Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-24
VANITY EXCUSE
0FCLEVER FAKER
Expert Imitator of Antique
Things Says Collectors Are
Flattered BY Seeing Prices
They Pay Made Public.

on, collectors uK, To be hum
bugrcd. Thcv lr. battered to see the
| papers record enormous prices paid
| Dos them tur Som, pIrrc or other TlCv
must have something old. they rcfuso
to look 40 th, most beautiful work ~
| the world ~ 30 is av1w"dlN new, NO
matter Nh,th'r " be q candrlabrum
or coffin nv work IL as I'm" and
| delicate 1868 amy done IN Nou wears.
American collectors are ~ bad as
an' .a tls respect But they pay Tia"
best
Tur speaker was thu clc,crcst fakir
| DE Oh. world More than ono Paris
| nous, has offered him large SALARY
| in work exclusively tor them Eut he
! rrr'uIs TO Keep his Independence aud
-. k- Goo his modest HON" az kicti
| lri him he known as MIR Fcinplatt.
THE beautiful hibcluts which ,ol-
I,,iups Tondly believe to have ,umv
from som. old French chateau are
made ia kicff The magnificent ym-
pine writing table at which Napoleon
&. supposed to hty, dashed OF g
hast, rut,. and the bed with graceful
curves ON which his first empress Is
supposed To have rcst'd. are made IN
Warsaw. while the relics of Egyptian
culture. brought from rhyb.s with
the deserts sand etill clingiug tu
them. have been no nearer Africa
than the russian port ot odessa.
Why
M Machines Ia i,uin iian,Iiwo orb.
Because the men who work iu
these towns are So clever that they
dccciv" some of tho clovoicst experts.
Some OF their work may even be seen
III the museums In this age. when
everything ls machine made. they
have preserved their handicraft To- an
extent unknown IN the western world.
Tho icvolvr cor silVcrsmith uf Amer
ica ard England hns lost his Gun
ming Machinery has gradually de-
prNrd him oi the use of his fingers
pnN in countries where delicate me-
"hunica contriVanDrs a." uuNupWu
can such work ,yst. u takes N,ar.
90 mako. but IL IS su wcll done u th,
| end that you are Inclined t. ASK Your.
t,f 81 the pld 'phJotS d'aIt could
have cqu1l'd them. These artiiit,rs
arc not Russians. bat mcmh'ra ot
| Those Hebrew colonies which have
| been established ON Russian soil iur
centuries ana hay. kept apart from
their nciEhhurS. preserving th,.r oNi
! language ana customs Thcir haudl-
work is fJll of eastern doiicacy and
! Be- carried ON with the patience which
allows "a man To- spend ton wears Oh
| the ohi-rling of one box or the ham
m,rinp uf siugl" silver tray.
The secret l. Imitation.
Nosacr 'F.iLblatt.' whose fake
factory visited At Kiou. speaks
| scarcely ans Russiau ana ~ other
European language. Although De IS
no ngust. 70, bns mad. oh, or tao
lpuyrmages tu museums iu paris, Vi
emma and HeIiin. whore hu tak,s good
stocN OF "a, gcuuiu, Durios aud mis-
| turicM r,llys hr intends Coz copy Tie
obtains detailed drawings aud photo
! graphs 90 them he returns home
sun u' ideas which 1t would tax" 4"
| lifetime Goo carry ont. bot which hclp
him N"rb up to tho wishes OF tho
big Paris and berlin dealers when
tho, send him word that som" rich
| collector is hunting tor roles ui 90
| certain ag, OF monarch
The imperial museums AT It Peters
| burg or, so tull of wonderful hibel"ts
aud historical Curios that Mus2ct %
! brother. stimuli has never been farther
iau,d fur his inspirations. AID yet
| b., has given perfect copy OF the
| ,omiit boxes OF ttth,rin" tine Great
which w.rr sold tu American coli
| l,.turs AS having come from TN
! salon of ruined Hussiin maguutc.
| \ d,dcr who knows moth the sets
| assured me- that II would he impnssi-
| bile olru tor au rNp'rt to distinguish
| between those iu the cars private
| collection aud tho copies Tho dif'i-
vultl Vus to got exact drawings and
! photographs of the originals, which
az, lu pure gold and supposed Go have
| been mad, IN Paris after designs of
H. Russian faNotit, OF ia, empress.
M in u Ii,,lc Diue, >i'op.
| The "trmpl, ut beauty b, % dirty
ljtlr shop u IA, quarter ut tho town
lcutrcly mhahJt,d oy Hebrews Tn"
hi cc was once % small DWELLING
ihousc. for th, shop window ,- 'uN
| one window uf an ordinary -ituug
room, its fellow huy.ug been turned
| into q door Not more than ton fcri
| hy eight. u contains q drty counter
whcr, e small glass c1sr displays one
ur two cheap watches ana the sort
lot silver trinkcts peasants ana servant
atrls pu}. The window shows moro
| Tuk O. and clrolcssly placed among
them b, large old Russian drinking
! .ur with q bird claw feet and b'uu-
! rnlly chased bowl II looks 1t lra-t
300 ,cir OLD ana has the old Russian
silver mars II serves as a sign hy
1Nh.uh foreign dealers know that this
lnIs,rabIe uttl, shop contain. po--i-
hUIt,..
! CO.. course the old silver cup was
mad. and chl..llrl by one Of tho
| Fr.Ln'utis. who 500 40 Nprk in q small
room behind thc shop Their table
rs GROVE. I'd Nth small tools ana ham
Morn ono cog two rows uf bottles
lnl i with washes they puueoct stand
% 20 shelf un thp wall ouh.nd Thcs"
% d D. ID d A.. .