The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-16

4 SAube AGS pVOILlulBs IuG AAAVuAbSo wines and liquors are fading as rapidly as the prices on them are rising.
 l But the gold is in the luxury market.
 l A customer cupped the article in question in the palm of his hand and asked "how much.
 "one million dollars" Harry Win lSton said.
 wen talk about 1t some more," the customer said. Don't sell 1t till you hear from me"
 N That was in ail office high above Fifth Avenue. Within the radius of a five minute walk @ woman ran her fingers through a platina fox belt and ordered a fur coat for $l0,000; pr. A. s. w. Rosenbach thurnhed through inquiries for a collection of naval documents worth hundreds of thousands of dollars; movie director bought the dia- nond spray pin of Marie Antoinette.
 Clerks at Gimbel's rushed the job lbf cataloguing a 45,O000O0 collection pf old masters and rare porcelaing.
 There are 30,000 new collectors" ]" pr. Armand Hammer said examin- ing the rare pieces and the swiftly diminishing items of the fabulous Hearst collection which he is sell Ing.
 New York is beginning to stir with the tide of the boom that has Balned more momentum elsewhere.
 Take the case of Harry Winston. That pigeon-egg sized chunk of Rrystallized carbon is the Jonkheer diamond. Winston bought 1t, had 1t ut and shaped into one of the treat stones of world history, priced t at $l,000,000. That's big money anywhere, anytime. But recently people have been asking about 1t, poking at 1t, wondering.
 Tt will Do sold," Winston pre- 1cted.
 The Jonkheer diamond isn't all hat winston has been asked to how lately. Someone wanted Q rice on the NasSak diamond, a ir1lliant blue Lighted stone of A arats and intense historical value. YVintton told him $250,Oo0 and 1t hay be a deal soon.
 He has pink diamond at SIPS. DO and 50 encouraging has his iSinesS been recently that he is hishtng the cutting of stones from ne President Vargas, one of the frgtSt diamonds ever found. It is AeinD shaped now Into one 50 karat kons and g diamonds of 10, 20 and Earats each.
 Dr. Hammer also deals in jewels historical pieces. Gregory Ra. Pgg, film producer, bought 8 piar of nerald earrings from the Russian rown jewel collection.
 Definitely an increase in this ipe Of custom" pr. Hammer said. It may be for investment or against lflation or just because there. is lore money around. Anyway the pod"
 pr. Hammer is astounded at the lay the expensive pieces of the William Randolph Hearst exi1ibi- on have been going. He sold also ie S6,000,000 Clarence Mackay col- ction and the brisk trade led him close deal for the famous col. ction of Warner g. Mccall of St. ouis.
 T would ,say there is enough loney in the proper channels now
 that art. obJeicts--even Gainsbor. lghs, Van Dykes and Tintorettos-- kn be disposed of at exceedingly bod prices" pr. Hammer said. Not l2e prices, Of course, for they were ntastically high. The buyers we
 t nowadays are willing to spend
 It the difference Is that they want
 surance they are getting good blue.'
 Dr. Rosenbach has one of the remost collections of manuscripts, lrly printings, historical pieces and .ustrationS in the world-outside
 Q museum. And lately, said one
 his associates, "there has been eat interest in many of our items ,parentiy by men who want to