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From: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation®gmail.com> To: Al seckel Subject: Re: Fw: Newton portrait Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:22:32 +0000 is it a copy of the portsmouth, done bu his studio..? why would he do two of the same? has it been authenticated ? , my person said that no one at the houses has actually seen it„ but was told about it and had said if it were true... ? then it might be worth.. did christies or sothebys experts actually have it , in their possession for a while.. they said they were going to speak to the kneller person.. thanks On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Al seckel < > wrote: No offense Jeff, that's clearly ridiculous. I paid in the six figures for it, and have been offered by dealers $600k by a dealer, which I turned down a long time ago... I like the portrait, have not made an active effort to sell it, and that's that... Yet, I don't want to "hussle" you in selling you my possesions or other things (as it makes me feel uncomfortable), I just want to do some real science, get supported in that, etc. What can we do to achieve this... That's the goal. From: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@qmail.com> To: Al seckel < Sent Monday, July 6, 2009 11:58:26 AM Subject Re: Fw: Newton portrait sorry, Al , i spoke to my art advisors „ they said not even 100k„ and that would be generous.. he is not a good artist. , if it weren't newton, less than 15k On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Al seckel < wrote: I have these appraisals mainly in email I received from Graham Arader, one of the biggest high end dealers in art/rare books in New York, Philadelphia, etc, and someone I have done a lot of business with over the years (as I used to collect very high end antiquarian books and manuscripts). This is an email from early on BEFORE I managed to get all the scholarship done verifying the issues in the description I sent you. Again, this is BEFORE the collapse of the art market. I have a variety of these types of emails, but I didn't seriously follow through, as I wasn't so interested in selling the painting. http://www.aradergalleries.com/ The next email will be from Sotheby's... Forwarded Message ---- From: W. Graham Arader III To: Al seckel Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2007 7:43:42 AM Subject: Re: Newton portrait EFTA00750536 I am more of a slow turn kind of a guy. If you want to put 50% the money up and go for a double I am happy to help you with all the obvious places that should have this pntg. Make sure you get an accurate condition report and a letter from the leading expert on Kneller. Otherwise you are wasting your time. I will sell 5m in painting this month so this is something I do very well but I really DONT do portraits like this. If everything you say is accurate, you truly have a $2,000,000 picture. It is grossly underpriced. It might be something taking your time on g -- Original Messa e From: "Al seckel" To: "W. Graham Arader IIP" Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:30 AM Subject: Re: Newton portrait > Thanks for the tips. I was looking to make a quick > turn. You can too, if you are interested. Although he > was not a great artist, he certainly was an important > one, painting portraits of all the important people at > the time, i.e., Pepys, King James, etc. According to > the National Portrait Gallery, "Kneller was the > greatest master of the English baroque portrait. As > Court painter to four sovereigns, he dominated English > art for more than thirty years." > -- "W. Graham Arader IIP' > wrote: >> Sounds great. Well done. >> This is a 2m picture but it is not what I do. It it » very close to what I do » but not quite what I do. » Try the Denver Art Museum. They have a huge » collection (and are still » building) of art relating to England and of course » the British Center at » Yale is huge on this. Amy Meyers is the director » there. » And then there are all the science people. If it is » as impt as you say, I » would make 2m easily at auction. » Kellner was a very good but not great artist »g EFTA00750537 > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com EFTA00750538