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[[preprinted]] Herbert N. Bier PAINTINGS WORKS OF ART 2, STRATHEARN PLACE, HYDE PARK SQUARE, LONDON, W.2 TELEPHONE: 01-723 9522 CABLES: BIERART, LONDON, W.2 [[/preprinted]] 16th December 1971 Messrs. Jacques Seligmann & Co.Inc., 5 East 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022, U.S.A. Dear Germain, I still have to thank you for your letter of the 11th Decembe r (Express) which arrived on Monday, 13th. I hope you received my cable 'BOUGHT RELIEF SEVEN HUNDRED POUNDS'. I think this is a very cheap price and I am sure you will be very happy to have this piece. All it needs in my opinion is some soap and water and a good wash when it should improve enormously. I have pleasure in enclosing my invoice herewith. I shall telephone Mme. Ramus tomorrow and find out whether she can still do the shipment. In any case I think one should wait with this until after Christmas. The marble bust of the Marechal de Saxe which I rather liked in spite of the fact that it was done posthumously fetched [[pound symbol]]2,900 and the rumour goes that it was bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum. With best regards, Yours ^[[Herbert]]