The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-15
FqLES IN LONDON.
:. Houses That One May
purchase Outright.
rfrR MODE OF LIVING.

EE"
-s..,sn Dealer" Will Sell You
,bs Dining Table or the
% s,om and Then Refurnish For
I'd Purchaser
..od Of buying and selling OBJ
7. has undergone considerable
,.,,ne recent years. Formerly
saaIer ensconced himself ex-
!. in shops in fashionable
IRE st. James district and
i his presence there by a sin
~ the window or a Japanese
!. gentleman dealer" has come
zane. In recent years he has
saw the cream Of the trade
1 man behind the counter.
arc In London today perhaps
mansions, magnificently fur
containing great fortunes in
furniture, china and silver,
.vners are willing to part with
of their beautiful possessions
y, or are ready at all times
duy and night to sell out lock,
I'D barrel.
are no signboards, no adver-
n no indication whatever that
y Is anything but the resi-
very we'll to do gentleman.
no admission to the general
You must go by invitation or
eHOn, and some of these pri-
Ireyors of antiquities would
emely annoyed If 1t became
" known that they are dealers.
majority of these gentlemen
are well known throughout
! and are regarded as the most
1t men In the business of buy
selling works of art. When
berefore, a small dealer has
9 to dispose Of or there is some
VhIeh his limited capital will
NIT him to purchase he goes
10 the gentleman dealer" and
for the usual commission
ID possible for the latter to be-
pOssessor of the coveted OBJ
As come about that the "gen-
dssler" has gradually become
Important figure in this COM
Not only does he sell You a
Of his dining room, a Gains
picture from his walls, a val
le Of Sevres from the Chip
abinet in the corner or the
paneling from on the very
he entrance hall, but he is
to furnish a cottage or a
nom top to bottom with an
ns rather ridiculous to people
not aware of this state of
bot 1t is a fact that If you hap
Be a guest in one of these
and you take a fancy to the
you may take it for your
ending a check for it the next
Iou may have the whole din
with all its treasures, or you
Te the entire room, including
a The only thing you must
away is the family circle.
CONSTANT change apparently
. to life in the home of the
an dealer" for his wife never
whether she will be able to
Der for her husband served on
any Chippendale table worth
plain deal shelf, since all the
I've been sold.
Y they draw up chairs whose
calculated in enormous fig
NE next day they have great
finding anything at all to
no important sale anywhere
eantry at which the gentle
YER is not either present in
represented by any one of
ef dealers who are only too
o be of service to him, be-
i noted, the man with the
s able to work with a large
va Is therefore competent to
'iChases at sales which the
lef finds beyond him.
~ chair or picture sold in
ne gentleman dealer" sends
water a dozen valuable
ilere is a story of a fat near
owned by one Of these en-
men in which four luncheon
= mree dinner parties were
one week.
party there was a different
y every time the host sue
selling olt the contents Of
nat, so that it required q
ol meh to bring in new
'Or The next luncheon or din
The fiat was furnished
!, IN ore week. The owner
"A put to ind new old things
4. e eyes of prospective pur-
ne had to pay the dealers
nuns in order to cope with
~ sasy' but it is not, because
hg more difficult or more
Slying old furniture. old
na' or in fact anything
~ II 81,
~ SIMPLY flooded with Imi-
J. 70 the eye Of any but the