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Show Peter Funk's Origin. It is so long sinee Peter Funk became be-came the eponyaiie. hero of the bogim auctions that his trivial origin has been I'orgntteii. In the new. paper files of the ( ivil war period the term was freely free-ly applied to the auction swindles which then existed with no pretense of regulation. regu-lation. When the unwary citizen found the bidding cannily contrived to lead him on .and the artielc was knocked down to his rival, it was found that Peter Fimk was the opposing oppos-ing bidder. 1 11 like manner -when & householder consigned his goods to auction auc-tion they were sold for a song to the same Peter Funk. New York 8un. |