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Chesam, R.D. 1
Marlboro, New Hampshire
03455
July 18, 1965

Dear Minnie, 

How good it was to see you in New York!

I am sending you the little booklet from the Metropolitan Museum, that you left in my car.

I have been thinking about your business arrangements with Mr. Gordon. I am not very familiar with such business, and that is why I have been so slow in giving you any real advice. But I have been thinking about it, and this is what I have decided. There are two ways of doing business with a dealer. One is to seel your pictures to him, and let him re-sell them for any price he can get. The other way is to have a contract with him, so that he does not have to buy any of the picture, but will take an agreed upon commission when he does sell one. In this case, he should report to you the full price he gets each time, and then take his percentage and send you what is left. The amount of the percentage has to be agreed upon between you. If I were you, I would consult Mr. Rountree about these questions.

It will be difficult to arrange for the framing of those picture which he wants to exhibit. Framing in New York is very expensive. Perhaps your contract could include paying Mr. Gordon for the framing expense of each picture that is sold first, before he figures the commission. Perhaps Mr. Rountree will have a better idea. In any case, it would do no harm to mention to Mr. Gordon that you want to consult your lawyer about a contract, unless of course he offers to buy the pictures that he will exhibit, frame them himself, and then make whatever profit he can when he sells. 

If you should find that your pictures are all selling very well, the price you ask can increase, of course. It is all very complicated, and the best way is to make a short agreement, for say six months only, and then see how things come, so that a new agreement can be made if it seems advisable. 

If you [[crossed-out]] tell [[/crossed-out]] do tell Mr. Gordon about Mr. Rountree, it would not be a mistake to mention that he is a Harvard Law School man. This will give him an idea what a good lawyer he is. He might think it was a country lawyer who didn't know much.

There is another big article in the New York Times Magazine this Sunday with a lot of Mr. Gordon's folk art illustrated in it. He is lucky to get all this publicity, and it will help you exhibition. You are lucky to have this exhibit, and Mr. Gorond's shop is an excellent place for it.

Mr. Starr and I send our regards to your son, and he joins me in affectionate greetings, 
Nina Starr