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Show PRINCE FIREUX MAEZA NEE-1 RET-ED BOWLEH, prime niin-J niin-J ister of Persia, who ij visiting in I I London and ib planning to come to the United States. i ' Ji i : . ..... .... " ' UNIQUE AUCTION BEIffiJpiO Hapsburgs' Centuries - old Art Objects to Be Sc. to Aid the Poor. VIENNA, Nov. 8. (By tho Associated Asso-ciated Press.) The Hapsburgs' centur-ics-old', accumulation of art objects, part of which is to be sold, is estimated to be worth $21,000,000. Paintings, rare manuscripts, Gobelin tapestries, oriental- )')i ''i !-, goldsmith's and silversmith sil-versmith 's work by the most famous Florentine -Jewelers and historical fur.-, niture are included. The furniture includes in-cludes thut of the room in Schoeubrimn castle occupied by Napoleon in iS09. The purpose of the ' sahy' as an-, nounced, is to create a fundffum which the poor mav to fed for -a- time. All will not be sold, but eixfiigh so it will be the greatest sale'fi the history of artistic auctions. Jtfie peace conference ruled these wereythe property of Austria. Aus-tria. V . Tho food tifat is rationed to the public pub-lic now cosft 0,000,000,000 crowns, and Austria is almost entirely without credit. -It is believed that the returns from the art auction .will raise at least a portion of one year's supplies. The Gobelin . "tapestries from the Schconbruun castle of tho late Emperor Em-peror h fanz Jbsef alone ' are valued at 2,000,000,000" crowns. Other articles to be sold irtcludo the treasures of the HoftafoHutmnier (court table chamber) cham-ber) including the magnificent services of puio gold and comprising many hundred hun-dred pieces,' the work of masters in gold work. They, were used by I'ranz Josef only on very special state occasions. oc-casions. . The question of how the sale is to be arranged, in. order to get as much money as possible has not yet been decided. First there must be an understauding with the entente missions since important import-ant sales of state property cannot t-e made without their permission.. The favorite plan, however, if it is possible, is to place the article at a public auction, the most unusual the world of art has ever seen. In that case tlv auction would probably take place in London rather than Vienna, for it is the center of art auctions for the world, and easier to reach than Vienna. |