The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-01-02
LOST WORKS OF ART
TREASURES WORTH FORTUNES
TO THE FINDERS.
Many Precious Objects for Which
Governments and Private Collectors
Would Pay Vast Amounts-Some
Probably Lost Forever

ne greatest treasure in St'Il1urr
tnc world has ever known is imprr.
f'r1, and the piece missing" Z right
arm Wonld bring the fintlc: i'll q
j;,@ ransom. so may lN termed 4
fl'a N:ro IN itself. This arm. OF
course. belongs to lhr Venus Il" Iiiln
row in the i.ouvre. Paris. and twenty
''Gh1 years ago It turned up in EE:;-
laHt. and was proved by experts 10
ue IL. yrnuine arm Of the Venus. The
o" Nor. however, refused to part With
it and concealed it somewhere lest it
Sfr"1ld be- stolen by thieves. When he
dltG he. left no record AS TO where
The arm was hidden and from that
'a! 10 this lis resting place lies 70
N'"'nt;' q mystery.
Son>Wn~r,. there is AN Old bronze
''':l%,S-r'lp which would easily re-
49," &InN."u' if Ont on the mark =;
1t j. he famous bronze bowl found
~ fANNt century ami d haf ago.
~: Nhlth was engraved the ancient
hI>:u!l Of HE Pharauh- 4 N:t.:
~'":"n from An Egyptian temple ~
''"S "Hi taken to Europe. FROM thai
'1:na ( miracuOu,Iy disappeared. ana
frrtr years later The Fren;'i, !uNrln-
fut-rt offered 81 II 600 for its discovery.
Int IA" famous cap had vac: i.,''. II.
oil pruhahiny TO. eyer
tirf'al pictures have an i.rhAppy
EN2rh uf disappearing an, lucky
Wl'nld y" ~. ndivihuA. who came
e ross Sir .I''>E'1a Rc\!.,"i'~ 'trun-
te<e + Derby. tor it We ii realize
S'7o 90" This was aclln" edged 10
IT, tfHH"'j~ sr' Attest por,ra.' 1ut not.
org at i Wa painted ii>:,p-
rr::rpd from HE Earl OF Dcr, :: cul-
ion und l.H> never SIM, been
It,: g Of RI rl,: are also tW, VAN
tTke> sud Il lt"niorannt missiu. cor
wllrh HE British National Gali,>,v
Hu;:IN Willingly pay 5000 .nrO, ami no
,:t,'h' til, Earl of NrrNe would give
:. NIX *rH;"d 10 any one who returned
'ho '':l,iu r'L by some vantlai from
ne p.r,t",- ui former Countess of
t."vt and hex son. who va; painted
~ tn" I:Itie spritt.
Has Il century ago the Italian gov
-~r'hu''H' entered! $50. 600 t. any one
vito ,N'H rediscovor thu, Florcntjne
"haIi>" This is goblet of green
Nf'r An glass. made in The .,i>t,,>n;h
f'@il": Tor tn" Pope and engraved
VNE picture Of the Rcsurrtc, ION.
IT, "caEN:aci'irc is said 10 have. &C.
fiI *@H Two years. and the secret ri
~" as. which VAS th,iitr ,;an
pa is Ir~t. The Gun vas STOLEN
'I"!n tho Vatican: but no ore, came
forward to clam the offt.r+,j reward
ava IN" NrOba bili1ieS are thnt tho ci,n
haS been smashed.
similar treasure, Nhicl vanished
is IN equally strange manner was
VEG NH'Srlla vase Of Dresden china
- IN" only piece Of china n,js:in.
'f"m IA" famous Marst.lla collection
'he value Of which is SGT dawn 81
'''''''. "'!o II bears upon it roe cross
arrows and lions head
Probably IN a !umher room in >o,3..
I''T O. britain there, is al old ,vor,
"f''H. II the owner only knew it, is
"";'h n|rut $1,000. 1t vas tho
>la'" ;N"rh presented by The nation
10 EDWARD Ill.,. and al one limo tho
nit Na* added with large r,,j,ics
n'F the>F' disappeared long before the
weapon '"I'pN"d jhrm into nhsc,,r;tv
some years ago. Any on. of ,he
British national n.u~ri,us womb n,,r.
erase tue s"or'i I,n Me sum mon, ;n,.
&c, "hLe II ~ rN; unlikely that in
4 public auction room tho hitI,1;,o
Ho';ld rise even higher.