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May 29, 1950

Dear Mr. Seligman:

Mr. Jerome Hill
Mailed us the check for $7,400.- in full payment of the painting by LaFresnaye. Acknowledging receipt and depositing check with J. P. Morgan & Co. He also phoned in his instructions to call for said painting at the Mayfair House and deliver it to the Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Co. whom he requested to ship it for his account to Europe, delivery we already attended to. I wish to remind you in this connection that we owned this painting in joint account with Balay and that the full cost price thereof is $3,500.-, also that the case of our sales of the paintings by Juan Gris, which we owned in joint account with him, we always deducted a sellers commission of 10%.

L. Rosenwald
Returned the water color by Daumier. 

May 31, 1950

Benjamin, Galton & Robbins
Mailed us an invoice from Mac Farlane, Harris & Goldman, Rochester attorneys in the Rolick matter in the sum of $400.- for services rendered. I called up Mr. Robbins about this charge which I found rather high and he told me that in his opinion and in view of the amount of work involved, he finds it fair enough. Therefore, and in full agreement with Mrs. Parker, I wrote to Mr. Robbins to make a transfer for the same amount from the special reserve with J. P. Morgan & Co. to the Cashier Account at the Fifth Avenue Bank in order to settle this item.

Christie, Manson & Woods
Sent us their invoice for £ 2.16.4 [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] covering air mail postage on catalogues from September 30, 1949 to May 12, 1950 which I find to be in order and for which I have asked the Fifth Avenue Bank to send me a draft. I shall take this opportunity to request Christie's when making this settlement to forward such catalogues in the future by ordinary mail in accordance with your instruction left prior to your departure. 

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