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...dozen places where Poe was supposed to have written The Raven, and Katrina Trask said it inspired her own poetry. At the centre of the estate is a three-story Gothic mansion, whose vast rooms are carpeted with costly Persian rugs, lined with books and paintings, filled with bric-a-brac including everything from throne chairs to Swedish sleighs...
...attendant fluttered over and came to rest. She appreciated the student's interest. He would find the Maestro's work in the other room. The objects on the tables were bric-a-brac showing the surrealiste motif...
...student thanked her and went in. The first painting was a portrait of a matador. One eye was green and the other was orange. The student turned to the bric-a-brac. There was a woman's show, a brick, and a twisted piece of iron. On a table across the room was a pamphlet, and the student walked over, laying odds that it was one of Gertrude Stein's little jobs. He picked it up and read the title, "Annual Report of the President to the Board of Overseers of Harvard University...
...sued by auctioneers for fees, by State governments for taxes, by her single-minded stepchildren for a share in the vanishing estate. Month ago she filed a petition for bankruptcy. Last fortnight 780 ft. of her waterfront property and the Wigwam, once an impressive exhibit crammed with Indian bric-a-brac, now a tumbled ruin, were auctioned off to Crown Corp. for $252,000, none of which will end in the hands of Mrs. Croker. A remaining 9,500 ft. of Palm Beach waterfront will be sold next month. Last week Mrs. Croker wailed to-the press: "I have...
...Clothes wanted. I am paying fifty per cent higher cash prices than any other dealer for your cast-off clothing. Old Clothes, Watches, Chains, Diamonds, Bric-a-Brac, Furniture, Carpets, etc. Suits, $3 to $20, trousers $1 to $5. Remember Max Keezer...