BIG PRICES
A FINE EGYPTIAN RELIC.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIRIGHT.)
(REHTER'S TELEGRAM.)
LONDON, 7th July. Ad the sale of the Rev. William MacGregor's collection of. Egyptian antiquities, a minature head of Amenemhe, the third of tho Twelfth Dynasty, brought 10,000 guineas. It is regarded as the world's finest specimen .of Egyptian statuary.
Turner's picture, "Somerhill," near Tunbridge, was sold at Christie's for 3SOO guineas. It is going to the Scottish National Gallery. His famous "Beaconlight" was sold to a Bath purchaser for 2500 guineas.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 8, 10 July 1922, Page 7
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83BIG PRICES Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 8, 10 July 1922, Page 7
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