Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-08-18
The Demand FOR the Antique.
4 DEALERS FRANk TALk ABOUT rHE RlCh-
ETY. ANu ANCIENT IN FURNITURE.


We do considerable trade in June and
July" said dealer People often come in
from the watering places to get the first
chance at any good things We may have dis
covered at the May auctions. II takes u~
some time To patch them up To suit the
market. Yes. there is ALWAYS a certain de
mand for these worm eaten but pathetic rel
cs of the infancy of the republic. We sell
10 man, nice people. who have taste for
the ancient and honorable in furniture, and
then We have another class who buy freely
and pay high prices. | refer to the newly
rich. During the past ten Years many Of
them have taken kind Of dislike to the
word ',hoddy they have found out what IT
means. you see. As a consequence there
arise, a regard for the odd antique, as they
call it, Shich increases our sales and raises
our profits on everything classical and rick
rty in the way Of furniture and deooratIvrs.
Folk, that cannot show long line Of anees
tors make up for il hy good collection, Of
not strictly reliable table, and chairs"
is II IN men or women that tins mama
prcdomlua;cs ?"
Women Men get the fever second
handed IKE. from their wives. We have 70
h. wldr-aS Axe IN selling. for We can't MAKE
sales without asking high prices. Some
months ago ho-licr came ~ with an old
rag Of a rug 10 sell. II vas large. but an
ugly, queer, faded looking thing. evidently
4 Son-uut imitation Of those Persian or
Iurk i>h mats which look a though they
had been dragged through some retail paint
shop. ! gave the man dollar for the ar
trir, anu IN, porter gave lt a half hour eN-
pcrrucr with a club. Then cut long
breadth out Of the thrcadharr centre, >quar-
ed up the ends, anu put carpet sewer %
stitching th' pieces together. adding. of
course, hcAy, black fringe Within week
two ladies called, and being of the new ar
tl,lic school, they II course picked out that
mat the uLlar,t thing tu the shop How
tender ID color sAiI one. and She about Int
II. L. ~4> tender IN othrr RESPECTS, too. #
,h, had nulN known the fact \ precious
rric. indeed. said the other Is u Ml~icin,
SIR Par, Nu>icm, maam. said all
wuul-comr- from ~" Adams family.
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u1t A>A enough tu impress Lrt She took
m, confusion tur a rr.4.tturr ~ sr.. ana
from that moment her mud Was made up.
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aui hl that umr ms mIu! was made up,
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