The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-14

that a hail bond Of $50 OOO would he salts
factory While this was being agreed upon
MIR DIveen telephoned tn his lawyers.
CoTbitt A Stern. OF o. Wall street. who
arrived within half an hour Mr.. Corhltt
I put up $50. OoO worth Of real estate as tenn
I porary hail Mr. Duveen promised 20 fur
nish permanent bail to-day and left with
his lawyers for his home at 81 Central
| Park West
Ben jamin Duveen would make no state
ment last night further than TO answer
1 some questlons concerning the firm IN n
general way. He referred inquirers 90 his
! NE shall have no statement to make
| until tomorrow lawyer Stern said
| Tomorrow we'll issue a statement that
! will put this matter in different light
We shall show the public that Dnveen
Bros. are innocent Of the charges for
! which Benjamin Duveen was arrested
/ today
Commissioner Shields 80 the pTelimi-
nary hearing for botht Benjamin and
| Henry Duveen for next Monday after
! noon a. O'Clock. lnis morning Mr..
torbiit will argue Tor reduction OF bail.
Collect or Loeb first heard when he got
J / Ack from his Western 'Hp Last Monday
a specific accusation that Duveen Bros.
had been undertaking. Who the in
formani was IL not divulged. bur he had
data enough TO impress the Collector and
an investigation was besun. MT: i-Orp
called IN Marx = Andrewr. Solicitor To
the Collector and chief of the law division
Of the Gust ON House and Se1 Mr.. Andrews
tu work The Informant allegation
was that tins D'Iv~ens had been under
valulng their Antiques and other an objects
for YEAR
=! don't want to sav for how many
year, one - The Gust ons men working
on the alleged undo ordinations said last
night We are sire. however, that the
L.. a To- Il
years
The law division found upon investIga- :
ton 81 invoices and at her data enough
evidence against the DIveens. they saw /
to warrant going - the United states
Attorney II wac said last night that the /
law division will IT, busy for the next few I
weeks working in conjunction with IN"
United States Attorneys uffiCe ~ pre-
pairing the cas-, Tor prosecution. benIa- /
min DIveen must appear again before I
{ commissioner Shields next Monday Tor .
fIrt her examination.
~ the DIveen- have uumbs red Tor I
wears among heir clients leading art col /
leCtoTs IL America he q'estiu ion arose last
M ghf whe' her pictures now IN American /
rnu-eIIn- and the private collect ions of /
men 81 wealth IN New lnrk and ot her
cit tes could III seized a. result Ot the |
charges lodged Agains' ia" firm In
guirie- brought forth IN" opinion that he
Gust oms aut hort'ie- viii nut disturb SiICh
pictures now IA museums and hornes
When goods hlv. h.Aen traudulently
undervaluesi solicitor Marx y Address
explained last night. i doubt that they
can he s..izad because IN. title passes
when the goods are bought by innocent
purchasers from the importer Under
valued goods have been entered NJ the
Custom Hous~ and differ from smuggled
articles In that the title does not pass IN
the case Of smuggled goods
The customs men in charge 81 the case
aid that they did not think u likely that
any action whatsoever will hs taken IN
he case ~ pictures and antiques where
the lie has passed from m" Duveens
There will ha no action taken. a GUS
toms man said. except IN m" case ~ art
objects now IN the possession II the
DuV,-.ns
Tn. New York branch - the firm.
which - among the lest known dea l~rS
IN pictures and antiques IA Europe and
America, was fOunded thirty years ago {
as an ofshoot 81 the London galleries. .
which had been established by Henry | .
Duyeen. nov th" titular head ~ the firm.
and his brother. the lat" Joseph Joel
DtIveen The head 81 another London
art firm known a. J VI Duv.en A Co IL Z
a cousin To the owners II the galleries ,
here and the fight carried through the ,
London firms for IN" right 20 Ise the q
name DIyeen will be remembered nv
readers ~ the cable news
The Duveens came into especial promi-
hence IN the sumner OF 1897 by buying the !
RudOlphe kann art collection in Paris
A. the selling price OF the Mann collection
was said 10 he S.OOO0. IL was argued
turing months Of gIeSswork a. 10 the
possible purchaser that no one firm was
financially strong enough 10 tan" the 6
collection over a. whole But IA August.
81. u was cabled that the Duveens had I,
Fought the collection for t5GDGO
hereby acquiring representative pictures
~ most 81 the masters of the Continental q
md English schools, and an especially
strong group Of Rembrandts
The Frans Halls depicting the artist u
md his family for which otto Kahn ~ :,
aid To have paid the Duveens an enor-
nous price. and which was put on eNhibi- a
ion az the Metropolitan Museum bv Nr
Kahn temporarily few months ago a
vas among the Arm recent importations =,
'iany Of the Dutch pictures AZ the museum
iuring the Hudson Fulton loan eGhibi- v
ion also were brought 10 America hy p
'aid 81 2jono for IN. Hainauer collec- -
ION ~ Berlin Many paintings and other
m objects of great value in the kann
have been bought by American
oll"Ctors. u ~ said The Dnveens y
Cured largely among bidders ne the
erkes sale
Mrs rollIs r Huntington IL said 10
ave bought a number ~ tho Kann PIC &
ure- and antiques. Rembrandt's -SaVant al
With Bust 81 Homer" being among Mrs nj
iuntingi on = purchases She also il ssid y
D have hOught number ~ other pictures r.
nd ANTIQUES recentlv from the DIveens b
paintings by Franz Hal- and y
number II pieces ~ furniture a
Joseph Duve~n son ~ the late Joseph
Oel Duveen. lives At the ~ Regis in the NJ
inter. but spends the re-t Of his time IN h
N gland and on the Continent None Of r.
1e members ~ the firm has a permanent &
Nsidence In America. hut Henry Duveen 81
nd his four nephews frequently make
,nR visits To New York toeaDh Duvaep | a
was Said ~ the ~ Regis las night A
al planned Ia come 10 New York Aoon. oi
~ the clerk said that from very recent dI
formailon u VAS gathered that he NAV fr
Dstpone his visit m
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