Word: collector
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Writer, bibliographer, collector. He trips between his Philadelphia and Manhattan homes on the clew of precious printed matter or autographs. In 1923 the Rosenbach Co., of which he is secretary, paid approximately $43,350 for another copy...
...field, the proposed Department could no doubt do helpful work. In the rural districts especially, it could render an important service by helping newly elected school superintendents to solve their administrative problems. But the present Bureau of Education if sufficient funds were provided, ought to be as competent a collector of information and disseminator of advice...
...slept and came back again through a raging snowstorm. Partridge of London, pressed closely by Henry Symons, Manhattan dealer, appeared to have no bottom to his purse. Was it truly the King's gold that he was spending? Dealers thought not, but the rumor persisted. S. D. Bowers, a collector, bought two satinwood commodes for $11,600. On the third day Mr. Partridge again paid the highest price?$16,000?for a pair of Adam bookcases, heirlooms of the Chesterfield family. English and American bidders worked against each other as if the sale had been an international polo match...
...Income Tax Publicity. The Socialists demanded that article 58, making it obligatory for Frenchmen to declare the amount of their incomes to the tax collector, should be debated first...
...Gallant Collector...