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March 19th, 1956

Dear Mr. Baderou:

A few minutes ago, I received your interesting note of March 15th.

As soon as I got your cable telling me that you have had to abandon the DAVID portrait No.14 I immediately cabled you asking you to inquire whether the purchaser would be willing to sell this portrait and if so at what price.

I added that of course, were Wildenstein the buyer, it would make no sense to approach him. I thought Cailleux might have been the one, and if given a decent profit, he could well sell it, and this in fact would apply also to a private collector - you never know..... I assume, you at once started your inquiries through either Cattroux or Ader.

You noticed that my bid was already fifteen per-cent higher than the expert's valuation, but am sorry that I did not indicate ^[[a]] higher price.

Now, as regards the drawings, I must say that I am amazed at the little money they brought. It may well be that both No. 8 the one for the ^[["]]Sabin^[[e]]s^[["]] as well as No.11 the ^[["]]two albums^[["]] may have been bought back by the seller. May I ask you to be good enough to inquire into this matter right away, for I could still be interested in them. As you say, one should never go by the valuations of the experts but not being on the spot and not seeing the originals complicates matters.

I am looking forward to hearing further from you on these different topics.

Within the next couple of days you will receive a check covering your expenses.

Menwhile, with many thanks and best greetings,

Sincerely yours,

Germain Seligman

Mr. Henri Baderou,
25 rue du Fabourg St. Honoré
Paris