A DESPERATE DEALER.
■SHOCKED INTO SUICIDE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 9, 5.40 p.m. New York, March 9. Heron Blakeslee, an art dealer, shot himself in the temple upon hearing news that a painting he sold for SI2Q had proved to be a genuine Rembrandt, worth £30,000. He had had trouble with his creditors, as he was unable to sell pictures he had purchased in Eu< rope for .€300,000. He placed the pictures round the room, and was gazing at Ruben's "Adoration of the Magi'' when lie committed suicide.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 214, 10 March 1914, Page 5
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88A DESPERATE DEALER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 214, 10 March 1914, Page 5
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