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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.

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