The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-15

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board Representing SELDOM
Cost Il ~ course a very unsafe meas
IRE a value In many instances. and
VT there T. q not unnatural curiosity
On the part 81 the general public 20
know the mere money estimation In
which certain more or less beautiful
articles are held. Here are a few
somewhat remarkable examples of
lavish expenditure.
The highest-prieed piano in Amer
IA i owned b. Mr.. II. q. M~arqnanA.
81 this city. The works were made ~
Mcssrx Steinwsy 4 Sons. and the
case. which was built in London. was
designed and painted BY Alma Tadema-
IL cost $40. 900.
Sir Donald Smith. Of Montreal. l.
The owner Of the costilicst piano ever
made in this country. II i also q
steinway. aud the case WAS made BY
POTTER a StymuS. ltcost when landed
in Montreal <27. o0o
The most expensive sideboard ever
made in the United Statesis owned by
Judge Harry r. Packer. 81 Mauch
Chunk Pa II covers the whole side
az a room. and wa built By Herts
Bros. for ei7.o0n Il Is a marvel Of
elaborate and beautiful carving.
Mr.. Msrquand j. also the posscssor
Of the costliest billiard table in the
cuntr The price was <36. 600
Mr.. J.. ". Mackey furnished about
SIS. 600 ia weight Of silver. and paid
$4,000 for the work on his dinner
service. which thus represents Sl9j.-
90
The costliest string Of pearls in the
country belongs 70 New York lady.
and cost $1,000
Another New York lady had a soli-
faire diamond ring. for which she paid
f4s.O 600
The late Mrs Morgan paid s250.0o0
for her necklace Mrs Hicks-Lord
= the owner Of a diamond necklace
which cost $3.50. 600.
The famous picture by Micssonier.
called ..1s07.'' was painted for the
late Mr.. A. 7. Stewart At the sale ~
his gallery Mr.. Henry Hilton bought il
for t66. 500. and presented il 10 the
Metropolitan Museum. where il no,s
hangs. the costliest painting in Amer
Tea
Sir Donald Smith is the po=sessor OF
highest-pricci painting in Canada.
1.-The Communicates" by Jules
Breton. Cost at the Scney sale ti5. 900
Mr.. W. w. Corcoran. Of Washing
ton. paid the highest recorded price
for an American picture II il
Church's Magyar and the price
was $4,000. Ii was reported that L.
grand lockwood paid tzJ. 900 fol
Bierstadt's "Domcs of the Yosemite. =
but as. AT the distribution Of his effects.
the picture brought less than 5000.
the FIRST price was probably a fable
II he Lenox Library is a perfect
copy Of the MazariE or Gutenberg
bible. the first book printed with
movable types 1t is worth ~. 600.
and nothing better has ever been done
since Mr.. Brayton Ives. Of this city.
has an imperfect copy. for which be
paid el5. 600
Mr.. J. r. Irwin. OF Oswcgo. paid
&l0. 900 to J. w. Bouton for 4 Bible.
II was originally In three volumes. but
BY the insertion Of wood cuts. manu-
scripts cngravings. etchings. had been
expanded TO sixty imperial folio vol
umes.
Of the original edition 81 the Som
nets ofWilliam Shakespeare. published
by George Daniel. Of London. in 1863.
there are two perfect copies One j.
IA the British Museum. For the other
Dcdd- Mead 4 Co. Of this city. paid
5000. 1t Is q little book about seven
By four inches in size. A somewhat
hard-headed clerk in the establishment
figures that At the price it cost $50 an
ounce
4 sixteenth century vellum mann.
script. with six paintings By GiuIio
Clovis. cost the I.enox Library $4,000.
At the Morgan sale Mr.. Walters. %
Baltimore. il reported TO have paid
<is.op for the peachblow vase. which
= about seven and a half inches high.
The most expensive public build.
lng in the world is the New York
state Capitol AZ Albany. just begun.
II cost $4,000. 900 - In ma,he.
na'ics the sign - means that an
amount can be carried 70 infinity.-
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