Profound Prices in Christies and Stevens Auctions
The article surveys eye catching auction results from Christie's and Stevens rooms. It highlights a pauper peasant pair’s china sale yielding £720 and rare items such as Limoges enamel, a Hercules and Omphale group, and a Lady Waldegrave portrait fetching substantial sums. It notes oddities like a Wardour Street vase, a Gabbitas viberon, and a Louis XV box sold for high prices, plus curious buys from Mrs. Samuel Lewis and a seas of notable lots including a shark priced at thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christie's
Warwickshire
London
China
Mme. de Pompadour
Chelsea
Lady Waldegrave
Hoppner
Woods
Christie
Messrs. Colnagh and Co
Wardour Street
West End
Duveen
Samuel Lewis
J. Thorold
Hawkins
Stevens
Covent Garden
Henry Stevens
England
Charles I
Judge condemns lawyer for brick wall remark in court
A judge ends a case after a final decision and rebukes the plaintiff’s lawyer who asks to reopen. The lawyer retorts about banging his head, and the judge replies that no one else could perform such an operation with less injury to himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solo Aad
Hayes and the farmer tale from boyhood days
A fragmented anecdote recounts young Rutherford B. Hayes meeting an old farmer while out walking with friends. Misidentifications lead to a humorous exchange as the farmer corrects their biblical aliases and asks where they were in Cork. The tale blends names, misnaming, and a playful misdirection about journeys and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherford B. Hayes
Isaac
Hayes
Abraham
Jacob
Baul
Kish
Do Not Trust Weather Prophets Says Opposing View
A writer mocks weather forecasts as misleading and divides forecast types into four categories. He cites the All Inclusive and Too Late varieties as harmless, but warns the Too Previous forecasts ruin plans and even cause illness. He urges readers to distrust weather prophets and avoid overreliance on predictions.
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British Isles
The Human Body and Its Chemical Make Up
A playful chemical analysis of the human body claims the average 150 pound man equals a thousand hens eggs chemically. It breaks down body composition into water sugar salt iron lime gases carbon phosphorus sulfur and acids with quantities expressed in quirky units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welzha
Finding the Key and the Pantry Fire Mystery
Mrs Mode returns home to an emptied wardrobe and a puzzled husband. He confesses after two days of hunger that the pantry key was in her bolero pocket, prompting him to burn the stocked goods on the lawn in a desperate misstep. The scene ends with a tense reveal of the key found among ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Parrot Under Porch Sparks Household Quips
A humorous exchange unfolds as a daughter protests a parrot hung under the front porch. The mother muses the bird must have belonged to a tramcar conductor, noting Edwin’s silence and the repeated command to sit. A digression follows about annoyances in married life and bachelor woes.
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Edwin
Testimonial letters tout Ack Hing herbal cures across ailments
A flood of handwritten notes praises Dr Ack Hing for herbal treatments curing nerve paralysis, chronic pain, and various illnesses. Patients from Donald to Ararat credit rapid relief, regained mobility, and restored health after weeks of his powders and herbs.
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Jeffcott
Donald
Dr. Ack Hing
Miles Miconville
Ack Hing
West Australia
Victoria
Ack Hang
Sam
Esy
Ant
Gho
Walker
Sky
Hin
Ehica East
Mira
Minton
Phesace
Acla
Leonid
Ming
Maryboragh
Ack Ming
Bry
Philllus
Milidarn
Golden Square
Horace Sleeman
Ararat
Daniel Omeara
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Cork
Patrick
qagenttTiign
Company Australasia Limited
Queen Street
Melbourne
E Bectors
Walter Madden
Edward Fitzgerald
Ll.d
Michael Mornane
Eeq
Duncan E. McBryde
Henry Madden
David Hunter
P. Stolz
Carrier Street
Benalla
Ladies’ and Gentlemen
Stolz
Marshall's
M'Lelland Brothers
Brook
M'‘Lelland
Btroot
Dorothy
Burser
James Dansay
Crainger
Austral House
Canton
Sun Ning City
Catherine Chain
Signatues
I Sairns
Mi Reliant
Sineady
Daviv Gemmill
Dunolly
Wilks
Chinow
Lennyong
Gail
Mrs UK
Jor
Marybor
Dr. Ack
Uae
William Coat
Mary
Thora Stenet
Maryn Whitik
Conese
Dee Able Ting
Dalton
Maite
Sant
Hanks Die Auk Hing
Ivy Uouerevum
Poe Bane
Wanliehi
Webb Bias
Timate
Lee Lobealibe
Vieq
Mra Winding
Tey
Ction
Bert
Maud Fadrreon
M'Dougall Road
Golden Gully
Bendiyn
Tevnyeon
Wordsworth
Ruskin
Carlyte
Jeffrey Farnel
Rex Beach
Gens Stuiten Router
G. D. Monteath
Sms
Stiou
Bridge Street
U Bel
Jay Minoy
Spriggs & Porter
Sornier Bridge & Smythe Street
How the
Dairymen
Otiers
Bartram & Son
Analaska
N.C
Say’s
Chomiat
TO & Coo
Dalgety
Newmarket
Swhdes
FUAS
Bourke Street
Lima
Wogl
Collins ST
Solimg Brokers
Levi Wiki Pe Gall SI
Hearne
W. G. Hearne & Co. Ltd
Geelong
Branchfives Sidner
Nsw
Wallington, NZ
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