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Extract: "I have sent you on approval two Benin specimens & 3 South American clubs which I think you will like. With regard to the Benin specimens, it will be impossible to get any of these later as everything was taken out of the city and I have purchased most of it from the officers of the expedition. up to the present time I have sold over £2,000 worth of Benin specimens, the principal buyers w...
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Extract: "I have sent you on approval two Benin specimens & 3 South American clubs which I think you will like. With regard to the Benin specimens, it will be impossible to get any of these later as everything was taken out of the city and I have purchased most of it from the officers of the expedition. up to the present time I have sold over £2,000 worth of Benin specimens, the principal buyers were: Dresden £80, Edinburgh £132, Dublin £72.5, Vienna £440, Berlin £284.10…New Zealand £37.10, Pitt Rivers £850. You must see from the above that the Benin specimens are in great demand, if you would like a few bronze plaques with figures and warriors etc. in high relief kindly write me by return. I have put in the case sent to you a New Guinea skull belonging to Prof Retzius which kindly let him have. (…) This year has been a very busy one. With me I have purchased on the average £500 worth of specimens a month, and at the present time have a magnificent collection from most parts. "
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