In Paris, Ainenl and Vanderbilt-Dall-Ayeiy Incapable of Making Headway

-Paris
-William Vanderbilt, Jim Dall, and Arthur Ayeiy negotiated Wednesday in Paris with the French master Claudien Ainenl, but what hoped to be a good and productive day of talks instead crept to a halt.

Feast Fest had packaged a $677,505, 3-year staggered deal for Ainenl, slated to take him through 2015. However, the flip-floppy Ainenl, a mere two weeks removed from claiming he would happily accept any offer above $500,000, instead burst into indignation upon receiving the $677K deal and set another offer minimum, saying that he wants at least $725,000.

"It's a setback," Dall said. "We don't know why Ainenl was so suddenly uncooperative. We're going to have to talk to his agent about it tomorrow."

Dall was referring to a visit to Budapest, Hungary, where Ainenl's current agent is based, which is on Thursday's agenda.

"The problem with that avenue is that we don't know if his agent is encouraging this stubbornness in him," Dall remarked. "We need to be prepared for anything; Mr. Ainenl's agent could be wholly cooperative, or, if playing things stiff was his own idea, then the talks with the agent tomorrow could be a carbon copy of the talks we have just undergone today."

However, the agent of Ainenl's is a new one who "does not wish to stifle" Ainenl's own input into the process. When these two sides negotiated in 2011, his old agent forced Feast Fest to offer up at least $900,000 even when Ainenl himself was willing to go lower.






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