contribution #472

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{
  "name": "Mr. Theodoros Karras (the elder)",
  "occupation": "Athenian antiquary; the unidentified south-wall bidder at the Barlin sale of 19 November 1879; paid Linnett £200 in five-pound notes that evening to substitute Lot 47 for a Vienna copy; took the original colombina by cab to Liverpool Street the following morning and was not seen at the firm thereafter; grandfather of Theodoros Karras-Halloran of Florence"
}