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 27
A dignified Sheraton bureau of the type just merg-ing into the Empire feeling, and showing wonderfulwood-marking. It cost $15. ;n;* An inlaid Heppel-white card-table thatcost $15. Its mahog-any and marquetryare unusually delicate.The Sheffield cake-bas-ket was bid in for $2. … The auctioneer is a sensitive soul; donot irritate him; because of my defer-ence, I got the warming-pan for $1.20. ZH* COLLECTORS LUCK 7 but it is another proof of my theory of buying byhne. Here I want to present and insist upon anotherauction theory of mine — never offend the auction-eer! He is a…
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