Word: collector
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ranks among the foremost authorities on Chinese Art, both as an explorer and collector...
...wheelwright, then he rented the general store. At 27 he was elected to the state legislature, served six terms, and added to them one term in the state Senate. His title of Colonel came to him when Governor Stickney appointed him to the gubernatorial staff. He was local tax-collector for 38 years, postmaster for 49 years and deputy sheriff for a "very long time." He married twice and had one son and one daughter (who died young). He was an influential man in his community, a good citizen and he reared his son to be President...
Gutenberg. What is the Word of God worth? To a believer, it is beyond price. To a paynim or scoffer, it is valueless. To a collector of rare books, it may be worth as much as $218 a page. This was the price paid in Manhattan last week for eight pages from a copy of the Gutenberg Bible, the first book ever published. The pages, embracing the whole of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, was bought by the Phoenix Book Store. A complete Bible at this rate would cost...
Porcelain. A Chinese vase in green, yellow, and aubergine (1665) to Frank Partridge of London for $3,100, the highest price paid for anything in the porcelain collection. B. N. Needham, Manhattan collector, paid $2,000 for a Chamberlain Worcester dessert service of 45 pieces. Each plate is painted with a scene from one of Shakespeare's plays, and has on its back (in case any inquisitive guest should turn it over) an appropriate quotation from the bard...
...This collection already owns three copies. Other U. S. owners are the N. Y. Public Library, the General Theological Seminary, Henry Edwards Huntington (railroader and book-collector), and Joseph E. Widener of Philadelphia...