L34 A happy discovery

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L34 A happy discovery

• contrast
  • the most expensive kind of antique shop keeps rare objects in the glass case to keep them free from dust
    • it usually a forbidding place
  • a less pretentious antique shop piles up assorted junk
    • People come causally and go looking for real rarity from the junk
• the person most likely to find a rarity
  • must have patient
  • the ability to recognize the worth of something
  • must be as knowledgeable as the dealer
  • bent on making a discovery
  • must cherish the hope
• an example of this kind of person
  • my old friend, Frank Halliday, picked up a masterpiece for a mere ￡50
  • one Saturday morning
    • he visited an antique shop which he had never been so that it attracted him a lot
  • the morning passed and he was about to leave
    • he noticed a large packing case which had just come in
    • the dealer prised it open and the contents were disappointing
      • an interesting-looking carved dagger
      • crockery, much of it broken
      • a miniature painting
    • he decided to buy this painting which was like an Italian painting he knew and it cost him ￡50
    • he could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew he had made a real discovery
    • this painting proved to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds

L34 A happy discovery

• contrast
  • the most expensive kind of antique shop keeps rare objects in the glass case to keep them free from dust
    • it usually a forbidding place
  • a less pretentious antique shop piles up assorted junk
    • People come causally and go looking for real rarity from the junk
• the person most likely to find a rarity
  • must have patient
  • the ability to recognize the worth of something
  • must be as knowledgeable as the dealer
  • bent on making a discovery
  • must cherish the hope
• an example of this kind of person
  • my old friend, Frank Halliday, picked up a masterpiece for a mere ￡50
  • one Saturday morning
    • he visited an antique shop which he had never been so that it attracted him a lot
  • the morning passed and he was about to leave
    • he noticed a large packing case which had just come in
    • the dealer prised it open and the contents were disappointing
      • an interesting-looking carved dagger
      • crockery, much of it broken
      • a miniature painting
    • he decided to buy this painting which was like an Italian painting he knew and it cost him ￡50
    • he could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew he had made a real discovery
    • this painting proved to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds