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Correspondence
Unit
Sjögren, Åke
Institution
Statens museer för världskultur
Date
February 13, 1898
Actors
Source actors
Webster, William Downing
Target actors
Stolpe, Hjalmar
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Correspondence
Statens museer för världskultur
Sjögren, Åke
Date
January 13, 1900
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Correspondence
Statens museer för världskultur
Sjögren, Åke
Date
January 13, 1900

Institution data

Institution fieldValue
Arkivdokument
Webster to Stolpe_1898-02-13
Alternativ identitet
EM-Ö1-006
Samlingsnummer - Beskriver
1900.01
Sakord
brev ; letter
Beskrivning - engelska
Letter from W.D. Webster to H. Stolpe describing the nature of his trade with "Benin specimens", their high value and great interest from museums to buy. "Last week I purchased two specimens for £60. Every time they come into the market, the [sic] go up in price, but I buy it all, as I have many museums wanting to buy." Webster also refers to an earlier, previously unknown, sending of Benin objects to Stockholm and he asks Stolpe to make a decision on taking up the option of purchase before the end of the year. References to General Pitt Rivers buying a lot of Benin objects (£1,300 worth) and the museum in Berlin competing with Pitt Rivers for the largest collection after the British Museum. Finally, Webster advises Stolpe to persuade business man Åke Sjögren to acquire "one of the large tusks. They cost from £50 to £100 each. I have sold three at £80 each, it will be impossible to get one at [any?] price soon.
Namn - tillverkare
Webster, William Downing (1868-05-11 - 1913-02-14), konsthandlare, samlare
Sökord
Benin City
FILE
Webster+to+Stolpe_1898-02-13_01.jpg
URL
https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/object/25899167
Tidpunkt - tillverkning, tidigast
1898-02-13
Namn - mottagare
Stolpe, Hjalmar (1841 - 1905), arkeolog, etnograf, intendent
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