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In the nineteenth century the fashion for antiques has reached such a level that the customers have to pay good money and traders have a stable income. Of course, in the Northern Pontic Antiquities enough for everyone, there are Greek and Scythian, but dig everything and everywhere in search of something not present all wanted. Of course any reputable workshops for the production of fakes. Why solid - yes because they came down to business seriously, well studied materials, the manner of the ancient masters. Making their products so as not to be ashamed to show the client.

One such serious masters, was a jeweler Israel Ruhamovsky. When it came to a solid client and said that he needed a tiara Scythian king, he would not only have to rivet shone. Izzy read a book, work out with the composition of gold and gave such a masterpiece, just ah. All delicate, intricate and beautiful with an inscription in Greek, Scythian king supposedly a gift from the people of Olbia Saytofernu with best wishes.

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The customer looked at how such beauty and decided that tiara worthy of serious museum instead of a private collector, and povёz invaluable cap in Paris. Director of the Louvre, seeing a gorgeous thing to raise public France called for "tiara king should be in the Louvre!". Come with a cap over the world, but the tiara nashkryabali 200,000 francs. April 1, 1896, the director of the Louvre announced to the people of France to acquire the priceless Crown.

Tiara Saytoferna put in a special room and had a separate payment for the happiness to see the famous artifact. Of course, appeared in the newspapers publish some experts that supposedly fake it. But in general squeal of delight their weak voices were not heard.



In 1903, the Parisian newspaper published a letter of repentance Mayansa certain artist, saying that it is doing. Artist of the unknown became temporarily popular. But suddenly, the Parisian jeweler Lifshitz said that it is neither a nor Mayans did, and Ruhomovsky from Odessa.

Here is when the Parisian journalists made a serious mistake. All the newspapers wrote that in any such Odessa no virtuoso jewelers. But this is an insult. Israel Ruhamovsky once read such slander at all Odessa jewelers, righteous anger was kindled. He gathered in a suitcase all their drawings and tools and went to Paris. Came to the director of the Louvre, and quite seriously declared: "I Izzy from Odessa, and this hat I did." All French specialists of Antiquities said "do not believe". Ruhomovich did not throw words, and went and did their presence fragment tiara.

And then quietly and without much pomp tiara was carried out of the Louvre in Paris and gave the Museum of Applied Arts, where she is beautiful and still



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