Word: collector
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Only a few of the Offies were markedly faster. Fastest of all was a roadster owned by J. C. Agajanian, a California garbage man ("Call me a used-food collector"). Driven by Parnelli Jones, 29, the Agajanian Willard Battery Special screamed around the 2½-mile oval at 151.1 m.p.h.-a record, and more than enough to win him the coveted pole position at the start. Obviously, Clark and Gurney could not hope to match Jones for pure speed. But they hoped to keep within striking distance by boring through the turns at 140 m.p.h., pick up precious seconds...
...Collectors of Tomorrow. Even such big stamp dealers as Raymond H. Weill of New Orleans, who bought last week's Hawaiian Missionary, cater to a barely profitable business with thousands of youngsters because they hope that enough of them will grow up to be the big and wealthy collectors of tomorrow. But while stamp collectors have earned a reputation as quiet and retiring types, they have sometimes proved to be less than perfect models for the kiddies. A one-penny Mauritius "Post Office" Red recently sold in England for $23,800 is known to have belonged to an unlikely...
Died. Jacques Guerlain, 88, longtime co-director (with his late brother Pierre) of Maison Guerlain, a leisure-time collector of French impressionists, who in the family tradition personally oversaw the development of all new perfumes, among them such best-sellers as L'Heure Bleue. Mitsouko. Shalimar; after a long illness; in Paris...
...brilliantly performing the role of reappraiser for the art of Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. The 451 paintings and drawings, ranging from family portraits to animal studies to magnificent sea and landscapes, are from the collection of Paul Mellon, new president of the National Gallery. A longtime collector of British painting, Mellon acquired most of the works in the show in the past three years, picking them up not only at auctions but directly from the owners of England's stately homes, to which his wide acquaintanceship in British society gave him access. He sprang the collection...
...have a dressy wedding can open on an abyss of revolt; the look of a new apartment can call for the fanciest flight of prose. Occasionally Miss Calisher seems to hover protectively over her characters. But that is rare. Most of the time she shows them off as a collector displays finely wrought curios, turning them skillfully this way and that to catch all sorts of light. How different each is from the rest-and yet how like...