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ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC. 575 MADISON AVENUE NEWYORK, N.Y. 10022 Ralph F. Colin Administrative Vice President and Counsel Gilbert S. Edelson Secretary and Treasurer Sharon Nevins Executive Secretary Murray Hill 8-7800 (Area Code 212) Cable Address: Artdealas, New York Board of Directors: Andre Emmerich, President Lucien Goldschmidt, Vice President Clyde M. Newhouse, Vice President William R. Acquavella Leo Castelli Sylvan Cole, Jr. Arne H. Ekstrom Antoinette M. Kraushaar Richard Gray, Chicago Hope Makler, Philadelphia Ex Officio (Ex-Presidents): Alexandre P. Rosenberg Pierre Matisse Klaus G. Perls Harold C. Milch Eugene V. Thaw September 14, 1973 Mr. Robert Carlen Carlen Galleries, Inc. 323 South Sixteenth Street Philadelphia, Pennsylcania 19102 Dear Mr. Carlen: Some time ago you were kind enough to act as a member of our panel to appraise a painting entitled "The Whipping Post" by Horace Pippin. The work was an oil on wood 9" by 12" and was signed "H. Pippin 1941." Your appraisal of the work was $4500. We have recently received an appraisal from the A.C.A. Galleries of $9000 and because of the wide difference I have talked about it on the telephone with Mr. Sidney Bergen of A.C.A. He feels that his appraisal is correct and suggested that I write to you and ask whether you have any evidence in the form of recent sales of Pippin's early work to sustain your appraisal. Is there anything you can do to help is resolve this difficulty? With best personal regards, Sincerely, Ralph F Colin Ralph F. Colin. RFC:hb