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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, August 25, 1957 Buried Treasure 7 Gold Substitutes May Be More Valuable Than Gold "It's not gold," the jeweler way people could get satisfac- aid. "It happeni to be genuine tory jewelry without paying the . . , ,. . exorbitant price of gold. pmchbeck.1 There was little He deceived anyone aw in hn voice and he looked about it He advertised it quite t the iwcrd hilt admiringly. openly. Even warned against his "Pinchbeck?" I asked, my dis- imitators of whom he had appointment edged with curi- plenty. osity. "But the metal kept its golden "Exactly," the jeweler said, color longest, and sometimes he "and very probably made by old improved upon it by washing a Christopher himself. The date pinchbeck product in gold looks authentic, and tlat would which is undoubtedly what was be when Christopher Pinchbeck done with this sword hilt. It's was in his early forties." been heavily washed." The date, etched into the heel I looked at the hilt with new of the blade where it entered respect. The blade it held was the grip, was 1710. broken off about a foot down. I "But suppose it was made by had bought it for $10, thinking Pinchbeck himself, Jfhat then?" of having it converted into a I asked. hunting knife. I said so. The jeweler looked at me The jeweler didn't like the pityingly and began to explain idea at all. that pinchbeck, an imitation "This is a relic," he said, gold named for it inventor and ''You should have a new blade made of copper, zinc and tin, put in or this one mended, had been one of the most impor- Think of the collectors of Pinch- tant alloys for jewelers. beckiana." "Old Pinchbeck was a gTeat I thought of them. It was ob- artiat," the jeweler said. "He vious the jeweler was one. When Invented hia metal merely be- he finally offered me $50 for cause he saw It was the only the Silt, I took it O BEAUTIFUL PENDANT PROVES TO BE OLD PERSIAN COIN Hank, who had recently be- much, he believed it was some- mm engaged, wanted me to see thing that would so delight his ... . . . . ... , ul , Uil sweetheart that he would have . m nm aa Ju uu. - mu;h lggin u fiancee. essary. "It' a medal of some kind. "Have you any idea what it I'm pretty sure it's gold I've jg and what it says," he asked, given it the acid test and I j told him that it might be a know it's the sort of thing that coin and suggested we enter a will appeal to her." nearby coin dealer' where we The piece was on a short gold could look it up. . chain. A far as I could tell by It didn't take long to find it, looking at it. it was a medal. once I had got my hands on a On one side was the portrait copy of Coins of the World, a bust of tome ruler a shah prob- catalogue of 20th century items, ably, judging from the hat he It was a Persian piece, of 10 wore which" had the kind of tomans denomination, about like jewelled ieatherburst often our $20 gold piece. The bust of worn by oriental rulers. the ruler was that of Ahmed On the other side was some Shah who ruled from 1909 to kind of an inscription, probably 1A25. in Arabic, which was enclosed There was nothing in the cata by a magnificent wreath. logue about what the inscrip- Hank had bought the piece In tion said, but even if there had Havana while visiting there been, it could not have been some weeks before. It had cost such good news as the price, him $50, and though he felt The value given for the piece that possibly he had paid too was $100! PISTOL VALUE JUMPED WITHIN A FEW YEARS It is probably impossible to a condition that presumably tell what American weapon has made it easier to apply the caps had the biggest increase in curio for firing. . value during the past decade, The weapon was a hammer but whatever it is, the pepper- less equipped with two ring box-typ pistol is not far be- triggers one for pulling the hind it. 1 spring-operated firing pin into A friend of mine who bought position and the other for releas es in 1948 for $10 thought he ing it. The firing pin, by the had found a bargain. way, was of the revolving kind. It was an 1848 Leonard in The piece was marked "G. good workable condition. He ex- Leonard Jr. Charlestown, Pat- pected to turn it over for a fast ented 1849." Its only ornamen- profit. When he discovered that tation consisted of silver grips $1$ was all he could then ex- instead of the usual wooden pct to get for it, he decided to ones. keep the gun for its decoration Recently my friend decided valua and as a reminder not to h no longer needed the weapon be too hasty in buying. and offered it for sale. The pepperbox-type is not a He named $75 as an asking handsome one, and this one price, expecting to be beaten seemed less handsome than down. Instead, the first prospect most. It was a .31 calibre, four- paid without protest. The reason shot job, the handle almost at is that values of pepperbox guns right angles to the block which have so increased during the was bored for the four charges, past ten years that the $75 price The block, which measured a was somewhat on the low side, little over three - and - a - half (Released by the inches, was a removable one McCIur Newspaper Syndicate) Medford Pharmacy CPro u dip CPresen Is SIX IN A ROW MARY CHESS A Wardrobe of Fragrance. One each "of the Six most popular Mary Chess Toilet Waters... superbly gift-packaged in O a box, richly gold-embossed in an exquisite design of the Renaissance. I ' i 6 half mroct ! 