Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1910 — Has Pins Worth $25,000. [ARTICLE]

Has Pins Worth $25,000.

Led on by a love for rare and unique scarf pins,- A. M. Brinckle, known throughout the country as the “scarf-

pin man,” arrived in Des Moines to continue his search for new designs to add to his collection, the Evening Tribune of that city says. During the years of travel in his capacity as salesman for a Connecticut cut-glass concern Mr. Brinckle has gathered together the largest assortment of rare and beautiful scarf pin 3 in the world. The collection contains 1,016 pins and is valued at $25,000. Jewelers in all large cities know of Mr. Brinckle-because of his fad. He is referred to in most localities as the “scarf-pin man” because of the fact that he wears so many unique pins. He declares that only once during the last fifteen years have any of his customers seen him wearing the same scarf pin. .He also has a collection of 300 scarfs. Gathering scarf pins is a hobby with Mr. Brinckle. Although unusual and costly, it has proved to be intensely interesting. A large number of the settings have a history, which the owner, with enthusiastic pride, loves to relate. The collection was recently placed on exhibition at Tiffany’s in New York, where many admiring collectors offered immense siims for the rarest specimens.