Back where it belongs: Collector sends a piece of history home

Hes filled his home with so many antiques and decorations a champagne chiller from the Queen Mary, a silver bowl from the Titanic, his 20 trademark Christmas trees that hes lost count of some of it.

Like the number of porcelain rabbits that seem to keep multiplying in his third-floor apartment.

And hes hosted so many private parties and fundraisers that hes lost count of some of those, too.

But Jack Saltzman has kept records on all of the history hes collected from Lincolns most prominent people, and places.

A pair of empire couches and an 84-year-old record player Smoke Gets in Your Eyes still on the turntable from the Woods home on Sheridan Boulevard.

The chandelier from the family that opened Golds downtown department store.

A towering china cabinet from Bennett Martins home on South Street.

Silver service for 150, with a pair of serpentine-front cabinets, from the DuTeau home.

The mahogany coffee table that served as the governors desk before Frank Morrison ordered its legs sawed short.

All of the furniture from the Presidential Suite in the old Cornhusker Hotel.

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Back where it belongs: Collector sends a piece of history home