21 JANUARY 1984, Page 18

Sir: Gavin Stamp (Letters, 7 January) mentions the Winged Victory

in the Louvre failing to attract the interest of Miss Mercouri.

I would suggest that the magnificent Pergamon Altar in the Pergamon Museum in East Berlin might also come under scrutiny. This was removed to Berlin by German archaeologists around 1870, re- assembled and put on view in 1922, evacuated in the war, removed to Leningrad and brought back to East Berlin in 1959. I can find no record as to whether money changed hands when the Germans acquired this masterpiece.

Patricia Snow

Orchard End, Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers, Devon