Apropos of art dealing, a remarkable career has just been cut short by accident. M. Otto Wegener, a Pams dealer, who has an estate near Romorantin (Loir-et-Cher) had invited a party of friends, mostly men in the line of business, for a shooting party, and among the guests was M. Georges Demotte, a friend of 15 years standing. The sportsmen were in line, and, as a signal, M. Wegener fired a barrel into the air. The recoil was more than he expected, and the gun slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground. The shock exploded the charge in the second barrel, and M. Demotte, who was next to his host, was shot in the neck and killed. Wihen he realized the full extent of the tragedy, M. Wegener tried to kill himself but was held by his guests until he reached a calmer frame of mind. It was M. Demotte who supplied the Louvre with the—much-discussed piece of medieval stone carving known as the Lansquenets because it represents some figures of warriors. It has been openly stated that this carving is nothing more than a mutilated fragment "faked" into its present shape by a clever sculptor, now deceased, who was regularly employed by M. Demotte. The latter, who had risen from small beginnings, did a large business in antiquities. Whether he himself always believed in their genuineness 1s a point that need not be discussed now that he is dead.
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