The New York herald., 1872-08-30
JOSIE'S FAREWELL.
The Furniture Of the Enchantress Under the
Hammer of the AuctiOneer
A Few Of Miss MansAelds .Favorite Articles
Very Little About Poor" Jim and Nothing
About stokes-The Kind Of People
Who Attended the Sale
Over $1,000 Realized

The auction Of Josie Mansneld's furniture at the
well known residence in West Twenty-thrd street
came on yesterday The attendance was nom
descript. There were present members OF the
demt-morade boarding house keepers, auction
agents, furniture Dealers and but few respectable
people, male or female. Mr.. Smith was also
present and bought great many Of the best lots I;
but who this Mr.. Smith was it Is unnecessary to in
quire as there is it is sad Of the Smith family
at every auction, big or little.
"Po0r'' josie 'Poor' Jimi was an oft-heard ex-
clamation among the audience. The house did not
look very poor, though. It was beautifully frescoed
in the parlors, beautifully furnished all over, and
the Cleopatra Of city carnality was only too well
"located'' in q general way as was plain to every
eye.
The sale began at eleven O'Clock A. M. in the back
basement, then the front basement, then the base
ment hall; after which the crowd assembled to the
fourth ioor front room. In this last-named apart
ment, let it pe chronicled, that Jose's mahogany
rocker-Miss Josies favorte one, too-was sold
for $50; albeit, let 1t also be said for the COM
fort OF he who bought 1t, 1t was admitted on all
sides that it was worth $40 at the very most. Then
third story front hall room and the third story front
room were all auctiOneered without anything more
startling occurring than the selling OF poor
Jim's three whips-0ne the celebrated silver
drive the four-in-hand sold for S1O)-Aiss
fetched So a5 and the colored servants livery hat
which was in solemn manner purchased for sew
enty-fve cents. In the third story back room
but in the third story back hall room spring bed,
said TO be 'p0Or" JOsie's little bed, was sold for
$2 2 It having run all the way up from rom ty cents
room Josie's secretatre, very pretty little bit of
furniture, reached $35, and her favOrite lounge
went SO high as $40. In this room also was sold for
$16 the Chinese lamp the Chinese ambassadors had
presented to Mr.. Fisk, and which that ardent
Lover gave to his BELOVED mistress Two birds
for the handsome sum OF $40 EACH The grand bed
stead the second floor, front, was sold for $1o5
Davidsons A No. 1-brought sos, and the pier mir
ror $780, suit, consisting OF lounge, two arm
seo IN oG or SIX 4h
room on this story JOsie's two Indian clubs were
Knocked down at SO, and these had the additional
gilt letters the enchasing thereof being by the en-
chantress' own beautiful hands during the recent
retirement the doctors ordered her. Three paint
Evening in the Tropics" by Rosance, and "Good
Night" Nigh by Mer OF MunichEwere so. sold for
the ana sSe ons hail. IL the
back G, parIor, was vas .'poor' jim's s. bookcase,
q very handsome article and which sold for 500;
"Don Caesar" and don Juan'-a birthday present
OF Venus to her VICTIM Or IN other words, OF Josie
to Jim-which were tardiy knocked down at slos.
'BristO" and the 'Providence'-were sold for
So SO. In the front parlor suit, consisting OF two
sofas, two arm chairs, two chairs all covered with
crimson SATIN, mounted in Sevres and originally
costing S., $500, were knocked down at $365; q mar
queterie cabinet, mounted in Sevres and ormou
and originally costing $780, was sold for $3.50; CEN
tire table to match was sold for $145; rosewood
pianoforte, round corners, originally costing $3.50,
was sold at $780, and the crimson satin covered
stool at $21 5O On embroidered arm chair,
the cover Of which was made by the Indians ut
Niagara for the beautiful JOSIE realized $72 so;
mounted marqueterie cabinet brought $500, and
the two lace window curtains and lambrequins
were given for $120.
In the above enumeration only few OF the more
prominent articles sold have been alluded to. 1t Is
said that the sale footed up over seven thousand
dollars. Visitors were curious to see II any me-
mentoes Of Fisk or Stokes were to be seen, but ex
cept few trines there was nothing referring TIM
mediately to Fisk, and not even the veriest trife
calling Stokes to mind. No portrait or carte Of
either was to be seen. In fact, Josie had manipu-
lated things well before hoisting the 'red fag Of
the auctiOneer before her house, and except an
occasional 'little laugh from the audience every
thing passed OF In highly respectable manner.