New-York tribune., 1885-03-29
MILLIONAIRBS' PICTURES.
pp,cFs PAID FOR FAMOUS PAINTINGS.

wonderful progress during scoIc oi srata 49, ;;his
rossad Perhaps nothing VIII b'tler i."s.t"vo 70 ,na
11nd he numhrr md value of works OF ART I'D tne
city than the 10 lowing statistics Oh seo " fr is
leeiions which have been ksadly prepares ipi & ep
,SorS hv Mr. :. p. Avery who IS universally known
and esteemed IN the arr worid. H.. ,-,o MAINLY
Fiitv years ago the sale of paintings WIS nlalhy
confined 10 the works old masters, or pIes I"n
.n' .o Eor ,na,v wears Micne PaH was the onV
deaier He lnported many fairy gooo D'o.u1' -
some of which iurn up ne Tada,s o. nateI one in ITS
dav atcr on "O,d Levy" distributed py duc'iUn iD
large numbers Of old pictures ms was oo,o.p nJ ~"
davs of Auston C"e inlnan Mo@9,, % e'r,eet enl
others Philip Homes was one 0t the ealliesO cpr
gSSs yms ssrst-Lcsl's Newton. e,c Lamaa REED iced
w one of he earliest patrons of Gerican ART anu
tbe snm OF $500 for single plctule Mas co,, ~
sldercd a very eXlravagant lrlce, lno payiin ~ ",
winch almost endangered the cIeuiv W ~, r -, do I
business Gradually came tne FORMATION oi I, , uo
collections OF 10 II ings by American artists; thJu
others were formed. wnich were supp elleu,ui ~ ~
foretgn pictnres generally by third-rafe Englsn
ARTISTS: then Others OF more prcTbs,ou W.
GA Ihered, such as that of the late w; 4; Wfign,,
Who bullt gallery at Week swken, D.; MS inos sa
i;onIeur. now in the gallery Of Mrs; A. l. stewart
Narshall O. Roberss vas long nbed ior MS io'eo
art and Tor bus ,loetai,ty !" r hr' Ausnst Beim mt
on his return from the Uagne, where he feslucu
some year, as be Amer can Mnster, bIou 'nt uno,
a number of very cIolce French, Dutch ald beielan
n,ctures which formed the nucleus OF c"lec-
tion tbat for long time 6emaineo ahe e
mos valuable in the city Mr S,hio B1kgr ot'uIor nr
several years the collection known az tho DuSsei,
dorI Ganery." rAIs led TO large imlortations OF
palntsgs by German arss,s Rnr ng "%S IN the pa ic
tim, of 1857 proved that works OF art were goa
Investment. In 1868 came the sale OF MI Jonn
Wole,s collection - treuch. German, fhhlsn'
nutcb and a few English and America pictures.
They reaiized $4,000, an amount never oeloio
reached in this country, and Tor many years uisuI
passed Inc DISPERSION of tlnse Ie WORKS assisted
very much in the founIIug of collections bv Mcssis:
J. T. JOnns'ou. II. l.. Stuart, A, l. stewart, ho"rt
SOLD nv auction a number of Freuch paintings and
watcr-colOr d.awmgs; $1,000 was rrallz'h, a
Troyon Bringing the largest sum- ~ l2o In iSoa
he Id his private collection of 100 cabinet pictures
Ly American artists. for $lS259, Head ey Eli,ott
bringing the largest price, $500 In lSos' 20
paItlngs of various schools we're sola ior a,o3
iis' ths sum Sr0uef' Of $500. Tho same yeaI TIE
Sns wa"SS'G de HGs,sG rsaSi,s SS1 Ia
Candy sold his collection for S36,51O, Blerstadt
reaching ID, 100. In 1876 Co,onel J stricker Jen-
ains's collection sold for SGl,J25, an Esrosara
frtcoinp the b,yhes. price, g., 900 During the
same wear tue galleries of Mr.John Taylor Johnston,
who for twenty years had been most generous pa,
iron were scattered. he collection consisted OF
I9l W rks in oil 132 In water colors, aud some
marble statues The artIsrs of various nations were
inclu led III this famous gathering. and th" saies
realized the unprecedented sum OF S32o.2So'
Curcl's " Niagara" bringing the highest price,
Sl2,5CO. IN 1877 the &. NJ. Olvphant collection o
ualntIngs exclusively bv American artsts. realized
B43 O2O. kenseit's Autumn On Lake George
SscIIiTg Tor $3.50. In 1858 the late Governor
Latnains Cof california; collie tion OF eighty three
amount So. 800. In 1879 tue JOINT collections of
Messrs. sherwood u Hart realized the snn snm
On Sm'''p, tne same Year anu' Mr. HTef. sp;1eef
sod eevcnty.one paintings for $4,000, a
tieromc brn4ing $4,000. IN 1880 the Ma, col
lection brought $50, ~, a Bouguerean ~ $500
The same wear ~. J. Abncr Harper sol ~ WORKS
for 81 O0, 100, a Van Marcke realizing S3,72b. II
1882 a part OF tls direction OF MrssH' MORTON
d iloe sold for $50.57G one by ReInaut hrogg ~
s. 800. In 1ss3. 90 pictures belonging TO Sir j. Z.
