Llove Letters

Finding treasure is always enjoyable. . .and often very profitable. As my lovely bride and I were wandering (taking the tour, of course) through the ante-bellum home on the edge of the Mississippi this week, we were shown a piece of sculpture – signed by Gutzon Borglum (think Mt. Rushmore), of a seated Abraham Lincoln. It’s a small piece, sitting on a magnificent piece of furniture, and the story goes. . . The owner of the house bought the statue at an auction thinking it to be bronze. After arriving home he discovers it is not bronze, but silver. It is a beautiful piece and the detail is striking. One…