The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06

pictures. porcelsins. antiques and tina sort
OF thing
DO YOU ever get hold Of anything you
cant Hellf-
Never. Th.re ---ms to H.. ABSOLUTELY
notring that isn't salabLc a. .otae Pho.
Oucc sold n cual nod tina hadn't auy
bottom. Got 10 cents for n. too
-Do The auctioneers nowadays keep up
Tho joking and Jollying Tor which thu old
timers We're tauOusf
-Iha drtends GA III. class - bny-ns.
- IA" cas e good. tuo There's one
wCll-knOwr auciionseI IN Nev York who
doesn't say much mur- than 'NaNt We
have uImisr pI of TIE catalnrl,. .sdies
aid " htlsnsu. This n n heavv, genuine
sheraton chair And after that - de, b.
u1,hiiir but - vat the bids In a uui-' ,cicr
until h. kuOrks the article down W.. sells
y class OF goods which. a. n uii" don't
need tu H. puhcd and b. has ior ht- cu.-
TONERS y uplr Ma know jusi What they
/ ARE having and would resent II n i- uudcr.
took 90 ,nlighten them.
The man Who has To jolly the people
. the auCtlorser who has io 49, "A lob lot
Of damaged odds aud ends. the failures
from the factories, ia" chipp-d and broken
thing from the stOp's lie talk j. 10 keep
the people from paying tou ciu-.. attention
10 IA" objects put up That SORT uf auction
Doesn't seem ~ plentiful a. IL used 10 h.
MAYBE the men 'shiud IL are waiting for
a new crup Of customer The bid one
had been fooled too often to keep Oh biting :
do women often bid on \ thing aud then
rrp~.p' and deny that thew hidy'
"NomsiilF- But We AWAY hold hem
Ia n Otbvrwt~ the business would is.
utterly demoralil-d I had a uue.r cas.
once where a man and his wife bought
In a loi ~ things at a sale After u was
over J came down To where th.r' ARTICLES
had f-en put 20 one side FOR them and
found them going through the lot aud
picking out what they would keep
reg your pardon, | said bu, yuu
can't do that You bid these 'hiug- m.
they VIEW sold 10 you IN god faith. tho
record l. on nv hooks and | have Ia stand
responsible for II ~ the parry Tor whom
the sale was made
-Th" man clustered and said be- wouldn't
take all the things aid be- must. He
said he would take what he wanted or b.
wouldn't \ X anVoffh"m assured him hs
ss- mistaken and that be- would either
take the things ~ | would sell them to his
account. He went ~ iu a rage ca'a-
logued the things. advertised tie sal. IN
his name aud sent him copies | didn't
hear from him excerpt n declaration iha'
he would have nothing 20 do With the goods
and would not H. responsible Tor a C-ul
IN connection with them. went on With
~" sale. and upon INV word. the -tur netts,l
t2oo m"r" than ID" to'sl be- had bd Tor "
what did YOU doP-
sent MN an teinizsd account 81 the
whoh Transaction. With y che,k for tho
balance Another queer ihing that hap.
p"ncd was when n woman drIHisit.d So
with IN" ~ part payment FOR som. hing.
she had bought. and then wen, away and
never came back We triei m e,srv uos.
-ibl" way 20 get track of her. hut have
never hoard a word from her from hat
dnN 90 this
A f"r th" women who hid and bach
out "n" old adv gave me a novel eXI-ari"nce
along mat line was having a snlc and
she vas among tho most active - the btl.
der. pi"tr afjer piD,c was knocked dowf
'o her up'il sh" had n hg assortment put
aside iu her name
-Sh" Wa q d"a". mo'lcrlv. old adv
oIfn a gentle fao, ard soft white hair
know who IN" wa~. and when the al. va,
over J went q" h"r and Satd NoW. Mrs
n vuuN st'p into tho Office veil maxi
arrangement Tor tine delivery e tha good,
Won bought tu
! didn't buy IN snvihing she said
Why, said, YOU cant mean that
Nal hld iu a good many things and ~
must settle for them nov
Nhv. Mr. Blank. she said. with a real
confidential. mo'herlv air. | didn't hid IN
ANYTHING wa just helping Won along
nld YOU hold her "a her bargains
Hold h"r'- with a benevolent shake Of
'he head I'd a. soon thought 81 punish
ing my own mother for trying 10 do me
q good turn