Show fake antiques are there is such a demand for antique furniture nowadays that the demand Is far in excess of the supply but it Is certain that the supply will never be allowed to fa 1 so long as the de mand exists of course there is very little genuine antique furniture to be ed up and the dealer must e ther dmn away good customers or else tab gricate the for example a man will pick up an antique bed tead in a remote country v aich costs him only a dollar or less and from it will fashion an antique cabinet which will deceive any one except i connoisseur and qu akly find a pur chaser who will be willing to pay him from to for it W th the aid of sulphuric acid and pol ish he will mal e it as black as ebony and a few minutes with a will riddle it with worm holes in the most realistic and artistic manner in the same nay an old chest of drawers or a wardrobe the des agn of which are cot sufficiently artistic to find a in that form can be converted into a costly p ece of furni ture which has every appearance of a well preserved example of sixteenth or seventeenth century work and 11 e vise a genuine ant q ie can be con averted into i number of pieces any one of which will br ng the pr ce which the original would hae sold for ingenious way of disposing of this bous furr tare Is to send it to ome remote country cottage where the custodian coached for the pur pose w 11 explain to the uns inspecting purchaser that it has been in the family for centuries the collector has no leaon to kupect this state anent and he adds the bogus dieas urea to his collection with in bis heart at his food luck it occasionally happens that a dealer chances upon a treasure house of real anc ent furniture in some it of the a corner of the world the owner knows little of the real value of the what he cal s rubbish and as a rule it has been relegated to the attic years before he regards the deler de ler aho vho pays what to him beems a fal ilous sum for the old furniture as a rich man w th a hobby and tal ing the money proceeds to refurnish his house with furniture of the most mod ern design cpr ng plush rockers bot couches and enameled beasi new york herald |