The Portland daily press., 1871-04-20

The SALE OF HARRY BROWNS PICTURES -
The auction sale of Browns pictures commenc.
ed at Lancaster Hall yesterday afternoon anu
continued through the evening. The biddihg
was slow at first but after an hour or so became
more spirited, although the pictures went at
mere rtage on Mr.. Browns valuation.-
The terms were cash, the pictures to be deliv-
cred Friday, and the frames are sold at two
thirds their cost, the purchasers to state
whether they take the frame with the picture
before leaving the hall. There was large
audience in attendance, fully half the number
being ladies. We append list of pictures and
prices NO 1, Bay of st. Andrews, valued at
800, sold for $25 to II. P. Dewey; No. o. New
port Mt, $50, sold for $18 to Mr.. Fessenden'
No. 6, View on the Ellis River, Sl4o' ior 9o' 70
f. f. Hale; No. 9, View on the Oonhecucu.'
$50, for S13 to F. H. Cloyes; No. 10 Grand
Menan $50. for $40 to Mr.. York; NO. IL, west
Onoddv Light. $50, for $17 IL to H. Dewey /;
No. IA. Portland Light, SIS, for SIG to f. f.
Hale: No. II, Grand Menan Light, $75. for $13
to w. E. Themes; No. %, Schooner Head, Mt.
Desert, $780, for $25 to II. P. Dewey; No. "a,
View in Stratford, $50, for II to Mr. Paine;
No. %, Scene in Nova Scotia, 500, for $225O
to Mr.. Fessenden; No. SO, Mt Desert, $50, for
$l3 to j. B. Pickett; No. "a, Cape from Bangs
Island. $50, for $13 to Collector Washburn;
No. 80, Ellis River, Andover, $50. for $40 to
Mr.. E. Small; No. 80, Brook Scene, $50, for
$lO to Mrs. Hudson; No. AZ, Stratford Hollow,
700, for $13 to f. b. Cloyes; No. 43. In the
Woods, $50, for SIG to Mr. Frank Noyes; No
4S, Rumford, $10O. for 500 to Mr.. Ira Witham /;
No. $50, View in Weld, $75. fer $14 to G. f.
Talbot; No. Sc, Lancaster, N. H., $50, for $11
to T. H. Cloyes; No. IS, Marine, 500, for $27
to s. j. Anderson; No. $50, Eel Brook Cove,
Grand Menan, $50, for $12 80 to Mr.. York |;
No. 60, Rumford Valley, $40. for SIS to G. b.
varney; No. 65, Otter Cliffs, Mt. Desert, 800,
for $40 to E. T. Hayes; No. "a, White MIS-,
$50, for SIS to G. B. Varney; No. 81, Brook
Scene, $50, for $13 to w. F. Philips; No. 81,
Port Hood, c. b., 800, for $15 to Mr.. Meal
pine; No. 90, Squally Day, 800, for $40 to J.
W. Deering; No. 1O1, Ellis River, $50, for $18
to Ira Whitman; Ne. ia, Old Orchard Beach,
$175, for $55 to f. +. Hale; No 1l5, Little
White Head, 500, for $3.50 to +. +. Hale;
No. 121, Israeps River, $75, for $14 to w. f.
Phillips; No 1877, Ellis River Valley, $75, for
$21 to j. f. Gould; No. 139, View in Gorham,
$50, for SIG to Ira Witham; No: 145 On the
SonucCtiCut, Ldncaster, ~ IL, @ou, ior @Ao "
DR.. Small; No. 146, Brook Study, $50, for SIG
to Geo. F. Shepley; No. LAG IL, same subject,
$75, for 1914 to j. A. Lowell of Boston; No. 147, ,
Androscoggin at Gilead, $780, for $22 to Col
lector Washburn; No. 15O, View in Lancaster,
$50, for Sill to DR.. SMALL No. 151, Scene on
the Pemiegewasset, 800, for SIG to f. Morse;
No. 1872, Berlin Falls, $3.50, for % to MIR. Shaw;
No. 1855, Mt. Desert, $3.50, for lao to ]. A.
Lowell; No. 165, On the Connecticut at STRAIT
ford, $75. for 15 to j. A. Lowell; No. 1859, Ellis
River, $50, for to Mr.. Hartman; No. III,
Bras dor Lakes, G. B., 800, for 81 to Col
lector Washburn; No. TIA, View in Bethel,
$780, for 8 to j. B. Pickett; No. 175, Ellis River,
Andover, $50, for 16 to Mr. Libby; No. 1870,
Portland from Peaks Island, $75, for II to Mr..
20 to j. f. Gould; No. 1877, Pennington, $40,
for 16 to j. B. Flckett; No. 1888, Rumford Col
tire, 800, for Is to Mr.. Walker; Nc. 191, Storm
on the Coast, $175, for 65 to j. A. Lowell; No.
1877, Tree Study, $40, for 10 to f. v. Carney;
No. 19S Squally Day, Grand Menan, $l25, for
rs to j. D. Fessenden. A little picture entit-
led Old Mill, N. s., sold 10 Mr.. Corey for &c.
Aggregate sales in the afternoon amounted to
about $1167. ta-
The hall was crowded in the evening and the
bidding was much more spirited than in the
afternoon. Among the pictures sold were No.
20, Wreck of the Bohemian, for $37. 80, to DIR.
French; No. 45, White MIS-, Lancaster, $36, to
g; T: Mattocks; No. 81, Grand Menan SIG, to
d. n. Jose; No. SO, A lone on the Deep, $3l, to
q. L. Carter; No. 80, Green Mt, Mt. Desert,
800, to F. v. Carney; No. 122, Wreck at Mt.
Desert, $141, to f. E. Thompson; No. 1872, Sun
set, Southern Head, Grand Menan, $40, to MIR.
York. The sales for the day probably amount
ed to about $1,000 for about one hundred pic
lures. The sale will continue this afternoon
and evening, and many of the filest paintings
which have been kept in reserve will be Of
fered