Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-02-27 | Page 5 | C. P. Taft Buys a Millet Painting for $27,000

C. P. TAFT BUYS A MILLET " PAINTING FOR $27,000 New York. Feb. 27. Charles P. Tart, a brother of the president-elect, has purchased for $27,000, Millet's "Sheep Shearing," the highest priced picture offered here yesterday at the sale of the notable collection of oil paintings, of Henry Graves. . Forty-nine pictures in all were sold last evening under the auspices of the American Art association, associa-tion, bringing a total of $233,250. An agent acted i for Mr. Tart. The picture pic-ture represents the comer of a farm yard.