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...expressed the hope that it would "attract other gifts from other citizens who may in the future desire to contribute works of art of the highest quality to form a great national collection." First notable collector to live up to Andy Mellon's expectations is 5-10-25? Storeman Samuel Henry Kress, who last week came forward with a donation of 375 paintings and 18 pieces of sculpture valued at about $30,000,000-more than half as costly as that made by the unfinished Gallery's founder...
...accepting what is reputed to be the world's greatest private Italian collection, in the name of the U. S. people, President Roosevelt thanked Storeman Kress for setting an example that is "a decided step in the realization of the true purpose of the National Gallery." No new thing to self-effacing Philanthropist Kress is example setting. For some years now he has been giving and lending noteworthy pieces from his collection to small but deserving museums throughout the nation. San Antonio, Charlotte, N. C., Montgomery, Wichita, Seattle, Memphis, Phoenix, Savannah and Macon have received permanent additions to their...
...when Dana was in Italy and a rich Newark lady sent him $10.000 with which to acquire old Italian things, he saved the money and persuaded her to let him spend it on American paintings. The next year the Museum moved into a $750,000 building given by Department Storeman Louis Bamberger, held a long remembered exhibition of New Jersey leather products and processes...
Macy & Co. The value of these gifts then was some $2,300,000 and the Federal tax on them footed up to about $450,000. Had Storeman Straus kept the stock in question until his death the Federal tax on it would probably have been upwards of three times as much, without making allowance for the fact that Macy stock has increased over 10% in value during the past year.* Last week when the terms of Jesse Straus's will were made known, it was seen that he had given troubled thought to estate taxes. His will, dated...
...called "Clarence Saunders- Sole Owner of My Name." In 1931 he popped up in Memphis with a jazz band opening for still another merchandising venture. Boasted he: "You'll see yet that I'll build up the biggest industry in the world." That enterprise soon folded and Storeman Saunders, took over the "world rights" to a cleaning fluid called "Evernew," announced he had "thoroughly investigated the cleanser and found it to be the best on the market." "Evernew" also had a sorry ending. Its sponsor had to defend two of his salesmen who were haled into court...