TALE OF SNUFF-BOX
MANY TIMES PURCHASED. Although snuff-boxes are said to be among the "best-sellinig" antiques of the moment, few of them are likely to provide the seller with a comfortable income for life, as did a handsome gold specimen which Baron James de Rnthschild once gave a celebrated French composer as a token of esteem. The recipient almost immediatoly took it to the jeweller from whom it had been purchased and sold it back to him for £50. •News of the tranaaction reaohed the ; Blaron, andj, pitydng the mufsiciian's poverty, he again purchased the box and gave it to him. Next day it was returned to.the jeWeller for another £50. Following that the gift and the sale became periodieal, and continued until the Baron's death, after which one of his sons kept up the comedy, thus providing for the composer inhis decliniing years.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 590, 22 July 1933, Page 11
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144TALE OF SNUFF-BOX Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 590, 22 July 1933, Page 11
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