I heard about this gentleman on HN a few years ago. You have to watch him work: it's a performance, in every sense of the word: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCUct4NlxE0&hl=en-GB&gl=GB" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCUct4NlxE0&hl=en-GB&gl=GB</a>
There is even Wikipedia entry:<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ades" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ades</a><p>"Ades died on February 1, 2009, only a day after being informed that he had been granted American citizenship."
I lived in that neighborhood where he sold them (sadly he passed away a few years ago). Union Square in New York. I had no idea he was so successful. Thanks for digging this up! (2008)