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November 14th., 1932.

Dear Mr. Blumenthal:

In accordance with your letter of November 12th., and the instructions you gave my cousin, Mr. René Seligmann, when he had the pleasure of calling on you today, I am requesting my Paris firm to bid on your behalf on the following items, up to the prices indicated hereunder. Should these items sell below or at the prices indicated, they will be "bought in" by us for your account:

29 - FRAGONARD "Adoration des Bergers" ..... Frs. 90,000.
30 - " [[ditto for FRAGONARD]] "Visite chez le Docteur" ........ 95,000.
31 - GUARDI "La Place du Marché" ..... 35,000.
36 - MOREAU "L'Escarpolette" ...... 75,000.
45 - SAINT-AUBIN "INTERIEUR D'UNE Salle de Spectacle" ..... 40,000.
58/59 TRINQUESSE 
"Le Repos des Nymphes" .....)
"La Danse des Nymphes" .....)...68,000.
76 - Oeuf d'Autriche a montre de bronze ciselé et doré du temps de Louis XVI ..... 70,000.
81 - Deux vases en cristal, Louis XVIth ..... 18,000
96 - Groupe en terre cuite par Cldion: La Surprise ...... 285,000.
145 - Paravent en tissu de la Savonnerie, du temps de la Régence ..... 100,000.
193 - Important tapis en ancien tissu de la Savonnerie, du temps de Louis XIV ..... 315,000.

Should we obtain any of these listed items, we will, of course, inform the auctioneer as soon as the sale is over, that we have "bought them in" for your account.

Believe me to be,

Yours very sincerely,

(Germain Séligmann)

George Blumenthal, Esq.,
50 East 70th. Street,
New York, New York