ART DEALING.
CAPITALISTS COMPETING FOR PICTURES. London, June 21. J. Pierpont Morgan, represented by the Agnews, the leading art dealers, and Lord Iveagh, of the firm that brews Guinness’s stout, with Charles Wertheimer acting for him, are having a fierce competition to possess the portrait of the Coumess of Strafford by John Hoppner. j Iveage has just made the latest bid, Lc2,000 for the picture, raising Mr Morgan’s former bid by LSOO. Last year Charles Yerkes created a sensation by doubling all previous records for Hoppner’s paintings. Until Hoppner became fashionable a few years ago his works were considered dear at L4OO apiece.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 499, 12 August 1902, Page 2
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103ART DEALING. Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 499, 12 August 1902, Page 2
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