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Hon.Alvan T. Fuller,
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March 2, 1927

would also agree that the price we have been asking for it is far from be exaggerated.

As a matter of fact, Mr.Germain Selligan who has just returned from Europe tells me that tapestries of this kind have become so rare that there will soon be a time when it will not be a question of price to secure them, but a question of opportunity to acquire them.

As regards your taste being spoiled for American prices, there is very little difference between the prices of fine works of art whether purchased here or abroad. In fact, there are a great number of things which fetch far higher prices in London and Paris than they do here.

If I am taking up your time with such a lengthy letter, it is because I particularly do not wish to remain under a false impression about our firs or about this tapestry in particular, and it is not so much the question of this particular deal falling through, but principally on account of our future relations with you.

Taking this opportunity of thanking you for your letter, and hoping to have the pleasure of doing business with you in the near future, believe so to be

Sincerely and respectfully yours,

P.S.-- Will you kindly return to us at your convenience the photographs of the two tapestries which we sent you some while ago, as we need them for our files, likewise, the photographs of the HUBERT ROBERTS.
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