, 1880-04-13
PRINCE DEMII>OFF'S SALE.

NA0F-A'"$At.
PRINCE DEMIDOFF'S SALE.
Tho Great Art Auction ut I'torcncc-.A
Wide RnnGc Of Prices - Q50a.UbU
Worth or Dutch md TlstiI*h s'atnt.
jhgs-Tl.c Prince u Large LnAsr by tf,c
Correspondence Stw Fork 7snr..
FLORENCE, March 23-l'gEllcc )4.nlflhIT kept
faith with The public IN hls promise 10 harc
his pnlacc grounds pit into the SAME condi-
ton for the auction Us 1t he were nbunt tn re-
ceIye the Emperor Of Russin himself Ms his
guest. Not only a large sum was expended
In repairs md redecoratoNs, but tho up
pointments md attendance throughout
were on truly Imperial scale
OF grandeur. At first only selected
visitors were admitted. as favor, by special
Invitation, but after n while tho doors, for
three days, were opened to the public from
O'Clock p. III. to t. There was great crush,
even fur Its 100 ruoms, 5000 visitors Mt time
passing through, but In the pcrfect order and
good nature which characterize always
Fiorcntine:rowd. Nothing was touched or Ills
turbcd, notwithstanding there were so many
tempting objects Of plate, Jewels. and richest
hand Ut music was playing nl1 the tI,nc, and
there were about seventy policemen In MILL
tary garb distributed about tile rooms. They
lad nothing to tlo. however, except u. keep
THO first three .lnys, beginning on tho 18th,
have been devoted to the sale of tho old
masters, chiefly 0f tho Dutch and Flemish
schools. For SONG tie cosnvetltlo', has bpcn
very active, and for others quite the reyerse.
Prices hnva ruled at extremes OF high and
low. even for tho salnc master. owing 10 the
subject quality Of the technical execution,
Or % %s1me cap eanrise .,. ot 7,y buyers. :, fhe
Moall,ls," for Which 1le Prince pai. aso0W
frnncs wns bought b. tl!e ItaltAn t;oyer,l-
lllelit Tor :.lo, ,ooo frutcs Esta'le's Jubilee"
ws * k1eks nMn r H., 10 st FFsf dSacn ~; tor
fant lrotllgue' to the sl.nle for 81 900 frames.
@s S@Ests, I'll IL orsT @ EpFSpe, s tl's "Gute]ssr:
iSael iael ,s,. Wes s nonE n: wr,; 1y VA an ya, snnSt
inatcrpfece, Nv Vase of Flowers. :" superb sprri-
lliel,s ot Mas, t,lys.lael, Wonyert,,.i,s, Klr,
Netscher, md verelst, for conspicuous sums,
With thy Intention ot r. Moifeerins T. t!icm Y t!,o
would thus BE- i, possgsslon of solise Of tho
most remarkable works Of Thesis men i,
tino cond!tln MD M.,ffectiy, aathentico!t4.
Mr., Elliott i. Shepard, -, oi New
. The 1Ialt,". finc pnrtrait by llneller, a
Rcrcl!etn, aud some others. Another NGw
York gentleman Inns secured tho best
GEouze, nS fine heutl as exists BY tl.la favort
Van Knysdaei's celebrated i!ortlers of tlie
Ateuse,* one 1f his r' nGst lu,ninons ,rn a';i
brought 10000 frnncs, willie It's iOmi
Strntforl wts thrown awny nt H,00, by soult
extraordinary oversight Ut buyers. There
W. hsTse ts y9tsst nge9 %s ta9 sst ,| s M
ffanes tiis !. !.uerrt!a li.A oc9 ati,t ''portrait
ufu Young Woman" l;b1, 5JU. 1'lia wis hang
Ink tire ut ,bOut l00: :o00, VIXEN. tria minutes
fo dt1 y W. srck rs oi1 a1riS tS!sxtn h f'n Ia
agont e Luy it at;nny ye,'st. Tw%yer3y y,s,nnl'I
"ltorses, brollgt3t .ooo ni,tt $500, although
nothing renarkab1ei Its thu. TsrbnrE's Cyl.
DlacE." Which eost TIC prince IS 900 fr'llles
was bid of at la..0o. great h9rgain,. and
the "EamiIy Concert,'', BY Jan steen,
50 Beautifully rlgr1ye re- n te lfgnc
refused 50, on foT, his prizo lmmr diateiy after.
Jacol, Van Nnysdael's .geln Ut . landscape,
,'.1tfsiarc du Foret," and IFS equally fine ID
Masura en- Kutncs," with the figures by
Rulnns' magnificent. portrait, Of Splnola
which l,D painted In Genoa, quickly won't uD
to g ooo md snd FFanS 1lals portFnlt OF Ills own
I'ortrnlts, superbty. framed, by II. Yernct
and t;orard, Of Napoleon l. md members OF
his family, s0ld fnr T. ftw hundred tlollars
sach s'o%,ng sr'platsHiy ~, t'tHt nt the oea
fn'ien yefy low ~ ule csteem u cnn'lo,ssenrs
Indeed mo sa!o ilaS alfeatty aN0r;!sd
Gonle f rnro npIort;Mn.tlles pI ;!n. o1 naEgn!ila. g
already Ma'9esi wefo reacho,1, sons'larinR
INC HyHtetnat!c etlpft tnMdo lll tatia ~ ulsap-
pGlntel paItleS Wllo lallr!l 70 nhtalh ne cont
1lllsslnn lof stl!iils thn colte!lois 70 alspaf,
akG them BY representing TINT everything Of
real value had Men already withdrawn. and
al,H what , Was ottcrGa % Was INC & &retsc, ttr