The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-05
PURSUIT OF THE ANTIQUE.
TdRTETF or PEOPLE VINO MAKE 4
LIVING u OF CURIOsITIEs.

toise Shell Ware Figure OF Minerva.
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thnt'a tr,o ono,gh - Love 10 " ~. ..hhons,
n yo, soid hoIT thn ortirn,tv a,a,ars 80 T.,
brsiness ,here Tint yorid no diSoSon. "
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for bis Ieyol ,.fyorts pmt T u,ouidn,t C,wa
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thoro ma tLor,I rnt,t, ounSnd H. H. ~ 80 80
do yo, tbinL ho liwas9
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tbinyo ~ Tho ou,inm,n doaInna IA h.-H
int 'oraNnonna,n than "a -" H 49, .n."
w,nts 10 ,,v No ogoot ~ ,horo ui,h hts 81.
things hotoro ho r,oroa ~ a.,"ati.. MI"
hill ha hoa H. al A. ~" ,a"nS +" hno'
lot of people to come and spend the evening.
He shows of his antiquities. his and the
ties than they really are.
showing a niece of br,ss n.rh,ns ana non',nS
snomins d piece d orasS, perhaps ana naming
worth twice thatp And the result ia that he
saIie 4, 20 w. - M, ana,a -. -. -.
Il know a physician who works the same
game In a little different way. He buys some-
thing OF a dealer and puts it on the table in
his reception ROOM where any waiting patients
says:
- And he. too, pockets n good marrin.
w dealers RIM mn against Soma our,or,
folks. One of the most astonishing performs
ances ever came across in the business was Q
pswter game worked by a Chicago woman.
i'll should tell you. but 1 won't. This woman
wrote to a dealer here and said she wanted to
shon a pewter he of n a,~nsr' a 0ns m at %hI' ma All t t n dishes shes
n conoionnont 70 Ia ,ror. Irhioh nha.eais
make her selections?
He sent Her'p por Fingers for s c"wn Dishes ih psT p j
ters and plates of all sizes for the differont
greatest collection you eyer saw can Just
s she saw p nov WIZ that sE w9 Taa1 + +S eyes saone when
WI, ha sims; os CoTtsei she gave heT alnner-
lion ion Of one er small n,I pisc az, wb biaGH: sS WI tsn 6te and "ITnS 9
Tor. wasnt that Western hustle?
an9w1dd we T Ttsel u no OF u ehlptauons 70 use
most most Ga IN things that can happen to an am
S who 6Se 9sa.teG Know w Is br TO nave fSem som nsw gree M @a
hoEany from red paint. pick un q genuine hn,.
ff Sa uuI IL IL ne S neIy m1so: Ineg Io IT, 700 us
70 q have thc i Mncn PSSot Ion n aE n t = DgsInnee
~ nav sno Iuch. ny loIe uEo 1neIe was d
ES tafn ltd from a A. city ! ri II the syS western G6, part Of the
specified lie as some e. blue china Se' She Te1 knew y a lsR much
m ihnrs NO NO; she diqnt, either She simply knew
tnefe to were e s Snaa t danf 81 irterest in o,n,oir,r.
dninGs 10 acr; In the nrst place; blue plates
a aaw my my x SPsfiaibby Yiv a IN .I N th nra see1fa pace pa fba
%iate n1e,si l reused nnG 2 ,i IL her lei; 81 She o did u bq Y q q , number Der
on on p fbe sn dne I iaia m faw da 0at I Eo instruct sba n, nes
again, My very MUCH excited and bringing a pack. :
b hee T,, shn nGbre; began Ene eou'a haru'' wall 10 ee'ih
tsI, Mr. MI; II fruitful. she i,. exclaim me didn't you
s setl mS ina e e Teen # a w pIsI Ik aa9 t an bs sG = roo 56a ons9'
hsr n meE: loo oRa at AM thisn triumPpnahtIy az 923e nIaSS
before my greedy eyes, uq1a,n
.ndWp a, ni ~ sIH gee 1t uehahueu'
~ Groaned inwardly. I'm afraid my thoughts =
NEE ali i'5 nbolt it It, ii She 81 had 1907 sot ' the su fever eh az m o,9
piaceIas meant she shouldIand had started
out 70 DO 4 little collecting on her own account.
Sne had peen walking down the Bowery-no
onGG s y. a Gree Ii RI we TT9u pa nave done that :
She went IN ana asked the mar II ne had any
from I whicb a mo NE wom nnnIed dr 0ut t hnf,e DUSTY dy PIE |:
Piate WIN me acorn pattern; Inc man charged
her d. cents i9L II. II she hadnt been well
ureSScu she could nave Rot u ior ten.,, Whau.
was IT. worth On. a cool Sl5. that's all But'
IN WASH W9at irr6tatSd me most ~ was
70 nave a perlScC RTeenhOrh PICK up such q
piece right under my very nose Undermy
very nose sdr' II that ;sr,t no -.
have a greenhorn come in with some oldthing
Il1i5 i ! Bic : T npica a S Sof tsrt ana ard Iep whIeh m, ne mas T5s
only ones that do that sort Of thing - said the
osnnt G srIrTat brinp ms enih benectlSeiy: nIaiS
ladies' down i in New eJe jersey 'f that seemed WeTS s4% 20 md md
me an easy mark Tor a gold-dollar game. l.
lot Et" Of G Eoods sn an Old if lady ye Rad t for Sale "a ,oof # T Wss a
Innny N mixed lot Of dhinRs and bought a good
LHhny OF tnem. among Cnem was q ROld dollar