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Letter from C.S. Carstairs to [Henry Clay] Frick, 6 July 1912 [page 1 of 2]
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NEW YORK, 556 & 558, FIFTH AVENUE. PARIS, 23, PLACE VENDÔME. CABLE ADDRESSES KNOEDLER, LONDON. KNOEDLER, NEW YORK. KNOEDLER, PARIS. TELEPHONE 2514 MAYFAIR.
Per S. S. "New York".
15, OLD BOND STREET,
LONDON, W.
6th July 1912.
Dear Mr. Frick,
Your letters of June 17th and 20th to hand. Very glad to
hear your golf is improving. I also have been playing rather well lately. We will have a "bataille royale" upon my return.
I note you had to pay Culver 6,000 dollars commission on
the ^ (Red Book Pages 114) Holbein. Regret you had to do this as he was certainly not entitled to it. However, he has probably enjoyed getting the 6,000 and you won't miss it.
We shipped the ^ (Red Book Page 108) Velasquez this week and it was to have left
Havre to-day by the "Savoie", which unfortunately, owing to the strike, has not sailed. We are sending Lorin to Havre and may ship it via Cherbourg, or Roland may adopt my advice, which was to have Lorin put it in the safe deposit vault at Havre until the strike is ended. It seemed to me this would be better than shipping it to Paris and from Paris back to Cherbourg. However, I have left it to Roland. It is most unfortunate and I wish now I had shipped it from England, which I did not do as all our shipments are made via Havre. The companies in England are dreadful robbers. At the time Charlie Williams took this picture to America they charged him 2,500 dollars freight, and I resent very much paying these exorbitant charges, which are unjustified, and the result of the shipping trust. I hope you [end of page]