European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine former philippine Leader Ferdinand Marcos and hit wife Imuta having a Church in Honolulu after Teni tet. Artful Imelda did she buy old masters or a Bill of goods Boyjan Perlez new York times t he vast majority d works in a Masterpalo Long Coj Jeclin of Imelda r Marcos including one she believed to be by Michelangelo Are inconsequential works by unimportant artists according to the director of the frock collection and other Art experts. The wife of the ousted president of the Philippines paid $3,5 million to an italian Arl dealer in 1983 Lor the purported Michelangelo records found by the new Manila government of Corazon c. Aquino show. But Everett Fahy. The director of the frock said the painting could not possibly be by Michelangelo Fahy said Only one Michelangelo pal Ling was known to exist the Tondo Don that hangs in the of Fazl gallery in Florence. Italy. Fahy said the 75 paintings acquired by Marcos from he same italian dealer Mario Bellini and hanging in a Manila museum were not the works of Tintoretto Canaletto and others of thai rank As Many of them Are purported to be. Interviewed by Telephone 81 a House he owns in Monta Carlo. Bellini said he had sold some paintings of Marcos but he refused to be specific. He denied Selling her a Michelangelo proclaiming several times thai would have been Beautiful Bellini s wife Adriana. Interviewed from their new York apartment seconded her husband s account. Magistrates in Florence where be Beni s business is based announced two weeks ago thai Fiey were invest Galing Bellini Lor the reported Sals it is not known How much Marcos paid Bellini Tor the other 75 paintings which were Hung in the Manila museum in 1979. Nor is it known whether Marcos knew when she bought the 75 paintings and the purported Michelangelo thai they were not aug Antic. Or even in she came to realize this Laler. But two new York Ait dealers said Marcos through an intermediary later approached a Law firm Here saying she wanted to gel. Back the Money she had spent on the paintings. On theft her hand Marcos is said to have remarked to Jack Tanzer of the Knoedler gallery in 1933 thai a painting in the Easi 6slh Street townhouse where she stayed Wasa Michelangelo. Tanzer said he knew it Wes no what she claimed and at beat was Worth Only several Hundred thousand  and noles Lound by the Aquino government that were written by Marcos personal Secretary in Manila be Jimenez show s3.smillionpaid to Bellini and his wife Lor a Michelangelo  after examining color reproductions in a catalogue of the metropolitan museum of Manila. Fahy said i hat a least 60 of the 75 paintings were by unknown provincial artists of the period or were 19th-Century copies of lath Century paintings. Nine other paintings had questionable Altri Bulion he said. The remaining six were As advertised he said but were by minor artists. A new York cily Arl historian John t. Spike differed with Fahy on the Wilri bunions of some paintings in the catalogue but largely concurred with the Frick director s judgment. In addition to the 75 dubious painting and the purported Michaelang Marcos is said to have bought nearly 100 works of Grealer importance irom new York City Art dealers that could be Worth up to $20 million according to dealers familiar with the paintings. It is Peculiar the really Good pieces did nol appear in the  said Marco grass a new York Ait restorer and dealer who sold three master paintings through Dell Iii to. Marcos  inn s3 million. Byi Hearty 1980s, Marc owns null incline fit Lenhon in the new York City Arl Nui Kat or Tranfo n Rcpt Jintian for n substantial buy Init appetite but nol a Yre Jii   with the works she purchased,1 Denler snid. Typ Idil Mohe Way Marcos purchased a Jilin or according Ion dealer  i to transactions who declined to be identified Wasa cell onry  from a Llorin tank Rico. An agent for Marcos to mid in Miner galleries at 33 w. 57th is saying thai she inn Verj n big collection of paintings by one  the Janery sold her 52 pin slings in May 19b3 for $273,000 by. Paulo Robillard a Little known Limpros Dionisi it was a Nica Way to got Rel of paintings you client Wanthe said. Tho Harmor galleries also sold to Marcosa Woik by Thyl italian master frn ii Typo Lippi called Madonna Inci child to tvs had been for snip Lor eight years according to iwo dealers Miliar with the Sale. It was olt erod to the Frick collodion in 1974 Lor $ i million but was rejected because it was damaged Fahy said. Marcos paid $700,000 for the work records show. Grassl said to sold Al Greco s Coronation Olathe Virgin Francois Boucher s Apo Rietsis of Flowie is and Francisco de Zurbaran s David and  to Bellini who was acting As Marcos agent. Alt told Marcos bought 77 paintings irom the Hammer batteries far $4,61 million according to receipts examined by the hew Fork times. One receipt read in part above prices Are special prices authorized by or. Armand Hammer Lor or find mrs  Hammer is the chairman of the Occidental Petroleum corp. And chairman of the company thai owns the Hammer galleries and Iho Knoedler gallery at 19 Easi 70lh St. Twelve of the works which included Iho Filippo Lippi were flown to the Philippines on the private plane of Hammer the dealer said. Marcos also bought about six old master plan lungs and several impressionists from the Knoedler gallery for a Ligure in the Vicinity of $5 million according to another dealer with knowledge of the sales made by the Knoedler gallery. A spokesman for Hammer Frank Ashley would not comment. In january an employee of the Hammer galleries was sent to Manila with a Bill Tor $300,000 in new York cily sales tax thai 1he gallery said were owed on purchases according to the dealer familiar will the Hammer sales. Tan Laco to whose private gallery in Manila the Hammer. Purchases were billed refused to pay the sales lax. The dealer Salt. The my was never paid. Also bought 1rom the Hammer galleries in december 1982 were a Paul Gauguin still Lite Lor $1.5 million Andrew Wyeth s Moon madness for $300,000 Camilla Pissarro s Jard a de Kew pres a la Serre for. $420,000 seven paintings by grandma Moses the american Palmi Livest. Tor $214.000, and Claude Monet s Ftp Lin for $365,500. A painting by Maurice Utrillo and another by Auguste Renoir were sold by the gallery Lor $475,000. Another 11 grandma Moses paintings were acquired for $393,000. Name plates and paperwork on other apparently genuine works were found by the Aquino government in the East 66th Street townhouse. A 1954 Picasso head Ola woman that might Felch s400.000 at auction and a Van Gogh water Cotor peasant woman winding bobbins Hal could reach $100,000. According to several auction experts had Hung in the townhouse. Representatives of the new government said. The philippine government represented in new York by lawyers from the Center Tor constitutional rights. Is trying to locate the missing paintings. What is now in the hands of the Aquino government the collection in Manila is realistically Wolf about $200,000, although a painting attributed to Titian might push the value up Ano Fiot $300.000, Fahy said some of the paintings were Worth no More Levin $1,000 each he said. Attributions in the Manila museum catalogue were described by Fahy As  in particular he said an altarpiece attributed to Lippo Mem. A 14th-Century arils whose works Are exceedingly rare was by a provincial Ligurian Painter. It s really a piece of religious furniture that could be picked up Lor $5,000 on a bad Day Al Parke Bernel Fahy said. A True Lippo Memmi would be Worth millions he said. Friday may9, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 13