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in London.

I hate to start in buying so extravagantly but the only thing to do is to buy when the very thing you are looking for turns up.

The recent sales in London and Paris are amazing. Last week a porcelain jar less that 13 inches high fetched 5.900 pounds. Yesterday a mezzotint fetched over 1.200 guineas. At this rate only the multi millionaires will be able to buy things of beauty.

With all kind wishes
Yours very sincerely
Charles L. Freer