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Carl H. Getz
100 East 42nd Street.

For release upon receipt.

Germain Seligmann, head of the art firm of Jacques Seligmann & Co., arrived in America from Paris this week with works of art of royal and imperial pedigree.
  
Mr. Seligmann said upon his arrival that in spite of few public sales, the Season has been quite exceptional.  More and more Americans are going to Europe to obtain works of art and it is to their credit, he said, that they are exercising greater care and discrimination in what they buy.  The stimulus which the art business has received in France has been largely due to the war which brought hundreds of thousands in contact with France and the Continent of Europe for the first time.   

Mr. Seligmann commented too upon the increased number of Americans who are buying fine furniture, decorations and pictures for their American homes.  He expressed admiration for the taste and skill of most Americans in making their selections. 
 
Mr. Seligmann brought with him several interesting pieces including a bronze which is regarded as the finest ever brought to this country. This bronze is a Venitian [[Venetian]] work of the 16th century and is the work of Jacopo Sansovino.  It represents St. John the Baptist, comes form the collection of