Show FLOODS FLOOD'S TREASURES BRING LITTLE GASH CASH Bonanza Kings King's' Belongings Under Hammer MENLO PARK Cal May 21 P Treasures costing a n fortune brought only 5 cents to the dollar of the origInal origInal Inal cost at an auction today in the mansion built here b by the late James C. C Flood Nevada and Call Call- fornia bonanza king Because the widow and children of oC the early carly day mining magnate no longer wish to live in old Linden Towers the room 42 residence the furnishings are arc being placed on t the auction block for bidding The furnishings of the Flood mansion mansion man mm- sion are re too young to be antique and too old to be modern said H. H Taylor Curtiss auctioneer Articles worth a fortune at the time Flood obtained them were sold for at a rate which Curtiss declared declared de do Glared averaged only 5 cents to the dollar donar of their original cost Flood who began construction of ot Linden Towers in 1875 brought the Italian tallan artist Garibaldi from Europe to make a painting on the ceiling of the salon The value of oC the painting was estimated at between and by Curtiss who accepted a bid of only 45 for it from Miss L. L M. M Egan of San Francisco |