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RE: MRS. JOHN WALLACE RIDDLE   January 13'39.

we - Charles Durand-Ruel, you and I - estimate between $7,000., and $10,000., to buy.

I am afraid therefore, that berideas, as things are at present, anyway, are far beyond what we can see.

Furthermore, she said that some appraiser had valued the contents of her home at around $500,000. If we take into consideration that the 4 or 5 paintings which interest us are, in any mind, the most important part of the collection, we can hardly see any possibility for the future. Anyway, I am following this up and we parted after an excellent luncheon, on very good terms - at least I believe so!

A Monsieur
Monsieur C. M. de Hauke,
Paris.

(original and 3 copies made of this report)

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