New-York tribune., 1886-03-11
COSTLY SILVER AND BOOKS.
SELLING MRS. MoRGANs COLLECTION.

THE ENORMOUS CANDELABRA MUCH BELo" IHhlh
cosT-GoOD PRICES FOR ART WORKS.
Tbose who have by this time become the
recuar and recognized attendants at the salo OF 'ne
MORGAN collection received large addition 10 ther
trces =. sterday when tue large eOaction OF modern
and antoue silverware was sold. Many we're present
who had not attended the previous sales and the pa
ding for the smaller articles brisk rule As on
other DAYS the popular interest settled on one particular
lot which the subject OF speculation Deiore IL wa"
sold and OF varied comment after II WAS khoeAeu uo
This lot consisted yesterday OF tue two enormous car"
delabra standing nearly six feet high, Whleh were n
expressly for Mrs. Morgan by Tiffany Co. Ihey are
said to have cost ginay $4,000 ana there seems
no reas doubt this statement When the o'hei l
paid 10y Mrs. Morgan are taken ln'o C %
sAderaton. They were nearly tue i"9'
LOT reached on yesterday afternoons Catalogue
and so protracted the other sales that 'ne pa
tepee of nearly every Ous exhausted ana an o"'
those interested directly the matter had slppeu away
The magnificent masses OF ghttering metal s'o' ~
from the black background which Win lou'H 70
artistic effect was formed by the hanglhga OehIh' '
platform ana hardly Mr.. Kirby called attehuon 70
tber tbap bid Of s. 600 each heard followed by
one OF 900 and then 81 OO0 Here the odams Sofp'u
short unu after long pause S4'o-o was ul" anu '"
81 O5o Al the appeals of the auctioneer were IN VAIN anu
at tb, sy1 or IS 100 for pair, they became the
nroper,v OF Howard 4 CO. Those expert IN such mat
tr say hat the price realized by these monster sIecl
mems OF silver work is remarkably small and that 1t was
not larger is due only TO their un"ieidy SIZE
The sale began with various small articles Of dec
oratv, hut generally useful character sncA as INK
stands bureau sets mirrors se;s aUd trays For an
e1oui.it,lv chased bureau set OF three
niece. charles CrocKer gave only So, WhIIe
n ob.pd-ntrror OF repousst work brought S3' Do Inc
finest te.-sct a small oue IN AleAo WofR' ln''''
with copper brought $40, or $40 an article our Po"
cock design cOmpotes sold for 5000, and were thouSAl
10 bring a reasonable price while large vine carnage
. IA = 4 M.
& CO. bought for Sl6O al tea-set fer which mtch more
had been given when his firm sold IT to MIS- NoNS"'
aad he also gave S75 and $50 apiece respectively
for tie chocolate ami coffee pots 10 H"''N
For an English Queens Com t-nkaid there W"s
brisk competition. ana It I'm ally sold Tor 9'''
h,rc,tu VS. ALI antique kettle eabOrately chased ana
repous,C for which Sl55 given and MI CfocEer'
whe bought largely throughout secured large Sa'"
dish for SI37 30. handsome coHee-pot was bought ny
MI Savage for $500 aud ne also SoJ the large cfe"'
and sus,r-1owl to match for $3.50. A. hea'y
centre piece OF large SIZE sold for $-i' 90
and the curious ankarl formed Of large elephant usk
and handsomely mounted, br9usht only $500 though
Mrs Morgan gave 81 900 for it. Another hn9 t"n6"rt
sold for el2O and large centre CsA ana l"ledH so"
together 70 Nj CrOcker for Fl,O.5. Then came mag
rfccut o. service the gem OF the collection ~. when
9lrs Morgan had paid Tiffany a Co.. it's said 9'oVo'
II sold 10 Mr.. savage for $500 ana Ac 'oH&A'
the large hot water kettle TO match 'or fo"V'
Tor eighteen richly rcpo'SS, and chased nheef lows
NX9s ORIGINALLY accepted, the 'ldutt 4lh-
ing the plates 10 match were lncluied 4Hs was 50 l
fro be,, the case however. that she found she had
1rouis To pay $500 for these also and she Dcae' oH
Of her barS,u The bowls aGervari brought 500 ana
the plates the For an elaborate cehiren''' win
n large bowl and SIX small dishes combined
William Martin, OF BroO6yn, gave $50 ana
seemed to think he had a bargain par OF
Old Eui,b cudrabra brought $500 and another palmer
par $40. Another par Of elaborate cthd.IA3i'' mus
fratng ME Of The North amercHh Inuia", u'A-e
orael ~ IGany, sold Tor 5000, and tLe tlr tao.e
knives. Spoons ana FORK were sou h i, ioN % %
eight forty pieces. Tne large ior, bIouSnt "oU ~
niece Tie knives ana dessert FORKS rom - 10 dp''
tr tea spoons - and the serving spoous 9I- SOUP
ladie sold for - and the saiau Spoons Ioipg ''i'pg /
forks for 20 ana @3j pair An enormous Whtcoo.tt
$50 and tue sroup OF the BUiiao Hunt SI9o0. The
large silver lamp sod Tor S4p anu lho AR. 'l91Iu.
