Word: vigoroux
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Jean Vigoroux, former New York agent for Georges Joseph Demotte, the French antiquarian, is on trial in Paris, accused of breach of confidence by his former employer. The hearings have apparently degenerated into a character duel between the pot and kettle. M. Demotte's specific charges are that M. Vigoroux embezzled $7,000, about half of the receipts from certain art works sold to American collectors and museums, and made away with Persian manuscripts valued at 1,000,000 francs. M. Vigoroux's testimony turns on the following allegations...
...attacks on the authenticity of long esteemed statues continued in the testimonies and denials of various collectors, and in the many explanations of the intricacies of the art of manufacturing ancient masterpieces. Demotte and his former New York representative, Vigoroux, figured generously in the dispute...