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...could point to any organized sabotage, though the unfounded rumor that the herd had the dreaded Bang's disease looked suspiciously like a dirty Republican trick. But the strong gust of wind that blew the tent down, making it necessary to hold the auction in a crowded, drafty barn, was definitely an act of God. Even so, for a registered herd, the bids were suspiciously low. Jersey cows went at $100, and the owner stomped off in a huff when $10 was bid for a young bull. Squire Henry Morgenthau Jr.'s whole herd of 100 purebred dairy...
...Auction haunters, bargain hunters, household handymen are just waiting for the day when the war ends and Army supplies, tools, trucks-maybe even airplanes-will be for sale. For citizens who can get priorities to buy, the day is already here...
Errol Flynn, informed of an imminent war-bond auction in Portland, Ore., sent a lock of his hair...
Gypsy Rose Lee walked off with a small Degas under her arm, too excited to wait for the rest of the auction. At the book sale particularly, connoisseurs held their seats as the prices skyrocketed. The Manet ellustrées published in 1929, containing Manet watercolor reproductions in color, went for $360-though its Paris price ten years ago was around $30. The collection was a market sensation from Derain to Dufy, from Rouault to Renoir. It was strongest in works by Crowninshield's old friends, French Painter André Dunoyer de Segonzac and French Sculptor Charles Despiau. Highest...
Crownie's friend, Columnist Westbrook Pegler, offered to contribute to the auction the imaginary Pegler Collection of Indecent Postcards. It was Pegler who once parodied Crownie's conversational style as follows...