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holds good in the auction-room; nothing is worth anything unless it fetches a swinging price under the hammer. But the wise collector will put his tongue in his cheek and quietly pursue his hobby in byways where he may shut his ears to noisy competitors and delve the deeper into the sixpenny portfolios where golden dreams lie buried.