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...Correggio's Virgin with St. Magdalen and St. Lucy that he had it stolen from the church of Albinea, and it has never been found. In 1876, Gainsborough's portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire vanished from the sales rooms of London's famed art dealers Agnew & Co., was returned for reward 25 years later by a onetime Chicago gambler. Even the Toronto Art Gallery has had its share of thefts. A small Rouault (The Surgeon) vanished from its walls in 1955 and is still missing. The same Rubens that is now at large was also stolen...
...Richest Man J. Paul Getty, London Dealer Geoffrey Agnew, Manhattan Dealer Julius Weitzner, and Leonard Koetser, a calm London dealer who had not even put in a bid until the price reached ?160,000. At the ?250,000 mark, only Agnew and Koetser were still slugging. Then, with Koet-ser's 15th and final nod, two minutes after the opening bid. Auctioneer Wilson knocked down the painting for ?275,000 ($770,000)-highest price ever recorded for a single painting at public auction...
...Tigers scored their opening try very near the end of the first half, as Crimson players, expecting to hear the whistle, stood idle. The second Princeton try came five minutes before the end of the last half climaxed by an 85-yard run by Hughes Agnew...
...yard dash, Princeton has three aces, Crosby Boyd, Jasper Daube, and Hewes Agnew, who should press the varsity's Sandy Dodge and Joel Landau, while Daube in the 220 has run a 22.0, more than .6 seconds faster than Dodge's best time...
...Pacific Coast's 540 listed stocks within 15 seconds. Each of the two exchanges will retain its own officers and employees, appoint four representatives to Pacific Coast's board of governors, alternate the post of chairman between the two cities. Chairman for the first year: William H. Agnew, partner of San Francisco's Shuman, Agnew...