Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-08 | Page 17 | Code for Buying Pictures Needed

CODE FOR BUYING PICTURES NEEDED Imperial Supremo Court of Germany Benders DcciBlon Vexing Collectors, Special Cablo to Tho Tribune. BERLIN, March 7 It la quito possible that a special codo of regulations, defining defin-ing tho rights of buyers and Hollers at art sales will bo adopted as a result of the decision of the lmporial supremo court, which has Just held, after three years of litigation, that Rembrandt's painting, "Tobias With tho Angel," Is tho rightful proporty of the Prussian Royal museum. The painting formerly belonged to tho Emdcn collection in Hamburg, where It was catalogued as the work of a minor artlBt, Govaert Flinck. When tho collection col-lection was put up at auction the plcturo was Hold under that name to the Prussian Royal museum. .Some time later Herr Bode, director of the Royal museum, announced an-nounced that ho had discovered the painting paint-ing to bo a real Rombrandt. The former owners Immediately demanded that the sale be canceled and tho picture returned. re-turned. They admitted, however, that at the tlmo of the sale thoy thomselvea knew that tho authorship of tho plcturo was a rnatter of considerable uncertainty, and on this ground the court finally rejected re-jected their claims. Collectors hero aro manlfcuting great dissatisfaction at the ruling, whfoh Implies Im-plies that a dealer who soils a valuablo painting by mistake, honestly believing it to bo tho work of an Inferior artlut can have tho transaction annulled, where-aB where-aB If ho makes a mlBtako the other way selling a minor work In good faith as a mastorplcce, tho purchaser has no ro-dresH.