The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-22
cURIOsITIRs OF COST.
A piano that Cost $4e,ooo-S25o,ooo
Diamond Necklaces.
From, the Decorator and Funisher.

From, the Decorator and Fuynisher.
Cost is of course a very unsafe meas
sra of value in many instances, and yet
thare is not unnatural curiosity on the
nort of the general public to know the mere
money estimation in which certain mora or
lass beautiful articles are held Here are a
few somewhat remarkable examples OF
lavish expenditure:
Tho highest priced piano in America is
owned by Mr. h. G. Marquand of this city.
The works were made by Messrs Steinway
s. Sons. and the case, which was built in
london was designed and painted by Alma
Tadema. 1t cost SAG, 600.
Sir Donald Smith of Montreal Is the
owner of the costljest piano ever made in
th;s country. It is also Stenway, and
IT. cost when landed in Montreal S27, 000..
The most expensive sideboard ever made
IN fhe United States is owned by Judge
Harry E. Packer, of Mauch Chunk, Pa. II
overs the whole side of a room and was
bniIt by Herts Bros. for SAT, 600. 1t is mar
vel of elaborate and beautiful carving.
Mr.. Marquand is also the possessor of the
costliest billiard table in the country. The
price was 500 900.
fMr ]. w. Mackey furnished about So
900 in weight of silver, and paid Tiffany &
Co s12O. 600 for the work on his dinner SER
wee. which thus represents Sl95 900.
The costlieSt string OF pearls in the coun-
try belongs to a New York lady, and cost
s5l, 900.
Another New York lady had solitaire
diamond ring, for which she paid Tiffany
& Co. $4S, 900:
The late Mrs. Morgan paid $3.50, 900 for
owner of diamond necklace which cost
S250000.
The famous picture by Meissonier, called
.18O7.n was painted for the late Mr.. A. T.
Stewart. At the sale OF his gallery Mr..
Henry Hilton bought, it for $66, 500 and
presented it to the Metropolitan Museum.
where it now hangs, the costlest painting
in America.
Sir Donald Smith is the possessor of the
highest priced painting in Canada, 'The
Communicates" by Jules Breton. Cost at
the Seney sale S45,6 900.
Mr.. W. W. Corcoran of Washington
raid the highest recorded price for an
American picture. 1t is Caurch's
Niagara" and the price was S13, 0OO It
was reported that Legrand Lockwood paid
$4,000 for Bierstadt's ''Domes of the Yose-
mite but as at the distribution of his
effects the picture brought less than So
500. the first price was probably fable.
In the LenOx library is perfect CODY
of the Mazarin or Gutenberg Bible, the
first book printed with movable types. 1t
is worth $25, coo, and nothing better has ever
been done since. Mr. Brayton Ives of this
city has an imperfect copy, for which he
paid sl5, 900.
Mr. J. F. Irwin of Oswego paid SIC, 900
to J. w. Bouton for Bible It was origi-
nally in three volumes, but by the insertion
of wOodcuts, manuscripts, engravings, etch-
ings, had been expanded to 60 imperial
foho volumes.
Of the original edition of the Sonnets of
William Shakespeare, published by George
Daniel of London in 1909, there are two
perfect copies. One is in the British
museum For the other Dodd, Mead e. Co.
of this city paid 5000 1t is little book
about seven by four inches in size. A
somewhat hard-headed clerk in the estab-
lishnent figures that at the price it cost
S4SO an ounce.
A sixteenth century velum manuscript.
with six paintings by Giulio Clovis, cost
the Lenox library $4,000.
At the Morgan sale Mr. Walters of Balti-
more is reported to have paid SIS, 900 for
the peach-5low vase, which is about seven
and half inches high.
The most expensive public building in
the world is the New York State Capitol
at Albany, just begun. 1t cost $12, 0OO, 0O0+.
In mathematics the sign means tnat an
amount can be carried to infinity.