DISAPPOINTED ART DEALER.
FORTUNE SLIPS THROUGH FINGERS.
(United Press Association—Copyright), (Received March 9, 5.40 pan.) NEW YORK, March 9. Heron Blakesley, an art dealer, shot himself in the temple on hearing the' news that a painting he had sold for £l2O had proved to be a genuine Rembrandt worth £30.000. He was in trouble with his creditors and was unable to sell pictures which he purchased in Europe for £300,000. He placed ail the pictures round the room and was gazing on Reubens’ “Adoration of the Magen” when he committed suicide.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3585, 10 March 1914, Page 5
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