Brady Norris was the person who won the auction and the paintings sold for more money than Armitage was expecting. Due to the short public notice, a lot of the big-name bidders failed to show. The auction had to take place on July 1st, a public announcement was not to be made until June 23rd and the paintings were to be sold as a pair. The auction itself had some very strict rules. Armitage never met the client but he was able to check and verify the authenticity of the paintings, Davenport also had a certificate of authenticity signed by Pierre Donet who is a well known DeKuyper expert. In early June, Armitage received a visit from Hiram Davenport, a solicitor who we encountered in The Case Of The Mystified Murderess, who was speaking on behalf of his client who was in possession of two new DeKuyper paintings that he wished to auction.

The detectives were greeted at Armitage's Gallery by Mr Armitage himself. Of the original six paintings, the four Louvre paintings are currently being held at The French Embassy, the Rijksmuseum painting is currently held in the gallery storeroom and Lord Smedley's is still in his private collection awaiting collection.Ģ. Sir Simpson managed to convince the respective owners of the existing DeKuyper paintings to bring them together for a single exhibition which was to be held in two days time, the paintings were due to be hung in the gallery tomorrow. Only six paintings by DeKuyper were known to have existed before then, one of those is currently in London as part of Lord Winslow Smedley's private collection.

An auction was held for these two paintings at Armitage's Gallery on July 1st 1890. He spoke to the detectives about the theft of the two DeKuyper paintings from the National Gallery last night. Holmes and Watson were visited by Sir Simpson. Part 30: Update #6 Let's All Play Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective - The Pilfered Paintings (Update #6)ġ.

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