Antiquing
jJoel Sa.tei?
(Sec introduction on Page 1.)
"Connoisseur, World Traveler,
Man Of Mystery"
Some years ago at a flea mar
ket a big, strapping fellow with
a ring in one ear said to me,
“I’ve got to clear all this stuff
out this afternoon, I’m flying to
Europe tomorrow ” I thought he
was kidding. How could anyone
attend a flea market and do all
that has to be done to get ready
to go to Europe in one day' I
just didn’t have faith in Daniel
Sourbeer.
Several weeks later I met a
friend who has been to England
on business. His first remark to
me was, “Guess who I saw walk
ing down Petticoat Lane n Lon
don, Danny Sourbeer!’’
Some of the stories Danny
tells about antiques and anti
quing are so “way out” as to
seem unbelievable. But over the
years I have discovered that I
might as well believe him be-
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cause not once have I ever
heard anyone piove him telling
a "tall one.” Yet many times
I’ve stumbled acioss newspaper
clippings and total strangeis
that in some way verified one of
Dan’s stories
He told me many times that
he does shows all ovei the
South Then one day I got a
long distance phone call from a
lady who was looking for a fel
low with a beard who had a gob
let she had neglected to buy at
a show in Atlanta, Georgia Of
course the man she sought was
Dan Sourbeer, who says he has
34,000 goblets
At a recent show Daniel and
I had a long talk. Among other
things he told me that his dis
play was worth over $1,000,000
He showed me four handsome
diamond rings he was wearing
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which even to my unpracticed
eye were clearly worth over
$lO,OOO He opened the Hap of
hi* handsome green brocade
Jacket to show me the label,
“Sex fno middling) Fifth Ave
nue" lie showed me a Sevres
Vase about three feet high in
perfect condition and with no
hesitation asked me to pay
$125,000 for it (I wasn't exactly
a good piospect.) He showed me
a piece of china owned, he said,
by Marie Antoinette He de
scribed a museum in Nurem
burg which he had bought He
tossed a skating case onto a
table, opened it and displayed
one of the most handsome col
lections of American Paper
money I’ve ever seen And it’s
value of well over $lOO,OOO was
verified to me by a numismatist
a few hours later He showed
me two lamps made of black
jade which he priced at $55,000
I stepped on a piece of cloth
lying on the floor to look closely
at an il painting and he said,
“Joel, you’re standing on the
Empress of China's petticoat ”
Well, I never knew the Em
press of China well enough to
known exactly what her petti
coat waidrobe consisted of, but
I am bewildered enough by Mr
Sourbeer to believe that I really
did stand on one of them ”
Dan is moving his shop to St
LnumiMcr Farming. Saturday. March 28. 1078—
Daniel Sourbeer. Antiquer extraordinary, with Chinese
Madonna which he says is from the Peking Palace The
price? over $4,000.
Petersburg, Flouda He’s gra about antiques and antiquing,
cious, entertaining and one of Especially when they include a
the most colorful antiquers I clear black and white photo If
know. If you’re ever down there you want a reply, inclose large
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By the way, I asked if he d cen t s Write this newspaper
take $120,000 for the Sevres T , c
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Vase and he answered No I
asked him would he deliver it Material sent in cannot be re
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“No'” So I had to pass it up , , .
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