Word: connoisseuring
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...Christie's, famed London auctioneers, 15,000 cigars, property of the late Lord Northcliffe, were sold. Many lots of the finest brands were listed in the catalog, thus proving the great journalist to be a connoisseur of a good smoke...
...knock him down where he stood. Yet from all accounts Carl Van Vechten is a charming fellow. He is fond of cats (as the world reading his books knows). He has lived much on the Continent (as the world reading his books knows). He is something of a connoisseur of the arts (a. t. w. r. h. b. k.). He knows the fragrance and the names of rare perfumes (a. t., etc., etc.). First and foremost he seems to me, in his work, at least, to be animated by one desire?the wish to shock...
Richard H. Webber, connoisseur of Detroit, gave to the art institute of his city a painting, Winter, by Ernest Lawson. Lawson, in California born, in Kansas and Paris taught, is one of the progressive painters of New York...
...scandal," concerning the fake antique Gothic statuary in American museums, is investigated by Rene Gimpel, noted French connoisseur. Gimpel says the scandal is faked but the statuary is genuine. Once more the press is hoist by its own sensation...
Newspapers state that millions of dollars of Gothic art has been imported into this country. " Where is it hiding ? " asks M. Gimpel. He has one fault to find with Gothic art in America, there is too little. What little there is, is authentic, says the connoisseur after visiting the ten largest museums between New York and Minneapolis...