Show treasures are found in obscure places artistic and historic articles hidden away new york those who think the days ot of hidden treasure are past will get a swift awakening at a list of 0 valuable articles which have been compiled by E alexander powell includes paintings tapestries statues rugs jewels furniture and porcelains ains and mr bir powell solemnly insists that plenty more still lie ile bidden away in this country and and abroad artistic and historic treasures with a dollar and cents value many times that of all the loot taken by captain kidd bluebeard morgan and other buc cancers of free ree booting days these treasures lie ile concealed in the most unsuspected places in the musty garrets of new england farmhouses in decaying mansions on southern plantations on the upper shelves of crossroad cross road stores and city pawnshops in fis hermans shacks english taverns german castles french chateaux even beneath the sand of african deserts and in native huts buts on south sea islands here are a few examples of recent finds as compiled by mr powell for the american magazine A country store in new england yields some rolls of eighteenth cen tury scenic wall paper printed from wooden blocks by hand which brought the finder a small fortune A californian discovered one of the greatest of AIu paintings amid the discarded rubbish to in a paris storeroom where it had lain unrecognized for generations it Is valued it at A traveler in the south sens seas found painted on tile the doors of a native rut to in tahiti a priceless group of primitives by paul gauguin tile the eccentric french artist who exiled himself to the pacific islands |