RunKle snld tor SG6, l0J, one by Nliiot for $500
!he tact that during the dates rlNen above tiit'-
four cocctioIls oi works of art sold MI auction Nv
Mescfs. L,'ed1, Sonsrylse, lcIylit aud othrr auc'
tluneerS under the direction Of Mr. avery, reaiI-
ing he t"ta ~ 81 ,i277 viii give an Icea o. tue
extent of the art ade The hEhcst price ever paid
at aucti1n was for Chu"cbs " Niagara Gohght Tor
the CcroorIn Gallery. At the '.iodteit sale MS
HeoIi oi the Andes brought $1,000 ~. J'ue'
G.. Reunett paid for small MciSs nicr, s&lO inches,
at the Johnston sale. Sil ,bCO; at the sane sac
Turner's save sap brought $1,000 AZ r; mr;
I'm Wo'fc'ssccond. auction. Ia lHs2. 'uguereau
The wsiI-kaowu house of Messrs. Georre A. Lea
WITT N Co. sold in 1871 o. Aic&and~r y hIie col
Irct,un TOR SgI OJO; in 1872, Lcgraud LocswuonS
gallery for $76.320, BIrrStadt bringing N1' Iuu;
~ snme GEAR "a DnTtIoD o. the "a Ieiy 0i hT b"l-
v,out for X52 go. In 1878 the EycIari c"iiectIOn
brought SJ6, ,4sO; in lS77 the Newcombe c"iI'c-
too reaIized S.i4 500, and he MaynhTd c"Icc'lln
1000. In lS-l the ted collection, 500 o. ana
tho Goa collection, $7l,i77. ln lss2 "a" l"hh
Wolf. coilec ion OF 81 WORKS realized Sl3l, l,ol5
work by Cot hold for $1,000.
TEese statistics shoT how important the art IN
terest has become. There rs way of aInYiNg at
the sum o. money Annually spent III Now-foTA iof
oojc.ts of art of various khdr at pIlV'te sse; nc
Aessrs leavItts sales alone Ui eu foot mp over hL
u mi Iou. The SUMS IuycsteG by tie etd'u5 deal
srs-knoed eI SChans. Avery, Rcichard and 9th
er+-wOuIG Ge SurDrL1 10 most prrso"s'
Then tacre are the sales made at the anEudl c&-
hihIfiona of the National Academy Of ICsIgu, 90
criy of American Artists, ths at-r-Colcr >"cie v,
Art.sts Fdnd, c.. Tne Ircha.es made st oge oi
ti,..4 IA I. Z IA
reached rs nigh as $4,000 There II NO account
lug Tor the amount annually ssld by tbe aftl Is
themselves, ana thcv nam her over 900, Their pro-
duct ions going all over the Union, aud even 10
foreign csultrIos. As au eyI tcuC" OF the l isr"St
taken by tle public III the oXhitIols Of worss OF
art VIC NAV refer 10 hs loan rolieri Uu exhibited III
1876 at the Academy of Design aud tao drtiopon-
tan Museum oi Art tthon IN Fpurtoentb-st.) .lhe
sum lie ted nearly $4,000 waicb was applied
to the ext nguIshmeuf OF ins debt of these institu
tlOGs. The palntings shown at Que OF the annual
receptions of the UDlou League Cub hayr been lii
sured for the sum of SlOJ,oO0 A. the present
time (iJecember, 1888 there IL on exhibition IN
the galleries Of the National Academy OF Design
loan coecuOn of pain Ings and yArlous objects OF
art, rare and valuable, "h'ch are insured
for over one million dollars. the object being 10
raj funds 10 assist in errtlnG on BedIoe's Island
pedestal for BartLOlGIs statue OF Liberty Enlghl-
ening the World.
Fac money annually spent for Europeax and
ORIENTAL porcelain in large, single vases of on sell
ing for from Que thousand to i've thousand TO dol
lars II ffoqneaty haprens that PAINTINGS 6y such
Mllet, Dechanps, G6rOIne, Bouguercan, Kuuus,
Rosa Bonheur, Diaz, Munkaczy, foItuny, eIc.. are
sold at prices ranging from one thousand 10 fffy
thousand dollars. Inc late Mr.. A. /. Stewar paId
Meissoner tho sum of three hundred thousand
irancs lsixty hJusand do. 0.larsl for his picture
ca. led "l507," troops d1iililg past Napoleon on
their wav to battle, the duty and other expenses
increaaiug tho cost TO sixtyseTen thousand dol ars
This We be Ieye, is The largest amount ever paid
fer any painting imported into this country
and it III believed IL 1t were now offered for it
would bring much laroer price. Recently Nr.
II. u. Marguand. of thus city, purchased frool the
Marquis Of LansGowDe a head of burgomaster on
a small canvass, by Rembrandt, for which he paid
five thousand pounds twenty-five thousand dol
larsl and cIp prnscs
m nn Inf0 defn tlar and