Collector's luck; or, A repository of pleasant and profitable discourses descriptive of the household furniture and ornaments of olden time.. (1919)
Carrick, Alice Van Leer, 1875- · Boston, The Atlantic monthly press · leaf 154
, and hebought that. Then, clasping it in his arms, he satawaiting the Bennington treasure — and near aFranklin stove! Here is the crux of the tragedy;here, perhaps, you discern the beginning of the end. Up and up went the bidding, and, finally, as R stretched out trembling, triumphant hands to… … Collection of Francis Bigelow. An interesting group, two flip glasses and a celery holder,all beautifully engraved.
Collectors and collecting
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