The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-27
CHARLEY kGBD SELLING OUT
AUCTION ar HTS FAMOUS Old
GAMBLING HOCSE.


Iht was one % the entries On the
sale sheets % Auctione~r Augustus ".
-'arka yesterday afternoon after he had
havsei the furniture. the art objects
a-i 'hs curios that Charley Raed had
TOR th,rty-four years in ha RanhIinG
house az S West Twenty-fourth street
there was nothing remarkable abom
N. riece Of furniture unless yon knew
something 81 ito history. hut old charley.
sttlnk AZ his white Tolltop desk. dry
smoking q long cigar. watched " aold
With something leo thar his charac-
tsrs,ic impAssivity. He minded Il more
Than the passing for t7Oa oI the famous
carved nutwood sideboard Tor which
Pr~slient Tom SCOTT Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad once offered him Si2.Oo cash
That article sA,d the old gambler
has held more real money. 90 far a. I
know than any box outside of q hank
Millions IL has held. tell you: millions
al millions couId give ron the names
~ men. Il felt like ia. whose yelIowbacSs
have choked u. And here 70 Roea for
reAslv ar bite Well. I don't give a
damn I'm through
II was pretty easy 20 Sc whil~ the sale
dron~d on that She man who was one Of
the most celebrated gamblers New York's
sporting life ever produced didn't. a. he
sad give q damn twas diaappoint-
ING sale to him. because OH 'ecta thar he
had raid much money for IN his trirs
around the world ami which wore worth
much more than the auct,oneer could Get
wars Disposed ~ for = 1.-THE NJ their
value Pu' charley Reed laokai a. II,
tbs ~av. II vas his la~t gamble and n
-ASn Z up 60 him TO kIck a. tho play he
got.
Tvsn when Ro~kmsker Harris Parr
tId scO0 for the great sideboart of eIah-
c-s'sly carved Venetian nutwood. a side
hoard that was made for king. and the
aIc'Ioneer glanced in1uiringly n, Reed
the old fellow nodded ~ ptiv saving to
hrs valet. George Wall WIN has been
Nth him FORTY wears
I'm bst hat would make Tom S~ot,
Turn over m his grave. George
Reeds Only interest seemed 10 10 to
Get tho sale ovsr. Ne hid disposed " the
hr'sN for tiOl.on II - to - torn down
ana 4 loft building - 80 10 erected on tho
ste The old man intends to live m New
cssds ~ the sales ami what he hld nnn-
aEed to hold oT t. sinc,s the hevdav ~
gambling Hes pretty we'll hxed
The few Of his cronlrs who turned Ip
as he had been since anybody could ~
member He wore a squlr~ topped derby
~ a fashion long past q rad nncktsa q
.Uw collar. a RoTgeou- vest with pearl
huttons. a long frock crat. trousers Of
Ersv and brown spats over patant leather
shoes fEc~pt thrt his fac was ssamAd
With age and he hair was whittier. though
NJ thinner thariav R~@"i i"rked about
the same A. IN tho day ~ iNa famous sale
Of The elder August Balmoni's horses
wher he bought tna famous stallion II
BlaIss. an English Darhy winner with
one shopping hid - SilnGUo
Somebody nDti~ad uIs' before tho sale
started tho hole 10 ~" tor ~ hrs fa'
topped dsrhv and aAk''g 'h1rlsv why he
spoiled hrs hat
tha'ch on NV head 10 ~aid -Whenever
! bought = hat - punch a hole m the
top. The shnpnan would ~av ! was GRAVY
Re would sav ! had ruined a So hat
We'll ] always tod hlrn he = GOT his money
and had saved INV ha'r
The first things sold vsTe pair ~
Nubian teef stone hurts and pe1es'
that Reed bought N Italy many Years
ago. HAIRS Parr get tho bursts for SltO
anleoe He vas immediately offered
SsO0 hut refused Mr. Parr bought right
and left. spending a. 7Ur We a q no
vas gong ~ furnish house IA Sara
toza and thought Char'sv Reeds FURNITURE
would cone ~ handy
fpr AlIl he sH'iirPf TWO emu eR-N
mounted On pedestals of golden palm
trees about winch black spearman were
proving The esSs werN op@n and lined
for 'eWel CaMps parr "a 4 $50 fOr a
'h-es pieca bronze rio"k set on marble
tase The NreStlsrS. rwo silver hronze
SrNTps. he got for 80 sa~h 4 rnsswood
Gothic rod over ~ wears Cd cost HIN
81 4 carved N~n~titn nWwNOd wr'-
M desk went - him for Sao Like ,as
dshoard. the desk was D'e~~ ~ Ss'
- nutwood furn't'ir~. and PAR got y
DOZEN cha ~ for S3I: 4 fine Old carved
fl"o He PAID sInn APIECE for two bronza
asIres re1reae1' NJ stree MUSICIANS
Among the IN ma. " win - Rood hn1
handsome collection. Parr N~c,Ir~d
sitfsen Se'-re- nla'~= for a. sarh Reed
- that The Ia" Nr1'''s' Belmont had
greatly fanci@d thpsa Dtaies ard had
offered a sum which made tls'r safe veS-
to-day seem q Joke
over the witt. crane! S~r---a- no.
tween the two rooms wh".. ~ - ~ me
gambling Used 10 10 wcra two alta ed
RlA~s pArels Orc ~ thsm uicIu-.si
1horA a racenarH ard |Fn which he
came celebrated Inc OTTER prssen 49,
re horse Bonnewooi Johnny Max
'Vho ran the wnitc E'ephr1' IN Alhauv.
,a7n~ down especiallJ- 70 cat 'hosr IA re'S
Thav coat him SO Fa'~~o
Although AWctone~r Cia-kH p'~.,r!@,i
AE1 protested IL was impossible - got
WA many 81 The Articles wcr" reilly
worth A wonderful Ca-vcd N"r~'ian
nT'Uood cabinet vent for slsS \ DOZEN
>"y-~s plates. piciurln- Naroleon's
oAs'iss. sold for tls ap'"ce. Two So, r~~
p.a'es with cobalt blue and gold borders
v~r~ knocked down for - a7i~ce.
-omAn who gave the name ~ Mr..
-ano bought a Cs~vNd nufvoo6 cabir~i
for SIS The hoof. mounted IN SILVER.
= Mr Pickw1ck. q thoroughbred ihs'
RSed owned years ago. sod for $40 A
a-5nse bust ~ william Cul'en Bryant
-v LAInt Thompson. sold for fso. The
-0.l'op desk Reed mai us~d for forty
Ears went for SIS.
The total for the aAle was $500. hardly
. fourth Of VIVA wa, eNp~cted.
lrs house which Rcd sa'd hal be~n
e'l1 for sIOO.O1O 10 of - tyre ~ gambling
~ SO ~ which f"W are boz In N~1 York.
-v'sp' for the double two end Ons-iaf
rcr doors that cad from the s'oOp inro
80 vSs'Ibul@ and from m" vSsiibul"
~ N" hall thor" NRS little LET 10 remind
ri 'lnn"rr ~ the SCen~~ ~ years AGO.
~ a." West Tw an'y fourth street has
""H I-s-d ~ - furnished room house.