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of the very high prices being paid in Japan and Europe for specimens even less important than theirs. The one exception is a man of very high official position, but even he sold me three masterpieces for a sum less than he could have forced me to pay him for the one of the lot of least importance. Some of the others of the twenty bought elsewhere, I have secured for less than 10% of their actual European selling value. 

But even at these modest prices, the number secured along with some magnificent bronze and sculpture made it imperative to have funds promptly in hand - here, in order to get sure delivery, one must pay spot cash - so I cabled you this morning "Superb treasures here "Tignonner "Teiltree" (cable me two thousand pounds sterling through Hongkong Shanghai Bank"

I am sorry to again trouble you with work of this nature, but you will feel well repaid when you see the objects for which this money is needed.