The sun., 1910-06-28
APHUODITE BOUND TO EUROPE
O-I ILLED PRlNITEIES MORN
Nor DISPOSED or HERE.
N,sierlous STATUE for Nhich $500 .OOO
Vas wanted Was shown az the
National Arts Ciub Five Years Ago
for I'VE weeks CiStomeF Ahroad.

NAANNuAA ANNA NNAN NNF NNANM AAN
for i've weeks Customer AbSSad.
NJ circles m New York were inter-
s,i-d to learn ono February morning
r,a Years ago that tho marble AphTo-
it- attributed 10 Praxitelcs had been
rArod on exhibition AZ the old National
Nrt- Cluh IN West Thirty fourth street
F.' about two weeks the statue was
-n.Vn and a few weeks later Il disap-
I..r, 40 iaTaS the public vas concerned.
According 20 a r'rort which was cur
r.nt Yesterday AphLodite has emerged
from her retin'mshp p6iid is now on her
way over SEA When she issues from
,he waves at the other side she will bc
sold and the price. according 10 Ralph
Rurnham. who Is az the Stratford House
and who says he IA interested In the statue
j. good one. though Il may fall little
short Of tho half million dollar valuation
pul upon Il by lie owner hve years ago.
Tho statue caused a stir when il
Wa- exhibited hero and was visited
hy a great mary connoisseurs and art
cuucs Most Of them praised its beauty
and several Of them said it was unques-
uorauly piece OF ancient Greek sculp-
tlrr although there was SOME shYness
about giving PraKiteles the credit for
u Frederick LintOn. who showed tha
statue. declined TO give particulars a.
20 exactly where it had come from. al
though a rumor spread at the time said
it had been picked up in Greece or Sicily
Mr. Linton. who described himself
a. an art collector in England for thirty
years and an extensive land owner in
this country. said that the laws on the
subject Of removing antiques from Greece
were 81 severe that tO reveal the history
of the discovery Of the statue might get
certain families into trouble Tie said
that he had mad the statue IN his poe
session since lsss IL was removed from
the country Ia which it was found TO
France and shipped thence 10 the United
States in 1897 For twelve Year,. nan
the legend current az the time. the statue
had aid IN a seventh avenue warehouse
Mr. canton said that he valued the Aphro-
dite at s51O.OOO at least.
4 tag on the statue thus described II.
AphrOdits girdle In hand. Greek
work in Paros marble. attributed n
Praxiteles This Venus explains the
Venus de Medici and may be original of
that famous copy
There were rimors that this or that
wealthy connoisseur was on the point
Il buying the work. and an effort was
made 20 have the statue exhibited az the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Two Greeks
Who were said 10 he experts on ancient
marble tested the statue by chipping ~
a hit Of the base. and through an inter
prefer said u was the real goods IN the
way Of antiquity. The statue was in
an excellent state of preservation. which
Mr. Linton said was due 10 its having
heen built in a wall and covered.
According q the story told by Mr.
Burnham. he had invested money In the
statue IN some way or other but a wealthy
New York man had advanced money On
II and had given him. the other owner,
until the hrst Of the present month o.
repay him. The tao formed small
syndicate. got the statue. insured Il Tor
$50. 900 and shipped Il 70 Europe IN the
care % a man who n n watch u day aud
night Il IL said a purchaser has already
been found.