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MAX H. SCHWARTZ
care Van Oppen and Company, Inc.,
44 Whitehall Street, New York City

March 10, 1930

President,
Jacques Seligmann & Co. Inc.,
3 East 51 Street,
New York City

Dear Sir:

I trust you will pardon this intrusion upon your valuable time, but I believe that this matter will warrant your attention, therefore, I respectfully ask that you give this your earnest consideration.

I have returned from Spain recently, and I am acting as the agent for some friends of the family in helping them dispose of a very fine museum containing a most wonderful collection of various works of art.

Among the many exquisite things are: antique furniture, swords of historical import, tapestries, paintings done by pupils of Greco, also paintings by Ticiano, and other fine articles too numerous to mention in this communication.

The antiques range in point of time from the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and down through the eighteenth centuries.

While the aforementioned museum is in Madrid, Spain, I have photographs of some of the things, and I should be pleased to give you the full details if an interview could be arranged, or else through further correspondence.

This museum could be bought through me for approximately $200,000. or $250,000. which amount would include the ceiling of the museum also, which, in itself, is a fine work of art, made of wood and inlaid with gold. The ceiling could be removed easily.

I can safely say, from experience, that were this same collection purchased through Duveen Brothers or Charles of London, it could not be duplicated for one million dollars.

If you are interest, an early reply would be greatly appreciated by,

Very truly yours,

MH.Schwartz