The arrangement for the great Red Cross sale of works of art which is to be held at Christie's in the second week of June were discussed recently by Sir Courtauld Thomson, Chairman of the Committee, in an interview, with a representative of the "Observer," "These sales at Christie's in the last war," Sir Court-auld said, "realized over £400,000, and when I accepted the chairmanship of the committee, friends said to me that they doubted whether we could achieve the same success now, But this gives an opportunity to those who have not got the money to give some object or treasure which can be turned into money at Christie's sale and thus benefit the Red Cross and the sick and wounded, "It may be argued that people could unhook a picture from the wall take a book from their bookshelves, or a jewel from their casket and sell those articles themselves and transmit the proceeds direct to the Red Cross. But in real life these things don't happen. There are many who would not know where or how to sell these objects, "Furthermore, they might think the isolated amount realized would not be of sufficient importance to go through all this trouble, It requires some special stimulus, some comminal movement, and some definite aim, so that each donor may feel he is adding to a joint fund. Then again it has been suggested that even if we could collect the gifts for the sale we might not be able find buyers.
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