A Deal in Old Masters — Aldous Huxley

Written in 1923, and unseen since, the short story, A Deal in Old Masters, adds insight into early Aldous Huxley; being of Mr. Bigger, an English art dealer, who is approached to provide an impressive oil portrait, to one recently arrived to Lord of the Manor status.Mr. Bigger does indeed have such a painting; a bright, eighteenth-century Venetian...that comes with an equally colorful tale.