The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-07
How Wedding Gifts are
Sold and Resoid.
SECRETS OF a CERTAIN CLASS.
Society Young Nel-DupIieate Pres
ents-enver aud PIate-A Hollow
MOcEeTy-A Reporters BacAet

the request, al dLlBGLOE-Sklu sc,
about two feet square by eight inches
deep. was drawn by the jeweler from
plush bag that was tied with 4 sils
cord, the plush bag II itself forming q
pretty bit Of picture. as il Icy on the
glass showcase, II being made of three
shade. o. blush-blue, gray and old
gold-with a win of ivy and a spray
OF daisies, and a bunch o. moss-rose
painted and worked with silver AEl
gold thread.
That's quite pretty" remaTke zoe
referring to the plush bag.
"Oh, yes; that's a novel y The
bag, without the contents, Is wOr;c
SO, but feast your eyes on this The
jeweler unlocked the case with q ,iuy
gold key and upon opening il revealed &
brilliant conglomeratIon of sparkle AUD
color. The inside lining was made NJ
of alternate strips OF plush and satin
of gray and gold, with a silver and god
twisted wire as a cornice, or LnO %, 80
was divided offinto compartments, auG
contained the following, amO : o'bsr
articles: One-han dozen eacn u. Eu.s-S.
forks and spoons; sugar toms; Two
pickle forks and a pickle kuiie: Two
butter knives: q mustard spoon; I tisi
knife, aud honey spoon.
Each piece was finely chased s1d Al
the end of the handle very delicate
iiagree work made q ball, capped bv q
helmet with visor drawn, and upon the
visor was engraved the iniuai " the
happy bride. All OF the spoons We're
lined with gold in the bowls, while the
knives had a barber-pole streak U. gol.!
running around the handles.
We'll, what do you think Of ii?'
asked the ieweler.
Its simply gorgeous. What's it
worth? ?"
Eight hundred dollars even. 1t is
wedding present ordered by q club here
pected bride has put veto on the club
Business
Its q handy thing TO have about
the house. In case man gets hard up
he can put IL up as collateral"
Its not necessary 10 do that; We
viii buy 1t back and pay more than a
would"
4" tut do You ever 90 thst?"
why, certainly. Come in my back
room and I viii show you a box of
goods that bought back only q few
days ago."
Adjourning to the back room, an old
trunk was pulled out from beneath q
counter and opened.
This, said the ieweler, taking out a
bundle done up IN green baize. lis q
iruit dish. II is solid silver. We sold
il year ago 10 q Fillmore-street rnS1
for 500. We bought it back for old
silver fUr SIS.
What viii you do with it?"
Il. is in fine condition, as you can
see. We will SIMPLY cut this name out
that you see on the side and work IN
some design, burnish it up and sell it
again
For SlO0?"
For all We can get. A business man
IS not working for his health you know.
Now. in this trunk are s. .0JJ worth Of
presents We bought from the same man.
Some OF Them are duplicates, and there
fore useless"
And what do you mean by dup!i-
cates?"
81 mean that, unknowingly. friends
have bought the same article for their
A man has no use for
six cake dishes, or six casters. any more
than he has use for q thousand shirts
The man that we bought this lot Of told
me and il was very amusing. too. that
their presents were unpacked on their
return from their wedding tour. that
they found eight pickle forks, four dozen
salt boxes, tour casters, and 3 peck of
spoons. knives and forks, besides dupli-
Gates of nearly every other piece. He
held family council OF two and con-
cluded 10 sell them. l bought them.
and the money he realized paid for his
rra1Afr.ur y
There is a great difference between
the wedding of to-day and those of fifty
years ago?"
Possibly, $500 all told would cover
the costs of the presents of a couple
in the middle classes fifty years
ago"
a man moving in society here, that
IS. where he has an extended acqusiut-
snce, will probably receive from 81 600
10 SO 900 worth OF presents. according
10 his popularity, or the popularity of
the bride. About six months ago we
packed up one of the most gorgeous
boxes Of jewelry, brio a-brac and plate,
hat We have been fortunate enough TO
sell Our list price was exactly 1929"
who received that consignment?"
"It went to Oregon. A young man
sold his mine and got married. The
chances are We viii get an opportunity
10 buy il back"
What do you sell the most Off"
"0h, silver and plate. You know |
hey are standard articles. We sell |
more tea service than anything else. / !
wish people would get out of that no /
don TOO. Now We viii take a young 1
couple and they go 70 housekeeping n /
/ fiat. It's not 4 safe place for a cart
Dad of silTerTare. The consequence I
5 that they select what they need for /
Immediate use and pay some safe de-
oosit company storage until they tire 1
)f doing that. then come around and i
'ell it to Us or 10 other hrms."
Going 10 a vault built into the wa! 4
he jeweier brought out an ice-cres m /
set. The central dish was in the shape /
II conch shell, with Neptune leaning \
On his trident for 3 handle, while tie
smaller dishes were shspedlike scallop
.hells with s mermaid 'peepn over rhe
i'm for a handle. The spoon were
hell shaped the handles being lisa
yrasping the bowl in their mouth. They /
we're all inlaid with gold.
This ice cream set was own d by s
gentleman residing II Berke
ey- He paid S475 for it. We Offered
him $S5 and he accepted it His reason
or selling Was that his wife was tire |