Seven impressionist paintings sold at Sotheby's, London
Oct. 10, 1958 - Historic sale at Sotheby's, seven impressionist paintings sold for 81, 000: Seven impressionist paintings were sold for 81, 000 in 21 minutes at Sotheby's last night. Six of them will go to America, and the seventh was bought by a London dealer. The top price of 20, 000 was paid for Cezanne's Boy in a Red Waistcoat more than double the world record of 04.000 paid for a Gauguin in Paris last year. It was bought by Mr. Georges Keller, of the Carstairs Gallery, New York. Van Gogh's Public Garden at Arles sold for 32, 000, and Manet's Flags in the Rue Mosnier, 13, 000, also beat the old record. The total of 81.000 was another world record. Last night's sale was of pictures from the estate of the New York millionaire, Mr. Jacob Goldschmidt. Photo Shows (L-R) Mr. Peter Wilson, Chairman of Sotheby's with Mrs. Goldschmidt and her husband Mr. Irwin Goldschmidt, the 42-year-old American millionaire. The pictures belonged to his father, a German banker who fled from the Nazis in the early 1930s, and who died three years ago. Irwin escaped at the same time, hidden in the boot of a car
