Elegance Does Not Have to Break the Bank

Elegance Does Not Have to Break the Bank
An auction house employee poses behind a pair of large William and Mary Silver Candlesticks from the collection of late art leader Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in central London, on Dec. 16, 2014. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Tiffany & Co. sells a set of sterling silver candlesticks for $5,000. They are extremely fancy and sterling (unlike silver plated) is hard to come by these days. So maybe that price is worth it.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]