THE CRUCIFIXION
PAINTING REALIZES 375,000 DOLLARS.
(Rec. 10.45 p.m.) New York, May 8. The highest price ever obtained for a painting at a public auction was paid by Sir Joseph Duveen, who gave 375,000 dollars for “The Crucifixion” by Piero Della Francesca from the collection of Mr Carl Hamilton. The picture was sold at Anderson’s Galleries. From the same collection Mr Leon Schinari, the cigarette manufacturer, took Filippo Lippi’s “Madonna and Child” for 125,000 dollars. Sales totalling 500,000 dollars were over in eight minutes.—Australian Press Association.
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Southland Times, Issue 20770, 10 May 1929, Page 7
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