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[[Letterhead]] Imperial Hotels, Ltd. Tokio.
(Imperial Hotel & Villa, and Metropole Hotel.)
[[hotel insignia]] CARL FLAIG, Gen. Manager.
Imperial Hotel & Villa [[/letterhead]]

        May 6th 1907
    For Miss Rhoades consideration

Dear Colonel Hecker,

    I have just found time to carefully examine the catalogue of of the Horace N. Allen. catalogue of Korean Pottery, which came to me a few days ago and am now wiring you
     "Please buy Allen collection Corean pottery. sidecut".
From the descriptions given in the catalogue I am sure that a large number of a specimens are extremely rare and interesting - some probably unique.  The better ones added to the pieces I already have, will place my collection of Corean pottery along with the best in existence.  The price of $5.000. for the 80 pieces is really low.  All kinds of ancient pottery in Japan is now fearfully dear - old Chinese, old Corean and first class Japanese has doubled in price