September, 1913 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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and letter of identification. Price 

 $600.00. M. D. B. 



Wanted: Small boxed mirror, Persian. 

 Rose-pattern lacquer. H. M. B. 



Offered: Old newspaper containing ad- 

 vertisement of reward for a runaway 

 slave. E. S. 



Wanted: Early stamped (not embossed) 

 book-plates. G. T. 



Wanted: Persian paintings on sheets of 

 mica. O. L. B. 



Offered : Old secretary, about 1800. Two 

 Chippendale chairs (same pattern), with 

 interesting Colonial history attached . 

 glass punch-bowl (interesting history) ; 

 jubilee number of Brother Jonathan (July 

 4, 1845), Old Bible (1760), ten-cent Con- 

 federate stamp picked up on field of 

 Gettysburg July 3, 1863. J. G. B. 



Wanted: Broken bank bills; medals of 

 Nebraska; Odd Fellow medals of all 

 kinds. L. T. B. 



Wanted: Objects in straw mosaic. 



A. R. D. 



Wanted: Old Mexican pottery. C. R. 



Offered: Old-fashioned bedstead. W. 



Wanted: Early visiting cards or business 

 cards engraved with interesting vignettes, 

 old valentines before 1850. J. B. T. 



Exchange: Fine collection of old and rare 

 California Indian baskets. F. M G. 



Offered: Fine proofs by the best American 

 wood-engravers ; also portraits of Lin- 

 coln, Washington, Franklin, etc. B. J. G. 



Wanted: Old advertising announcements 

 prior to 1820. P. H. 



Wanted: Copy of "The Bewick Col- 

 lector." 



Offered: Linen tablecloth, design 

 George II mounted, emblems of Eng- 

 land, River Thames, etc., once property 

 of George IV, and presented by him to 

 ancestor of owner. Antique Spanish lace, 

 drawn work spreads, filet, etc., from 

 Spanish convents. H. J. 



Offered : Two Heppelwhite shield back 

 chairs and pair of girandoles, at one time 

 the property of Joseph Bonaparte, Shef- 

 field urn. Majolica plaque, piece rare 

 Chinese silk with design of imperial arms 

 of China, historic in value. Wedgewood 

 flower-pot. C. H. 



Offered: Some rare dark blue historical 

 china plates from my collection. C. E. V. 



Wanted: Small glass cup plates. C. E. V. 



Offered: Three volumes (folio) Mc- 

 Kenny & Hall's Indian Tribes of North 

 America. One hundred and twenty col- 

 ored plates 14^x2034 inches. Three- 

 quarter grained Morocco. Philadelphia, 

 1842. In very good condition. Would 

 also like to exchange stamps with col- 

 lectors. N. A. H. 



Offered: Set of carved ivory chessmen, 

 $10.00. 



Offered: Two brown, barrel-shaped 

 vases, wreathed with grapes and leaves, 

 in silver lustre, late 18th or early 19th 

 Century English-ware. B. 



Offered: Several pieces first Empire 

 China, a willow-ware Nankin platter but- 

 terfly border, 18th Century Mound-build- 

 ers' pottery and celt. B. P. 





SETH THOMAS Clocks are un- 

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 birthday or wedding gifts. Their 

 companionable, cheery tick, their re- 

 fined beauty of design, together with 

 their unfailing accuracy, are constant 

 reminders of the donor. 



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