6- bottles one ounce bottles -quarter ounce bottles $-P0 Medford Pharmacy, Inc. We Are Opn Today 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. PHONE SP 2-6253 101 N. CENTRAL ! I J&dAv! CAMERA SHY Mrs. Mar garet Lydia Burton, 51, tries to shield her daughter, Sheila Joy, 20, from pho tographers as they are led from U. S. Marshal's office in Tulsa, Okla. Described by the FBI as an elusive inter national thief, Mrs. Burton was arrested with her daugh ter in connection with a $100,000 embezzlement in Georgia. Some Ducks Fly East Insiead of South Lansing. Mich. Hfl The pop ular belief that all migrating ducks fly directly south to es cape cold winter weather is not necessarily so, says the Michigan Conservation Department. Recovery of birds banded on the lower Detroit River since 1949 indicates several species of diving ducks use a west-to-east flight route for fall migrations to the Chesapeake Bay area on the Atlantic coast. "Diving ducks" include the canvasback, redhead, ringneck, scaup, teal, gafiwell and widg eon, v. The investigation showed black ducks have a split migra tion pattern, with some of the species going to the Atlantic coast while others move south along the Mississippi Valley.' Band recoveries also demon strate that the life expectancy of ducks is comparatively short. Of the banded birds killed, the largest percentage was taken in the first year after banding. The annual Fiesta of Santa Fe, N.M., is believed to be the oldest community festival in America. The Fiesta was begun in 1712 by the Spanish governor to com memorate the re-conquest of New Mexico from the Indians "hi "J lumumapCTT V ' M;. . fs C. m' m - - 0J0Jgp1 igwsjiri MYSTERY BLASTS DOOM TANKER Just 30 miles from the safety of Gibraltar, the explosion-ravaged Liberian tanker World Splendor begins to sink under massive clouds of smoke. Five of the ship's 32 surviving crewmen were hospitalized. None of the crew was able to explain how the two explosions and flash fire that rocked the 25,000-ton vessel, which was en route to the Persian Gulf from Southampton,- Eng., carrying nothing but ballast.. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads The Low Cost Way to Sell Items You No Longer Need The raven, nearly twice as big i as its common relative, the crow, ; is similar in build and has glossy black feathers. It eats almost j anything animal or vegetable. It carefully stays out of shotgun range. Individuals have lived more than 50 years. ' I DRAMATIC SAVINGS STARTSMONDAY SEE PAGE 3, SECTION 1 The little village of Apache Tejo (TAY-ho), in southeastern New Mexico, was once the scene of yearly "Olympic games." Apa che Indians in the region met there annually to play quoits, and champions from the various tribes defended their aurels in the tejo (quoits) pits. Oklahoma Is the only state la the union to have memorials honoring both the Confederacy and the Union. The 1957 World's Conservation Exposition and Plowing Contests will be held in Adams County, Ohio, Sept. 17-20. above all ... (L Come In Early for Your Selection Exciting HATS by Mr. John Jr. and Jan Leslie Credit Gladly Given Open Monday Til 9 p.m. J aaievs J 17 South Central JORGENSEN'S URGES YOU TO ATTEND THE WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28th o Food Sale 5:00 P.M. Barbeque Dinner 5-9 P.M. Auction Starts 7:00 P.M. 11 II I i - - - U LJ Here's your opportunity to have fun and help your own "Y" at the same time! The annual YMCA auction of merchandise and services donated by Medford Merchr ants will begin at 7:00 P.M. at the "Y". Be sure to be there Remember, Free Prizes every hour! '7f o o o o o ESTA ICE RIGHT NOW is Ice cream time-and Jorgensen's FIESTA is the finest you can buy the top favorite of everyone. Made of rich Rogue River Valley but terfat enriched with that special nutrient, NUTRI MIX FIESTA makes a hit with young and old . . . it's a grand dessert, too so easy to serve so welcomed by all the family! Keep YOUR refrigera tor filled with the handy-sized colorful cartons c FIESTA and be prepared for LOTS of demands! . THE TOP TASTE TREAT! O
