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Show MAKES 'OLD MASTERS' OVER NIGHT Theodore Von C.nn, sole owner of B $1,000,000 art secret. Left. Van Cma at work on an old master reproduction. reproduc-tion. Below, one of Van Cim's repro ductions. Dutch Artist's Secret Said, id Be Worth Cool Million BY FtOY GIBBONS. Climb four rickety lights nf str;rs lo a parr: t studio perched at the lop ol one of 'he inns' rani-ha. l;le hiiiln ings of Chicago's Latin quarter and you will find An artist A parrot And a $1,000,000 secret. The artist Is Theodore Van Cina j and he's a chemist as well The parrot is Balboa, his chum" And the secret1 That's a process of making oer night duplicates of old masrers, so per j ;fect that the niosi discerning expert cannot see a flaw Van Cilia Is the only li ing person, who knows the secret, he sas REFUSES MILLIONS. And he has just turned down a $1,000,000 offer trom the represents (tlve of a European art gallon He will CaffJ the secret with him to ihr.- grave, if he dies in poverty, he declares "Because." says Van Cina, 'I am no' S trickster To commercialize obi mas ti rs would be like- rising Up and sirik- ' Ing my own mother. I shall not be-J come a plagiarist." At noon today Van ClDtj could palm a l i Ill lldllel ion (il . 1,'al. ,:'.. I Van Dyke or R. pabraxfdl Before tomorrow morning by a chemical process he COUld ape the picture 500 years. His duplicate would .be so ae. urate ha : eyen Ihe cracks in the painl would show . STUMBLED ON SECRET. Van Cina, a Hollander, stumbled on his secret while studying aol al The Hague. ::m years ago A Dutch noble took Van Cina UD der his patronage and brought li m several original old masters which he: ed bjd i ina to copj .minutely. "I did lull " says Van Cina. 'until 1, leai d i the I mj pai t on had Sa boi rowiug these maslerpieces from his I friends and returning my copies to j them while keeping thd originals for himself. "When tin eatened exposure, my patron committed suicide" Van ( ina has done decorative work lor the queen-mother of Holland He occasionally iises his se.ru to copy) old masters lor his friends or himself |