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...droit de suite occasionally rights wrongs. In 1926 The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau, who died in poverty, fetched 420,000 francs ($16,800) at a Paris auction. Rousseau's sister, a Mme Bernard, sued the original owner, M. Eichenberger, for her 3% ($504) which he refused to pay on the grounds that it was not a real sale. His own agents had bid the picture in at the reserve price of 420,000 fr. when it was not exceeded. In court, Mme Bernard...
Merrily St. Gandhi cried, "Let us have an auction! How much am I bid for these good gifts...
...mansion built at Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y. by the late "Madame" Sarah J. Walker with part of the fortune which she made from the sales of hair-straightener to other Negroes, was offered at auction. But in contrast to the eager crowds who scrambled to buy the furnishings last winter (TIME, Dec. 8) only a few desultory bidders appeared at "Villa Lewaro." Their dim enthusiasm became dimmer when the famed $25,000 organ in the house refused to play. The housekeeper who alone knew the secret of its operation was absent. When nothing better than...
...small ivory casket, an item from the famous Guelph treasure which was recently put on auction in New York City, is now on exhibition in Gallery 11 of the Fogg Art Museum. It was purchased by the museum under the Francis H. Burr memorial fund at a price which has not been released to the public...
...Mother Rita, whose career was last week checked by the public administrator. Although they owed neither debts nor taxes, the followers of Mother Catherine lost their temple. She forgot to make a will and left no heirs. The public administrator had to do his duty and order a public auction, the proceeds going to the State treasury after deducting official fees. Mother Rita declared that if the building were sold, the entire city of New Orleans would be destroyed by flood "so quickly that no one would have time to speak...