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5 East 57th. St., New York 22.
June 10th., 1946.

Dear Mr. Seligman:

The here-below quoted letter arrived from Maj. de Limur this morning, and as you may already have spoken to your brother about this matter, the enclosed will give him complete data about the gentleman's desires:

Dear Mrs. Parker: This letter will explain to you the object of my visit the other day at your office with Mrs. Henry Russell.

We have a house in Paris, 17 Rue Berton which is well known to the members of your firm for the many things Mrs. W. H. Crocker bought for us in the past. It is now the Turkish Embassy. The Turkish Govt. rented the place furnished and the lease expires in June 1947. Many of the pictures, pieces of furniture and objets d'art which did not suit the Ambassador have been stored in the cellar and a warehouse. It is our ultimate purpose to sell the house and remove over here whatever we wish to keep, selling the rest in Paris.

Mrs. de Limur is going over at the end of this month to explain the situation to the Ambassador and make a first segregation of the furniture. Unfortunately she will not be able to stay in France more than a month. When in Paris, she would like to have the help of one member of your firm to supervise the whole thing, packing, etc...It is a process which will extend over a period of more than a year. Mr. Biek who was a personal friend would have been the ideal representative as he knew our place so well.

Could you put up the case to Mr. Seligmann when he returns from France and ask him if he can suggest somebody who could help Mrs. de Limur in her tedious and difficult enterprise? I thank you in advance. Yours sincerely, Maj. A de Limur. 

As this letter may arrive after you have taken the return plane, I am addressing it alternately to Mr. F. G.Seligmann.

Yours very sincerely,

(Mrs. T. D. Parker)

Mr. Germain Seligman,
23 Place Vendôme
Paris, France.