Material concerning sales of old master paintings and press reports of art market bargains sold at auction in 1921

Scope and Content

Includes:

-three newspaper cuttings concerning the sale of old master paintings sold at auction for low prices, including works by Rubens and Titian

-newspaper cutting concerning rare old master paintings being exported to America

-newspaper cutting concerning 35 old master paintings bequested to the National Galleries of Scotland

-cutting concerning additions to the National Portrait Gallery collections, with an image of a Self-portrait by Cornelius Johnson

-partial typewritten draft headed 'For the Editor, 19th December 1921', probably by William Roberts, concerning auction house sales held in 1921

7 items pasted into: Picture sales 1921 : January - March : E K W. (1921) [Auction catalogue]

[Available in the Paul Mellon Centre's Library, see URL below]

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