The Bone Clocks
“It’s a long, narrow shop with a central stand where sets of midprice stamps are displayed, like LPs. Pricier items live in locked cabinets along the walls. I unwind my scarf, but my old satchel stays around my neck. The radio is warbling Don Giovanni, Act 2. Bernard Kriebel, clad in green tweed and a navy cravat, glances around the customer at the desk to ensure I come in peace; I send him a take-your-time face and stay at a tactful distance, perusing the mint condition Penny Blacks in their hu...midity-controlled display cabinets. It soon becomes clear, however, that the customer ahead of me is not a happy bunny: “What do you mean, fake?”
“This specimen is closer to a hundred days old,” the proprietor removes his delicate glasses to rub a watery eye, “than a hundred years.”
The customer pinches the air like a comedy Italian: “What about the faded dye? The browned paper? That paper’s not contemporary!”
“Period paper isn’t hard to obtain—although the crosshatch fibers suggest the 1920s more than the 1890s.”MoreLess
“This specimen is closer to a hundred days old,” the proprietor removes his delicate glasses to rub a watery eye, “than a hundred years.”
The customer pinches the air like a comedy Italian: “What about the faded dye? The browned paper? That paper’s not contemporary!”
“Period paper isn’t hard to obtain—although the crosshatch fibers suggest the 1920s more than the 1890s.”MoreLess
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