Executrix's Sale

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Excerpt from Executrix's Sale: The Remarkable Collection of the Late J. Osborn Emery, Including an Extraordinary Variety of Objects in Jewerly, Bric-a-Brac, Gems, Souvenirs, Relics, Books, Prints, Coins and Medals, and an Unique Antique Watches, Collection of Chains and CharmsHe even recommenced a collection of coins and medals, and gathered some valuable American and foreign mintages. He secured many noble pieces of old furniture, notably a magnificent mahogany sideboard, that was once the property of Benjamin Franklin. His enthusiasm went so far that. He at one time even proposed to purchase the homestead of Daniel Webster, in the vicinity of which was his own birth place. So his useful life went on, happy in its well-earned pleasure of an innocent and intellectual indulgence of his tastes, into a venerable and venerated old age. His whole career illustrates the elevating and ennobling influences of natural taste properly directed and employed in the walks of collectorship, and when his call came, and he was summoned from among his treasures, it may well be said that the cur tain fell on no life that better deserved a conclusion of that serenity and confidence which are born of rectitude and good will to all his kind.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.