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It added that "while handing over the precious items to him", the temple board had recorded gold-cladded items as "copper plates".

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The objects, which include richly embroidered vestments and lavishly sculpted monstrances, Eucharist thrones and sanctuary lamps made of jewel-studded precious metals, are eye-catchingly high Baroque.

The precious metal has tumbled from its October 20 record above $4,381 as investors cashed out, following a more than 60 percent surge since the start of the year.

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They were so sweet and so precious; they didn’t want me to be alone.

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If time is the most precious of resources, then consider every item on this list a luxury gift.

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