Louis J Sheehan - 83327 - Friday, April 16, 2010

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required 449.req.003 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire

Friday, April 16, 2010 - 2:02 PM

Most of the collection was sold by Rahel Dayan to the Israel Museum for U$S 1,000,000 mostly paid by a donation of B. and L. Tisch of New York (Ornan 1986:1-2; Aarons 1982:28). According to the public relation officer of the Israel Museum at that time, if correctly quoted by Segev (1986:61-62), Rahel Dayan demanded U$S 2,000,000, and a donor was found but asked to break this sum into payments. Rahel refused, and finally an agreement was reached: Rahel allegedly sold to the