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you will not delay the matter
until you come over in the
spring. Such a proceeding
would be most risky + I am
sure you would have an
everlasting regret if you were
to lose it. I do not I know
exaggerate when I say that
were you to possess this
Holbein, it would be the
greatest masterpiece in
America, + you are never
likely to have the opportunity
of securing such a masterpiece
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again, Perhaps you will not
mind my saying I consider
Mr. Dunn a most capable
judge, he has evidently
studied his subject well,
+ there are but few amateurs
so well up in works of art
as he is. I shall look
forward to hearing further from
you in due course. I may also
mention that all the books on
Holbein speak of this example
as one of the Master's very best,
Yours obediently,
H. Silva White
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you will not delay the matter
until you come over in the
spring. Such a proceeding
would be most risky + I am
sure you would have an
everlasting regret if you were
to lose it. I do not I know
exaggerate when I say that
were you to possess this
Holbein, it would be the
greatest masterpiece in
America, + you are never
likely to have the opportunity
of securing such a masterpiece
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again, Perhaps you will not
mind my saying I consider
Mr. Dunn a most capable
judge, he has evidently
studied his subject well,
+ there are but few amateurs
so well up in works of art
as he is. I shall look
forward to hearing further from
you in due course. I may also
mention that all the books on
Holbein speak of this example
as one of the Master's very best,
Yours obediently,
H. Silva White
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