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NATION, Page 49American NotesENTREPRENEURSSelling a Piece Of the Rock
Never underestimate the ingenuity of a businessman out to make
a quick buck. Last week two shipments of gray and white rubble,
totaling 20 tons, were airlifted from Germany to Chicago's O'Hare
International Airport. The Missouri entrepreneurs who imported the
debris swear that it comes from demolished portions of the Berlin
Wall. Just in time for the Christmas shopping season, they will
split it into 2-oz. chunks to be sold, along with an "informative
booklet and a declaration of authenticity," for $10 to $15 in gift
shops and department stores.
They had better get those historic stocking stuffers out fast
if they want to corner the market. William Bell, 22, a Munster,
Ind., car salesman, and his uncle, Paul Wells, 37, a painting
contractor from suburban Washington, have set up an import company
to send out what they, too, say are nuggets of the famous
barricade. According to Wells, Bell was in Berlin last week
"chipping away." And along New York City's fashionable Fifth
Avenue, two more entrepreneurs, David Schwartz and Edmond Howar,
are undercutting the competition with their own purported pieces
of the Wall. Price: $7.