Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-01-31
A PEACHBLOW VASE
AMYSTERY OF SEVERAL YEARS SEEM
TO BE CLEARED UP.

Tells Queer Facts About the Vase an
Conditions of His Purchase.
The Peachblow vase is in this citv
That is the verdict of an amateur sher.
lock Holmes, who set about the elucida.
tion of the profound mystery surround.
ing this celebrated piece Of porcelain ia,
which $16, 1000 was paid when it WI,
sold at auction in this city some eieb
years ago. Moreover, it seems apparent
from what this amateur detective hal
discovered that, while the famous Peach
blow vase belongs to Mr.. Brayton I've
and is now in his house on Thirty fourth
street, even Mr.. Ives himself Is still
mygtified about some things concernind
it.
Mr.. Ives did not pay $1s, 900 for thd
Peachblow vase, and yet Mr.. Moss
brother-i -in-law of Mrs. Mary Jane Nor
gan and the executor of her estate. AZ
firms that that enormous sum was paid
into the estate for the vase after the sucl
tion sale. :.
~ Nobody can tell who it is that il or
Of pocket because of tie mystery sur
rounding the Peachblow, but it is cerl
tain that somebody for reason best
known to himself ps.id out several thor
sand dollars and hIs concealed his iden
tity up to this ds.Ge. Mr. Brayton IyeI
appears to be as much mystifed as every
body else.
But now that Mr.. William 7. Wall
ters OF Baltimore is dead and a proniisd
Of secrecy made by Mr.. Ives at the timd
the vase came into his possession hsJ
been fulfilled, he has consented to dis
close some facts not hitherto known III
COD neotion with the mystery.
"The vase which is now in nv nossos
sion," said Mr., Ives, twas bought bJ
me from the American Art association
which had conducted the sale of tba
Morgan collection From the outset
there was something very mysterious
about it. Twas given to understand that
was to see something very rare and
precious, but that 1 would have to prom.
ise to keep it quiet and not tell anybody
about it for a certain length of time
Then when my curiosity and interest
had been fully aroused was conducted
alone into shaded apartment After
the doors had been locked and my CON.
panion had looked under the table to be
sure there was no one concealed there,
safe was opened cautiously, and this
vase was taken out from under its cover.
ings. 1t looked to me like the Peach,
blow, which had vanished SO mysteri.
ously." "r.
Zone moment, please" said the anna
teur Sherlock Holmes, chow long after
the Peachblow was sold for SIS, 900 to
Mr.. Walters, as Mr.. Sutton alleged, az
this occur?" y 4
"From nine months to year after.
ward" said Mr.. Ives. "I bought the
vase which was exhibited to me- but
said nothing about it for long time.
kept it locked in my house. Before got
it I had to promise not to speak about il
for a specified time, but that time has
elapsed"
"How much did you pay for the vasei''
"That am not at liberty to state, v
said Mr.. Ives. "When I bought it,
made two promises, one that I should
not say anything about it for specified
time, the other that I should never dis
close the purchase price"
"What is at the bottom Of all this
mystery?"
81 am unable to guess" answered
Mr.. Brayton Ives. "Whether or not the
vase bought was the Peachblow vase,
there was no reason that am aware Of
why the facts should be concealed. "
Mr.. Ives admitted that the price he
paid for the vase was considerably less
, than $19, 900, and as an example Of orr
entail porcelain he considered it worth
what he had paid for it, He said that
during the years the vase had been in
his possession many things had come to
his knowledge about the Peaohblow, and
that at times he doubted whether the
vase in his possession was in reality tha'
famous little mug. 1t seems that when
the vase was sold to him under the mys
terious circumstances described there
was no guarantee that it was the Peach
blow vase, and that the comparatively
small price at which it was offered tend
ed to prove that they were not Identical
On the other hand, there are thos'
who assert that Mr.. Ives believed III
was buying the Peachblow vase, ant
I was at any rate willing to take "fiier
on that assumption. The facts which d,
. has subsequently learned seem to prov,
beyond any question that he did IN reai
ity buy the famous vase, and that III
Investment was judicious one, =.
Here Is one fact" said Mr. i've
R when discussing the pros and cons
o "There is q lady in this city VINO Is
friend of Mrs. Moir, who was the sisle
+ Of Mrs. Morgan. This lady frequen1l
K visited the house of Mrs. Morgan, an
:, o there she saw and handled the Peacl
:, blow vase many times, examining
!, carefully. Upon one occasion when VI
r iting my house she saw the vase now
= my possession and exclaimed: l nav
handled that vase many times, IL Is u
: Peachblowp A careful examina'io
/ made by her only confirmed this opii
ion"
"The death of Mr.. Walters, togetn'
q with the examination of his COLLECTION