on Bloor St. W. today with the largest diamond collection ever exhibited in Cana(...)

A gem of a show. The newest jewelry store, Royal de Versallies, opens on Bloor St. W. today with the largest diamond collection ever exhibited in Cana(...)

Date11/7/1991
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  • A gem of a show. The newest jewelry store, Royal de Versallies, opens on Bloor St. W. today with the largest diamond collection ever exhibited in Cana(...)
  • A gem of a show. The newest jewelry store; Royal de Versallies; opens on Bloor St. W. today with the largest diamond collection ever exhibited in Canada. Among the gems; above; are 156 carats of diamonds in a $3.5 million necklace and a 20 carat ring.
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Original Toronto Star caption: A gem of a show. The newest jewelry store; Royal de Versallies; opens on Bloor St. W. today with the largest diamond collection ever exhibited in Canada. Among the gems; above; are 156 carats of diamonds in a $3.5 million necklace and a 20 carat ring.
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      $536,000 Stolen Jewelry Recovered, Police have recovered $536,000 worth of jewelry stolen last evening from the Gabriel Lucas store on Bloor St. W. They display part of it
      $536,000 Stolen Jewelry Recovered, Police have recovered $536,000 worth of jewelry stolen last evening from the Gabriel Lucas store on Bloor St. W. They display part of it
      Goode, Jeff
      6/14/1973
      Piece of Jewelry gets expert appraisal from jeweller Russell Oliver, while his wife Barbara looks on, Owner of the gems may be surprised when Oliver tells her the value of her jewels today, since prices have skyrocketted
      Piece of Jewelry gets expert appraisal from jeweller Russell Oliver, while his wife Barbara looks on, Owner of the gems may be surprised when Oliver tells her the value of her jewels today, since prices have skyrocketted
      Darrell, Dick
      10/31/1974
      Gem Thief, shown with owner Willie Morrisey, although not one of six horses specifically named, is involved in appeal before the Supreme Court of Cana(...)
      Gem Thief, shown with owner Willie Morrisey, although not one of six horses specifically named, is involved in appeal before the Supreme Court of Cana(...)
      James, Norman
      10/22/1959
      Edible bargains: John Pander, senior vice-president of retail operations for Dominion Stores, displays the wares at his firm's first Best For less store in the Toronto area which opens today
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      Beaty, Keith
      3/15/1982
      Brampton Solo Parents Association named its first Father of the Year Saturday - Neville Case, an engineering writer who's divorced and raising his five children. He tries out the trophy tankard given him, surrounded by the children-Joan, 13, Mike, 12, Yvonne, Eileen, 10, and Philip, 7-and Diamond the cat. So far as t Brampton club knows, it's the first Solo Parents award in Cana [Incomplete]
      Brampton Solo Parents Association named its first Father of the Year Saturday - Neville Case, an engineering writer who's divorced and raising his five children. He tries out the trophy tankard given him, surrounded by the children-Joan, 13, Mike, 12, Yvonne, Eileen, 10, and Philip, 7-and Diamond the cat. So far as t Brampton club knows, it's the first Solo Parents award in Cana [Incomplete]
      Norris, Dave
      6/18/1972
      Fighting back tears, Alan Case appeals today for information about his wife, Caroline, inset, who disappeared from her Bloor St. W. store on Oct. 2
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      Beaty, Keith
      12/20/1991
      Latest will claimant. John W. Carter, 50-year-old West Indian, newest among the ever-increasing claimants in the Millar will baby race, who claims nin(...)
      Latest will claimant. John W. Carter, 50-year-old West Indian, newest among the ever-increasing claimants in the Millar will baby race, who claims nin(...)
      Carter, John W.
      10/24/1936
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      Spremo, Boris
      3/24/1990
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      Isaak, Chris
      5/3/1991
      Getting skydome shipshape, Pasqualino Spampinato puts the final polish on an entry in the International Boat Show that opens today at the SkyDome and continues to Sunday
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      Stawicki, Andrew
      2/20/1990
      Packaging show opens, More than 400 exhibitors were on hand today when the Canadian National Packaging Exposition was formally opened at the CNE Autom(...)
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      Darrell, Dick
      5/29/1972
      Greg Ruffa, 28, carries two model cottages to the Imperial Homes display case in preparation for the Cottage Show, which opens today at the Metro East(...)
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      Faught, Ken
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