SALE OF OLD MASTERS.
SUM OF £100,000 REALISED.
By Tolegrtph— Association— (Received Juno 28, 5.5 p.m.) London, June 27. The dispersal sale of Grenfell's pictures, in connection with the compulsory winding-up of the firm of Chaplin, Milne, Grenfell, and Company, took place yesterday. • The pictures, 87 in number, realised £100,000. They included Titian's "Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino," which brought £13,000.
The purchaser of the Titian was Sir Hugh Lamb, who in 1911 sold it to Grenfell for £30,000.
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New Zealand Herald, 29 June 1914, Page 7
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