Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-11
PRICES OF PAINTINGS.
A HARD MATTER TO FIX a FINANCIAL
EQUIVALENT FOR PLEASURE.
Eighteen Thousand Dollars Seems a Biz
Price for Mrs. Morgan's Little Peach
Blow Vase-How the Cost Might BE Jus
tilted Profits of Dealers.

BLOW Nase-How the Cost Might Be Jus
titled -pr,a,. ,f n,.,,.r
The dispersal Of the great collections
made bl tie late Mrs Morgan. and com
rrlNImE pictures. ~i.NrTwar'. porcelain
nrl" hr1,. e, hlu-~ hooks amt OrlrHta
oddH."~. - tire taiA %. a|l 'u~ -iuJip- al
20 present.. ar!u rNhIrtr- jhr phil,,.- Of I;
nine d,N~ wonder ir"pj.. ask if julie"
ir",.n~ ( .H',a,UUlrHur~" W. TrrIl,
worth "l'r;ii 49,. an # The u.rIr pc .rn
p!"" Va" hri an actual value Of Sl~."u
We'll. they must have p',~sr-~rd lhp-'
Values I" th~i. buyers. ! sup. .e~''. or tr'.
"""td not nave been b"uG"t. Forty tho"
AN q .'.3r~ ".'r;h "I "uJ'. Ur'r' To- r'
man l. M NOR" than 80 W 'lfh {" a p. .
II an. ind""i. qu"-l!'H # o. bee often
m irh, AM 1t Is han matter I" hN .
dnanrlal equivalent for pleasure rNp'r.
ally tn" higher pleasures that are COZ
irrr"d by pp,trN, music and art.
NItN~ \ RE hLE~~ r~E "F CASH
Much has been sad and som" thing,
have been written about the actual Crlml
naIlty Of paying SlN"o for the NIUE
peach blow vase in Mrs Morgan ; c"I.rc
ton. Ii does seem reckless use Of caei
I" put i'll the value Of first class city
house and lot into little piece OF Chln'~'
pottery. People are prone to ObSeTN'
at such times, What "A shameful waste "I
money, when 50 many people are in ra-:
and suffering from hunger That is true
hut If the buyers of these high priced dain
ties f"rh"re their purchase. do the philan
thropstS imagine for a moment that the
money they did not spend in that way
would he given Ia the F,irurpI and the
hungry; Not bit Of it The rich ART
usually siIngy ami selfish. There are moi
a dozen rich men in this big city of Brook
Iyn who are otherwise. The more they
get the more they want. The more is con.
ceded I" their tastes and appettes The
more they demand.
Even II they did bestow their charities
on the poor ii would not abolish poverty
The conditions that admit Of excessive,
riches and excessive want are to blame
ana not the lac's oi wealth ana poverty
II 20" "'sh % Ai'"M why sl''o'o can "'
~ '.'l. I'.tie '!'Ie %;iIs ii'''fe
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P'''.' INV Vi IoliH ''',ii an"
- any '''"N ~ P'''i'"' - 'tN'
a. S"'i pt ''o 1t "o''"' 9''i'' JUS ~ p'"''
III " PUN, III i,o0o,l0C p''
PIE Co'III o''laiLl from 1t cent worn
e"J"H ii'e'' e"'"' "u'' 'Le'e"S justify '''
'oT''
many Pe"Pie Paiil''"E '"'"H
a. uen'i''e 'al'e 7s d 'o'l VI '"aI VI tux
Vi nl1'e'. C"uLees Ina. Ie'eI ."
P,C,ule PP,C' 'iiat ! '"o"En' was ""iIn osTI
an !, ~ .Sl a. .'lot
IT, 'hi'lN II "o''iu "pPe"i ''"
t'o' H''t' ,''N'.t PiO'"''9 , ','1 pam
toi iipIe 'n'. .ii"' sum ''nte p, ei .i''!
NJ '''''' '"'' w
" 1ne pel.Ti't ,' vi HPe, ul"'o'S anu "e'u'ls
"'" Sf''''V '""' vas iii4iS " XIV
loi an eAa.'Ple VI - u!es oie.ou "ou4I
epenu US '""" s''Y'' VI '""' tto"Ts !"
'IIP 10 'dii'T' anu, EoiliS 70 VI pLe':u I1.,
"o''I" '.i'il'' mn. go anu say Gun
lot me ,"e master NoiN oI S""4 my
""l|n III" ,,, "" u'u"' VI
u! :" wv, "o.."' Pu' E','o.' :, III NV
""iiN' vi ""S "'''ei pictures "''H IT.
PROFITS or iHE Fl'I' hE DEALERS
a story was related the other evening by
gentleman VINO is III position 10 Know
whereof he speaks. lie was III Paris a
the opening OF the salon, ana IN wander
ing through the vast gallery he enc0un
tered Mr.. =. a weli-knoWn New 1OrI
dealer, looking critically at picture
called "lhe Helping Hand." lie SAID
You ought to buy that, >. The dealer
answered, Perhaps | VIII. Before the
exhibition closed Mr.. = dld buy II, ant
paid Sl,|o for II. tie brought 1t To Ne"
ork ana sofa IL Immediately 10 MT .
George |. Seney for Sl3O1. When Mr. .
Seney heard what the picture had cos
originally he waNed wroth and asked Mr. .
=. : representative that WASH pretty
stiff price he had pad Tor sl,In picture .