tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post7702514193215980819..comments2024-03-28T05:18:25.792-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The Henry C. Frick Mansion -- No. 1 East 70th StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-65691441073547505252013-11-21T06:04:22.662-08:002013-11-21T06:04:22.662-08:00The story behind Elsie de Wolfe and her working fo...The story behind Elsie de Wolfe and her working for Frick in acquiring treasures for this house in 1914 is very interesting. Apparently she located him on a golf course and begged him to preview the upcoming dispersal of the contents of a magnificent chateau just outside of Paris. Frick asked her what were the best items in the collection, and she replied "everything". He immedately began buying and in a matter of about 2 hours time he had spent nearly 1 million dollars. Since Miss de Wolfe received a finders fee percentage of the price of every item purchased, she soon realized that she was becoming a very rich woman. <br /><br />Frick supposedly gave her a red enamel Faberge clock she had admired in the collection as a thank you gift.<br /><br />*** Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-8163249432486458272013-11-16T00:16:14.349-08:002013-11-16T00:16:14.349-08:00Another very fine post - longer with more details ...Another very fine post - longer with more details and photos to savor. I especially like the detail that Frick offered HIS LAWN for the injured soldiers ! I continue to enjoy your blog so much. Hopefully one day we will see a book printed from it ?? (hint hint )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-28963734611422290132013-11-15T18:49:55.967-08:002013-11-15T18:49:55.967-08:00Great article Tom.
I had the pleasure of being a ...Great article Tom. <br />I had the pleasure of being a medical student at Columbia and interacting with Dr. Henry Clay Frick II, his grandson. Dr. Frick was a Professor of Gynecologic Oncology and one of the kindest and most unassuming surgeons I have ever known. According to Columbia lore although he was driven acoss the GW bridge with a chauffer he never acted or dressed in a way which would disclose his status. He supposedly never cashed his meager pay as a resident and many uncashed checks were found in his small and spartan residents' sleeping rooms. He often had on a well worn shirt and was an extremely kind gentleman with a memory of his students. As I understand it, the Frick family retained the right to sleep in the second level rooms as a pied a terre for years after the ground level became a museum which they exercised after attending the theater or opera in the city. I was VERY sorry to learn that he passed away. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03E6DD173EF936A25751C0A9619C8B63 <br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-60947100354897024182013-11-15T07:30:59.742-08:002013-11-15T07:30:59.742-08:00Did not know Frick offered to dismantle and recons...Did not know Frick offered to dismantle and reconstruct the beautiful Lenox Library building at his own expense. For a much maligned figure, maybe with some historical justification, that was a very generous offer not to mention his intentions to create a museum in new york with his art collection Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com