A DEALER'S MISTAKE.
RESULTS IN SUICIDE. ,
By. Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. - NEW YORK, March *9.
Herron Blakeslee, an* art dealer, shot himself in the temple,, on hearing 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, having, been unable to sell pictures which he" had purchased in Europe for £300,000. He placed the pictures round a room, and was gazing at Rubens's "Adoration of the Magi" when he committed suicide.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 28, 10 March 1914, Page 7
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