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This paper presents the activity developed by the Sevillian scholar José Gestoso in the antiques trade in Spain at the beginning of the 20th century. For its study and analysis we have used unpublished documentation belonging to Gestoso’s collection of letters. These documents accredit his intervention in various episodes of purchase and sale of artistic objects, as well as the extensive network of contacts established between him and known European dealers, antiquarians, religious communities and the Archbishopric of Seville. With this work we try to increase the knowledge about the antiques trade in Spain at the beginning of the 20th century.||Este artículo presenta la actividad desarrollada por el erudito sevillano José Gestoso y Pérez en el comercio de antigüedades en España a principios del siglo XX. Para su estudio y análisis hemos recurrido a documentación inédita presente en el epistolario de Gestoso que acredita su intervención en distintos episodios de compra-venta de objetos artísticos, así como la amplia red de contactos establecida entre él y conocidos marchantes europeos, anticuarios, comunidades religiosas y el Arzobispado de Sevilla. Con este trabajo tratamos de acrecentar el conocimiento sobre el comercio de antigüedades en España a principios del siglo XX.This paper presents the activity developed by the Sevillian scholar José Gestoso in the antiques trade in Spain at the beginning of the 20th century. For its study and analysis we have used unpublished documentation belonging to Gestoso’s collection of letters. These documents accredit his intervention in various episodes of purchase and sale of artistic objects, as well as the extensive network of contacts established between him and known European dealers, antiquarians, religious communities and the Archbishopric of Seville. With this work we try to increase the knowledge about the antiques trade in Spain at the beginning of the 20th century.
