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[[preprinted]] 
COMMONWEALTH 2132
CABLE: CASTANO

GIOVANNI CASTANO
171 NEWBURY STREET
BOSTON, MASS.

PAINTINGS 
[[/preprinted]]

April 18, 1938

Mr. Germain Seligmann
Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc.
3 East 51st Street
New York City

Dear Mr. Seligmann:

We have shown the Degas pastel photographs and there is an interest in it. I have not quoted the price because I believe it would be a disadvantage until I showed the pastel itself.

I hope that by the time you receive this letter the picture will have been shipped to me as per my wire today. My client will be here on Friday morning to see it. I think there is a good opportunity to do something. As I say, I shall want it for ten days or two weeks, as probably the negotiation will take that long.

With kind personal regards, I am

Sincerely yours,

[[signed]]Giovanni Castano[[/signed]]
Giovanni Castano

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