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5 East 57th Street
New York 22, N.Y.

July 29, 1947

Dear Mr. Seligman:

[[strikethrough]] Upon receipt of your cable I telgraphed Nesi as follows: (July 28,1947) WILL ACCEPT FORTY EIGHT HUNDRED NET PAYMENT WITHIN FOUR WEEKS PLEASE WIRE [[/strikethrough]]

MANHATTAN WAREHOUSE - We deposited for temporary storage the eighteen paintings as per list established prior to your departure as well as the commode.

As per your suggestion previous to your departure, I turned over to your cousin, to be delivered to you in Paris, two stock lists of the old Society, (the first of them showing the [[strikethrough]] temporary [[/strikethrough]] inventory a few years prior to the war and the second one listing all items accounted for). As these are the only documents of this type that I have in our New York files, I would ask you to kindly bring them back with you. 

STORA came in this morning to verify whether we still had the Cassone carved wood panel which we had consigned to him in 1940, as he correctly remembered it for $150._. It appears that he has a foreign client (probably South America) who seems to be interested in such works of art. He con-ceded that it was unlikely that you would quote him the same figure today and asked me to wire you. I confirm my cable: (July 29, 1947)

CLIENT STORA INTERESTED CASSONE PANEL STOP CONSIGNED NINETEENFORTY ONEHUNDREDFIFTY DOLLARS STOP COST SIXTEEN DOLLARS OUR SELLING PRICE EIGHTHUNDRED PLEASE WIRE LOWEST PRICE    LIECHTI

This panel is the property of the ANcienne Societe with an indicated cost of Fcs. 400(Four HUNDRED) and inventory "0".

Doctor Swarzenski,Sr. came in asking for you. Jack, who received him, told him that you were at present in Europe and he said that he did not have any-thing particular in mind, but wished to be remembered to you. 

AUBRY MORTON I just received your cable in this connection and shall, as request, give Mr. Galton all the available data. I also beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter written in Basel, July 25, 1947 and have sent Dr. Fritz Nathan of St. Gallen the desired references with respect to the TOULOUSE-LAUTREC "Portrait of Francois Gauzi" as per enclosed copy. 

NESI - On receipt of your cable I wired Nesi as follows: (July 28,1947)

WILL ACCEPT FORTYEIGHT HUNDRED NET PAYMENT WITHIN FOUR WEEKS PLEASE WIRE REGARDS      
LIECHTI

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