Word: cantarini
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...regular rounds through Meriden, Conn, one day last year, Junk Dealer Chester Orsini, 29, stopped by to do business at the home of Barber John Cantarini, who was just moving out of his house. Orsini plunked down $10 for a heap of rags and old mattresses; then he noticed a 14-inch bronze bust of Lincoln sitting on the family trash heap. Orsini took a fancy to it, bought it for $2 and took it home to decorate his television set. But when he noticed the name stamped on the back, he showed it to a local dentist...
This week he was still hunting, and still waiting for his $2 bust to turn into a multithousand dollar bonanza. So far, no buyer has made a solid offer. But Barber John Cantarini is taking no chances: after threatening court action on the ground that his wife had sold the bust without his consent, he got Orsini's agreement to an even split...
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