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wrote you last week, was Massacre of Glencoe, of which 7 for sale at Christie's. Bids started £50, and the only offers were made on behalf of two ladies who are understood to be members of the Macdonald family, anxious to secure the manuscript. There were however, no signs of any attempt to buy on behale of the National Library. Bidding rose to £250 and ceased, it being understood that the, document was unsold. What was the reason for this holding-up of bids? Doubtless because the document has been examined by various experts, whose views may be summarized as non-committe
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