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...fair number of which get used in the two and a half hours of mayhem. As Bruhl asks early on. "What's the point of owning a mace if you don't use it?" The mace and most of the swords, axes, knives and guns would make any collector proud, but one large cardboard-looking saber in the middle of the back wall stands...
...copies. Last week a columnist for Le Figaro learned of a rat-chewed copy, unearthed by a book collector, and brought it to the world's attention...
...windy and precious. A woman "sweeps the pantry with her motile and patibulary eyes." "On infinite meadows in the black, creatures made of misty light tossed their manes in motionless eternal swings that passed through the stars like wind sweeping through wildflowers." The novel's conclusion is a collector's item: "What of Peter Lake, you may ask? .. . Was he able to stop time? ... At least until there are new lakes in the clouds that open upon living cities as yet unknown, and perhaps forever, that is a question which you must answer within your own heart." Meanwhile...
Even if the court actions fail, some of the paper still has value. A Hukuang Railroad bond for 20 gold pounds ($96) that is in good condition is worth from $50 to $100 as a collector's item...
...finest tradition of intelligence gathering, the week's most sensational disclosure came from a garbage can. According to the Washington Post, an unidentified collector of campaign memorabilia had gone to Reagan headquarters in Arlington, Va., after the election to seek souvenirs. He was told that everything had been tossed out, but he was welcome to rummage in the trash cans. He filled a box with a batch of papers and last week showed some of them to the Post. They provided ostensible verification of a report by TIME White House Correspondent Laurence Barrett in his new book on Reagan...