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Ms. Chapman!
the largest, oldest and most perspicaciously collected library of sales
catalogues is that of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie in
The Hague. Its director id Dr. R. E. O. Ekkart, and the mailing address is
Prins Willem Alexanderhof 5, Postbus 90418, NL-2509LK 's-Gravenhage, tel.
0031-70-3339762 with e-mail addresses posted with further links at the
homepage www.rkd.nl. Te single individual with the most experience in thsi
field is Burton B. Fredericksen, director of The Provenance Index, Getty
Center for the Humanities in Los Angeles. He is extremely knowledgable,
unprepossessing, helpful and can be reached online at [log in to unmask]
most days. Much of the data collected in his project can be accessed
electronically from the Getty homepage. His arangement is probably the most
up to date and efficient for the questions being addressed by your colleague.
Sincerely
Karl Johns
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