or o0 an av.r,co az about Sl55 for each lOl sold !
hardIy had The room itself OF the lst hS-rh
go-slrr over the sycrsale Wnen tAOae amer
est-d in tie book sale Of the evening being /
arrive aud u than two hours Ir Kirby once more
mounted platform only to hand over tle Worh Oh ser
Mrs Morgan differ only from the ordinary |
books without which mo gentleman library
IL complete oy the greater pIeyAence among mem Ut
nigh, and III some cases 700 AlEL In. o'ii % IG
quick ana lively. The trst over Sloo was rrauzru
"Arte :" lS Hdasc efes Of American bronsn{
$500 win fae fat2q a.erIed plate. .nsS SGd for for
$50 SII MSores Bvron with added plates sold for
q 81 and set OF costumes Of various countries for
10 Is" An extra illustrated copy ot Peter Gun /
niuchau's Nell Gwynne brought SI1l An edH'0H !
ds hlrs Of Hawthorne reached S96. Four youmrs OF
Fergusou's Archecu IN hall morocco soo i0F HiI. ~
Altogether there 50 "t sold for nearly 500 or
an average OF about So lot which was ackho WIeoseu
by experts present 10 De q hlEh price.
In te following lists are given so ne OF the prihclpa
lots which for more than SlOO The prices are /
given omittlug the Odt cents and the catalogue mum
bers lH brackets:
STERLING SILVER WAKE WITH PEW EXCEPIIONs MADE |
Ply TIFFANY & co.
Set salts and spoons shell designs 10 81 20
NIclO copper ilia d DJoI ~ /
repousso, Iams head handle tb'ol ~
SefI bowl repOusSe tlSl 4.U
AuU.ue g. Mu ne ana Poetry .,pOol IVU I
la orient "a, repousse 10 ------- .Vo
Glaret tauk r TepOusse aud chased ~ 4 )-. iJ0 /
Pair WinrDOt Lui'>htpcd % - tuO /
Vase lrCual design az tI-.- - /
Iar caud tn-i-h pattern to15l-----.-. lO1 /
TngsL Queen coin taukard With INSCRIPTION .b'bl 90 /
I'm set hammered surface II ]
rrpOusse chased 5t2u' ana amp looZ 100
"a a. dish. shape relief ornament .t74 .;-. 10 /
tldi c. lacCel clt '-3) liU !
i-h % match above IS S' IOO [
r. NllttlI tbct LOU I
Japanese tpOusse l. tN4 2 lO"4) iOO /
S0u4rr I-pJussc aDI chased l1l2 O5II I--- 40 /
co repOusss unlc cut t|!f'l <bO /
sugar bowl TO match GA l--..-- Zs2
Tprreus water I'm shed 600 -.-. 20
.Aret Ju. Ulcut4 dCsIg hammered 70 Oj--.--- ID
plaque diameter I52 (j5 ll-- ,--.-.---.- 4-O