The chief Customs collector, Mr iacke, addressing the Flatbush Club m New York recently, declared that bric-a-brac picked up by Ainenca .™ touring in remote corners of the old forld? and taken to New York in the -ith that such relics were heirlooms, ting back to periods before the discovery of America, are frrquently found to be made of American pine and chestnut. "Out of £200,000 worth of antiques that pass through our hands," Mr Kracke said,, "we find that more than half are 'fakes' made up for the trad©' by skilled workmen.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19466, 13 November 1928, Page 9
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