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From: Heather Gray
To: "Melanie Spinella
CC: "Jeffrey Epstein
Subject: time sensitive questions for Leon
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:14:05 +0000
Good morning, Melanie,
Charlie Moffett just told me that if Leon wants to sell any works in Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale in
November, we would need to let him know by close of business tomorrow.
Here are the details:
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale November 5. 2014
Pierre Bonnard
Mart he sur un divan
Circa 1900
Oil on cardboard
17 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches
Sotheby's estimate: $300,000 -400,000
Leon's tax cost: $300,000 (per Rich Joslin, for each work)
Max Beckmann
Taubstumme
1921
Pencil on paper laid down on paper
10 'A by 7 3/8 inches
Sotheby's estimate: $50,000 -70,000
Leon's tax cost: $84,435
Juan Gris
Nature morte a Jo cafetiere
1917
Pencil and charcoal on paper
18 7/8 by 12 5/8 inches
Sotheby's estimate: $300,000 -500,000
Leon's tax cost: $123,891
In Charlie's July 25th email to you, he offered 106% for the full group (the three works above, plus all of the works listed
below). If Leon decides to sell less than the whole group, this number may come down.
Question for Leon:
Does he want to sell (1) the Bonnard, (2) the Beckmann and/or (3) the Gris in Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art
Day Sale in November with the estimates set forth above? (Sotheby's needs an answer by end of day tomorrow.)
Here are the rest of the works potentially for sale with Sotheby's estimates. We can wait until next week to make a
decision on these.
Contemporary Art Evening Sale New York November 11 2014
Isamu Noguchi
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Personnage III, 1984
Basalt with granite base
Sotheby's estimates: $800,000 -1,200,000
Leon's tax cost: $2,147,500
Contemporary Art Day Sale New York November 12 2014
Joseph Cornell
Hotel
Sotheby's estimates: $175,000 - 225,000
Leon's tax cost: $435,500
Joseph Cornell
Untitled (Bird Box), 1958
Sotheby's estimates: $150,000 - 200,000
Leon's tax cost: $435,500
American Art New York November 20 2014
Milton Avery
Early Spring
Sotheby's estimates: $500,000 - 700,000 (pending inspection — they have not previously seen this work)
Leon's tax cost: $125,000
Contemporary Art London February 2015
Gino Severini
L'Autobus
Estimates: GBP 400,000 - GBP 600,000 ($680,000 - $1,020,000)
Leon's cost basis: $1,418,229
Sale date/venue to be determined (because we missed the deadline for the November 19th Century European Works of
Art sale)
James Tissot
La Soeur Ainee
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Sotheby's estimates: $80,000 - 120,000
Leon's cost basis: $125,000
Sotheby's has not yet provided estimates or sale venue information for
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale
Sotheby's estimates: TBD
Leon's tax cost: $1,284,948
This would either be offered in November in New York or in February in London.
*This work is owned by APO2.
Old Master Paintings Old Master Drawings London December 2014
Frans Hals
Portrait of a Man Holding a Book
Sotheby's estimates: $3,500,000 - 5,000,000
Leon's tax cost: $5,263,016
Claude Lorrain
2 works on paper:
- View of Civitavecchia with a Draughtsman and Figures
- View of Santa Marinella with Riders on Horseback
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Sotheby's estimates: $800,000 - 1,200,000 (for the pair); they would be offered as two separate lots, $400,000 - 600,000
each.
Leon's tax cost: $2,443,856
Pierre Paul Prud'hon
Portrait de Madame P4an de Saint-Gilles
Sotheby's estimates: $200,000 - 300,000
Leon's tax cost: $453,688
** Charlie and I agree that Christie's should be asked for estimates because Sotheby's numbers are so low and evidence a
lack of confidence in the works. We may also want to request estimates from Christie's for the Contemporary works, as
Sotheby's numbers are pretty far below Leon's tax cost. Unfortunately, I think Sotheby's is probably right on the Cornells
and the Noguchi, but it doesn't hurt to get a second opinion.
Question for Leon:
May I reach out to Christie's on his behalf to request estimates and terms for the above Old Masters?
If possible, I would like to meet with Leon early next week to discuss the rest of the works potentially being sold (i.e.,
everything other than the Impressionist works, which we need to decide now about) and a few other things. I am
available all day, every day next week except for Tuesday, when I am only available from 11-11:30 am or from 5 pm on.
Please let me know if Leon has any questions or if he would like to discuss any of this on the phone. •
in the office and
available all day (
Best,
Heather
Heather Gray
Elysium Management LLC
445 Park Avenue
Suite 1401
New York, New York 10022
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