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By the early 1950s, Junkunc had amassed an impressive collection of Chinese works of art which by
then was largely securely stored in the museum-like environs of a subterranean bomb shelter in the
grounds of his home in Oak Park, Illinois. In a 1952 proÞ le in the Chicago Tribune, the bunker is described
as storing a ‘priceless hoard’, with ‘shelves weighted with priceless pieces of Chinese art, prizes produced
thru a span of centuries. A record of a nation in tapestry, bronze, jade, pottery, robes, and lacquer':

Junkunc sits spider-like in the center of a web of agents scattered thruout the world. His
escapades in procuring some objects have called for the suavity of a diplomat, the daring of
an international spy, and the speed of a distance runner. Cloaked in intrigue and secrecy, and
spiced by competition, collecting oriental art is no role of a Milquetoast.
Chicago Tribune, 7th September 1952 (Þ g. 2)

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Fig. 2 Stephen Junkunc, III photographed with his collection, illustrated in the Chicago Tribune, 7th September 1952
ృι ट㦯㟙ɀ⧷㗜̶̓㜴ڣᩣ㫼व⚔喑ܷ᫩Ȩ㟊ߍ਒䀃෴൞ȩ喑1952Ꭱ9ᰵ7ᬒ

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