£75,000 FOR PAINTING
SIR JOSEPH DUVEEN PAYS RECORD PRICE FRANCESCA’S “CRUCIFIXION” (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) NEW YORK, Wed. The highest price ever obtained for a painting at a public auction in America was paid by Sir Joseph Duveen at a sale at the Anderson Galleries. New York. He gave £75,000 for ‘The Crucifixion'’ by Piero Della Francesca from the collection of Carl Hamilton. From the same collection Mr. Leon Schinasi, a cigarette manufacturer, took Filippo Lippi's “Madonna and Child” for £25,000. Sales totalling £IOO,OOO were transacted in eight minutes.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 659, 10 May 1929, Page 9
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90£75,000 FOR PAINTING Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 659, 10 May 1929, Page 9
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