Word: dealer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trial, Congressman Michaelson called only one mysterious witness- Walter Gramm, Chicago coal dealer. Asked who he was, the Congressman at first explained: "He is just a dear friend...
From the offices of sleek Sir Joseph Duveen, international art dealer, who had originally sold the paintings to Collector Hamilton, came a gala descriptive brochure. In it were pontifical utterances of Bernhard Berenson, famed European art critic who hovers eruditely in the background of most Duveen dealings...
...persistent rumor described Collector Hamilton as Dealer Duveen's close colleague, the sale as, in reality, a Duveen sale. Collector Hamilton's careful avoidance of reporters and photographers enhanced this rumor...
John Francis Curry arrived from Ireland on Manhattan's west side as a babe in arms 55 years ago. His father was a cattle dealer. He went to work as a messenger boy, ran errands for prominent men. In those days, to be prominent was to be a politician. Young Curry became a politician, too; rose to be a leader in the Fifth District. He was athletic (hurdles, leaping). He was affable and discreet. He early learned that the foundation of popularity in a crowded community is doing little kindnesses for many people. When he challenged the authority...
...York State at $19,747,687, of which $17,305,594 went to the Metropolitan. ¶Last week Justice William Harman Black of the New York State Supreme Court refused the motion of defense counsel to dismiss the $500,000 damage suit brought against Sir Joseph Duveen, international art dealer, by Mrs. Harry J. Hahn of Kansas City (TIME, Feb. 18, et seq.). Another trial may now be begun upon the motion of either party...