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by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. CLICK FOR NEWSPAPER DELIVERY
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Outside the box
VESPA SCOOTERS OPENS MEN'S CLOTHING LINE
NEW YORK - Vespa, best known for those zippy motor scooters, has introduced a men's clothing line for spring 2002.
The line, which is made in Italy, includes suede jackets and shirts, cashmere sweaters, leather car coats and twill coats, houndstooth shirts and cotton pants.
Vespa is Italian for "wasp." The motor scooter, which debuted in 1946, has inspired the same kind of fervor as that other insect vehicle, the Volkswagen Beetle.
Vespa clothing, accessories and scooters are sold at the new Vespa boutiques, which currently are in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, Florida and Texas. By the end of 2001, Vespa plans to open 35 boutiques in the United States.
Armstrong’s cornet is up for grabs
The cornet on which Louis Armstrong learned to play as a child is hitting the Internet auction block.
The horn had been on display at the Louisiana State Museum from the late 1970s until the mid-1990s. It was on loan from owner George Finola, who died in December. The instrument is being sold by his estate.
Sotheby's predicts it will bring up to $100,000 when it is auctioned on the Internet Oct. 1-15.
"It's such an important instrument, not just in Armstrong's life but in the history of jazz," said Leila Dunbar of Sotheby's in New York City.
Armstrong learned to play at the Colored Waifs Home, where he was sent after being caught shooting a pistol in the air to celebrate New Year's Eve in 1913. The home's music instructor, Peter Davis, nurtured Armstrong's talent and taught him to play the cornet.
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- Associated Press
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