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Letter from Charles S. Carstairs to Henry Clay Frick, 2 October 1908

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prepared by Braun of Paris, but this will give you an idea of the beauty of the subject.  
prepared by Braun of Paris, but this will give you an idea of the beauty of the subject.  


Hobbema is a very rare and extremely beautiful painter and I think you could very well have another in your collection.  The price is $85.000. 10% off to you.   
Hobbema is a very rare and extremely beautiful painter and I think you could very well have another in your collection.  The price is $85.000. 10% off to you.   


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Do you recall the Terburg "Card Party" I showed you last winter in the Custom house?  I saw the owner while passing through Paris & I fear this beautiful example of Terburg's art will be withdrawn from the market in a
 
 
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month or 2.  He has increased the price to £10.000. and it would cost you $56.000. delivered, but it is well worth [[ text blacked out ]] you may go the balance of your life without having the opportunity of securing so beautiful and important [[ inserted text ]] an [[ end inserted text ]] example.
 


I think you err in considering it too small. The Dutch genre pictures are all small but it is a marvelous school and I am anxious to see your collection grow stronger in each great school  [[.]]  I think all things considered the Dutch interests me more than any other and by not neglecting
Do you recall the Terburg "Card Party" I showed you last winter in the custom house? I saw the owner while passing through Paris & I fear this beautiful example of Terburg's art will be withdrawn from the market in a


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month or 2.  He has increased the price to £10.000. and it would cost you $56.000. delivered, but it is well worth it [[text missing]] you may go the balance of your life without having the opportunity of securing so beautiful and important an example.  


I think you err in considering it too small.  The Dutch genre pictures are all small but it is a marvelous School and I am anxious to see your collection grow stronger in each great school. I think all things considered the Dutch interests me more than any other and by not neglecting


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prepared by Braun of Paris, but this will give you an idea of the beauty of the subject.

Hobbema is a very rare and extremely beautiful painter and I think you could very well have another in your collection. The price is $85.000. 10% off to you.

85/965

Do you recall the Terburg "Card Party" I showed you last winter in the custom house? I saw the owner while passing through Paris & I fear this beautiful example of Terburg's art will be withdrawn from the market in a

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month or 2. He has increased the price to £10.000. and it would cost you $56.000. delivered, but it is well worth it text missing you may go the balance of your life without having the opportunity of securing so beautiful and important an example.

I think you err in considering it too small. The Dutch genre pictures are all small but it is a marvelous School and I am anxious to see your collection grow stronger in each great school. I think all things considered the Dutch interests me more than any other and by not neglecting

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