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January 24th., 1946.

Dear Mr. Parke:

You advised me a few days ago when I had the pleasure of seeing you at the VAN HORNE exhibition, that you would probably ask shortly for the MOYNE tapestries.  You thought that you would be able, in view of the lower price the Estate would be willing to accept today, to conclude a private sale.

Should you be successful in this endeavor, as I hope, I would like to remind you that I introduced this business to you last Spring, at which time, realizing the great difficulty I had had in selling these tapestries, I had suggested to the Estate that I turn them over to you, with a private sale in mind.  The price which was asked at the time precluded, in spite of your efforts, the closing of such a transaction.

If I am writing to you today in this vein, it is because I have no longer a contract with the Moyne Estate, and my firm would therefore, receive no compensation from them.

I am making no claim, of course, as to any amount or percentage, as long as we agree on the principle, nor do I pass upon the question of whether the payment to my firm shall be deducted as a selling expense or taken from your share.

As agreed, as soon as you will pass the word along, I will have the tapestries delivered to your galleries.

With personal regards,

Yours very sincerely,

(Germain Seligman)

Mr. Hiram H. Parke,
Parke-Bernet Galleries,
30 East 57th. Street,
New York 22, New York.