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Business booming: Allan Cohen of Grant's Jewellers on Church St. with some of the items that he has bought recently. One man brought in an exquisite emerald he'd paid $34,000 (U.S.) for 2 1/2 years ago. Cohen bought it - for a third of that. I'm looking for a 10 to 15 per cent profit on the stone, Cohen says.
Business booming: Allan Cohen of Grant's Jewellers on Church St. with some of the items that he has bought recently. One man brought in an exquisite emerald he'd paid $34,000 (U.S.) for 2 1/2 years ago. Cohen bought it - for a third of that. I'm looking for a 10 to 15 per cent profit on the stone, Cohen says.

Business booming: Allan Cohen of Grant's Jewellers on Church St. with some of the items that he has bought recently. One man brought in an exquisite emerald he'd paid $34,000 (U.S.) for 2 1/2 years ago. Cohen bought it - for a third of that. I'm looking for a 10 to 15 per cent profit on the stone, Cohen says.

Date9/16/1982
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126020F
Two items Jack Himself Cohen won't sell are tiny china plates bearing picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill he paid 50 cents for 25years ago.
Two items Jack Himself Cohen won't sell are tiny china plates bearing picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill he paid 50 cents for 25years ago.
6/13/1972
Marsha and Joel Cohen still live in the Markham home they bought during the 1982 recession and they have no plans to move. They took a chance and it paid off, allowing them to purchase factory space for their growing store-building business.
Marsha and Joel Cohen still live in the Markham home they bought during the 1982 recession and they have no plans to move. They took a chance and it paid off, allowing them to purchase factory space for their growing store-building business.
6/4/1990
Film stars your home. Barry Cohen's firm videotapes your house and your possessions to simplify traumatic process of proving to insurance adjuster what items you've lost when you're hit by fire or a robbery
Film stars your home. Barry Cohen's firm videotapes your house and your possessions to simplify traumatic process of proving to insurance adjuster what items you've lost when you're hit by fire or a robbery
7/25/1984
About this bill?: Herb Cohen bargains with owner-chef Eddy Marlet of Seniors Dining Nook about his dinner bill. He didn't reveal who won. Cohen was the consultant who successfully negotiated release for U.S. hostages in Iran.
About this bill?: Herb Cohen bargains with owner-chef Eddy Marlet of Seniors Dining Nook about his dinner bill. He didn't reveal who won. Cohen was the consultant who successfully negotiated release for U.S. hostages in Iran.
2/20/1981
Doing business with China demands a lot of patience and understanding, according to John Cohen, above, representative of a Hong Kong firm which is setting up a directory of U.S. and Canadian firms for use by Chinese importers.
Doing business with China demands a lot of patience and understanding, according to John Cohen, above, representative of a Hong Kong firm which is setting up a directory of U.S. and Canadian firms for use by Chinese importers.
7/31/1972
Maxwell Cohen. U.S. taught us about unilateral action
Maxwell Cohen. U.S. taught us about unilateral action
11/9/1976
Ira Hopmeyer (left) and Gerard Jennings with items to be sold and bought by D and J Ritchie
Ira Hopmeyer (left) and Gerard Jennings with items to be sold and bought by D and J Ritchie
6/30/1995
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
6/13/1972
Louis Cohen. Pensioner was the first man in Canadian legal history to win alimony from his wife. But he still hasn't received a cent and faces another long delay in his fight for justice
Louis Cohen. Pensioner was the first man in Canadian legal history to win alimony from his wife. But he still hasn't received a cent and faces another long delay in his fight for justice
8/17/1981
Hopping and headstands: Leonard Cohen was recently in Granada to film a video for Small Viennese Waltz, his offering on Poets in New York, an alburm celebrating Federico Garcia Lorca
Hopping and headstands: Leonard Cohen was recently in Granada to film a video for Small Viennese Waltz, his offering on Poets in New York, an alburm celebrating Federico Garcia Lorca
5/20/1983
Still plugging: Pat Hutchins of Mississauga, helped by her husband, Fred, with overseers Jennifer, 7, and Jeffrey, 4, has been circulating petitions asking for government aid for those who bought their homes under the Assisted Home Ownership Program and who are facing interest increases of up to 8 per cent
Still plugging: Pat Hutchins of Mississauga, helped by her husband, Fred, with overseers Jennifer, 7, and Jeffrey, 4, has been circulating petitions asking for government aid for those who bought their homes under the Assisted Home Ownership Program and who are facing interest increases of up to 8 per cent
3/26/1980
Conrad Black: Toronto tycoon has bought 14 per cent of London's Daily Telegraph
Conrad Black: Toronto tycoon has bought 14 per cent of London's Daily Telegraph
5/9/1985