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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1913 



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THE COLLECTORS' 

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Collectors are invited to send short descriptions 

 of their wants and offerings to the Collectors' 

 Mart. Wants and offerings will be inserted in 

 this column without charge. American Homes 

 and Gardens takes no responsibility in connection 

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 munications should be addressed to "Collectors' 

 Mart, American Homes and Gardens, 361 Broad- 

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 marked zvith the register initials (which identify 

 the wants and offerings) in the lower left hand 

 corner of the envelope, the whole to be enclosed 

 in the envelope addressed to the Collectors' Mart. 

 Photographs should be carefully protected and 

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Wanted: Old advertising announcements 

 prior to 1820. P. H. 



Wanted: Copy of "The Bewick Col- 

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Wanted: Old books printed in Philadel- 

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Offered: Fine proofs by the best American 

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Offered: Collection of antiques, together 

 or separately. Old cut and engraved 

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 glass, hand-embroidered Dutch collars, 

 exquisitely embroidered nainsook skirt, 

 fans, bead wristlets or trimmings done in 

 Bulgarian colors, cup, plate, American 

 eagle, about 125 years old and other 

 articles. A. D. A. 



Exchange: To exchange old pewter for 

 other pieces not in my collection or will 

 exchange old blue platter by J. Wedge- 

 wood for old pewter. C. W. G. 



Wanted: Old original pencil drawings by 

 noted artists, signed. V. D. B. 



Wanted: Arundel print in fine condition, 

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Wanted: Samples of early silk brocades 

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Wanted: Old dolls of a period prior to 

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Wanted: Small boxed mirror, Persian. 

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Offered: Old newspaper containing ad- 

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Wanted: Caricatures of Mulready's de- 

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Wanted: Early Italian stone mosaic work 

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Wanted: Persian paintings on sheets of 

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Wanted: Nineteenth and twentieth cen- 

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Offered: Old secretary, about 1800. Two 

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 jubilee number of Brother Jonathan (July 

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 federate stamp picked up on field of 

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