Telegram-herald., 1890-03-27
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1hs aEt E4skss - Me- f0xE is = study
EaTst1ss ~hlcA hsys essa 1e4l stEsr-
tlsea SCI AZ lsr nan "a LCndc1. az w4s
notably 1snsassrasod b. ths prices oo-
tAias1 hsE some 0f ths books 81 tne late
:. l. 81 Earlos. bas 0fbsn really nsFi-
sort0aA krEiclss. 70 sAich he stsentioa
u ghs 1illLsa4irss has not been called.
20 a. ssxTzrly rzsss. Ihis = especially
tras q good AmsFickA ptesares. and %
gAs ol1 mastsra Tns Duke De D1rcal
esllssti0a of cd pictures ga p 4ctlczlig
~iGdrasn from sale last year because
of re lS- prices ofsret, and tls plc-
tarss % this elAss IA Ehs Bzrl0E collec-
tion sOsd very l0N. Oas sKsmpls. Van
DYek's ssChlIGrsn q O. arles 1. vas an
apparent eKcsytion, for is brought tbs
highest price Of ths year thus far. Icing
sold for over .. 0oo 70 Q. 2. Huntington,
has Ehls "a nlinx ras good and clear
snough 80 % modern. 50 the price does
not dlspr0vs ths statement made above
Metropolitan milltonAirss buF both
modern and ancient pictures. The for
usr they ksss ta sighsi thslsttsr they
giys 10 tie Metropolitan Museum
Modern French examples, aRd those
81 the last quarter OF = century, bring
the fancy priees Let MIleL Carok
a Neissonier. a Bonheur - placed on
sale in ksr York and eleTerly adver-
tissd and the o1ertngs viii reach ex-
traya1ant ngures Yea nighs after
nixht Amer r2a pictures soil as prices
svsrsying abOss go each, shOugh tho
names on the corner are often nesrly as
we'll kn0zn In Paris a. Ia New York.
aud beioag 20 undou bssd masters OF tho
French tsehnique, which All New York
artists are supposed - study nova
days Ihe academy exhibitions con
t!nus 60 effecs discoaraging small per
csnsags of sales and srsists get along
very yell who have private incomes or
Who DO Ilus,rsting work for pot
boilsrs'
For ne past fsw years ,he market
has been good for porcelsins and mis-
eellsnsoas kick-sho~s ana iim-crack-
cries Of one sort and another. The
famous Mary Jane Morgan sale, four
years ago when the peach blow. or more
properly. sang Dc bOsof. vase sold for
si5, o0o marked high tide n this line.
Yet this spring number OF pieces OF
the same ware have sold a. prices rang
ing in tas neigh bOrhOOd OF g.. coo each. IL
d . perpetual surprise 20 see how much
money there IS in New York ready
snd waiting TO Be put into these fragile
wares pair OF Russian vases for
$500, /. set OF twenty Sevres plates for
zero, a pair OF SeYres vases FOR S7oo, an
othor vase a. $3.50, another at 600. an
other az $50, . plato a. Sis - such
6gures ratified OF one after another
give one higher respect for tho pur-
chasing power OF the CrosuseS Of New
York than FOR their Judgment, perhaps;
yet number OF heavy sales IN success
sion do not seem 20 glut their appetite.
A sale Of 0T1 lots" or over a thousand
pieces, vas concluded a few days ago by
the American Art Association. az which
prices ran up into and beyond the hun
dreds with alarming frequency. The
dealers haunt the auction rooms on the
Iookost for bargains. and women buy
them up pieceneal at double prices.
Just now The r.ge is all for Oriental
wares, and collectors Discourse learn
edly Of Ming. Kisn-lung and Tsou-
kwany colors. OF Ima-i. Kaga and
sa<ans ware. and descsnt upon the
superiority OF solid color" pieces 20
mere dscorated ware. A few years ago
there wssnt japanese store" in
town Nov shore are a score some OF
them enormous snd al doing big
business New York Is ten, porarily =
daft over mugs Jugs and platters
FoosiiEht Fsvsrfte- In wall str-ea
TEO women totally dissimilar In
svsry way caused quite furry IN Wall
ssrsss The other tay. a woman is al
ways a. object OF interest 20 the rotund
snd ioily broker. but never more than
whsn she happens 20 De = pert actress.
The two women referred 20 are Agnes
Booth and Lillian Russell The former
stili fair q face : very we'll known
frurs n The sEset. for she is a bust
ness woman a. we'll ss an actress, and
has managed 20 cleverly invest her
money "a such way that even without
her husband wealth she could retire
from The stage and live in comfort.
Tins "a dssllng lightly with her. She
Is Eifs stou ar. perhaps. than years
ego. but soc has shs IN m table ehic OF
the Old days when she held spellbound
her sufisncss A. shs swept INTO q
brokers 0fscs snd the door closed BE-
hind hrr smother woman. also favor "a
of ths f5otiirhss. passed into AT "A join-
ing ofce. IS vss Lillian Russell. and
she led by the hand her only child. \
briEhs faced little girl with a wsalsh OF
goldea hsir sarnoun-sd wish an snor-
NOUS Gsinsboreura hat The news o.
swo such dlstingu shed Visitors in she
ssrses" naturally caused a sensation.
ard Ehen the lseies reaDpeared knos
ef brokers and offca boys rera on the
curb stone 60 DO sasm honor. As shsv
pssss.i ia q Tsren q Irections tasy wcrs
folloved br crowds antU iost ia tha
vast mpis.ron % VAL street lie =
wasa Nttia snruisr e. shs writer to
notice thas While these lad - we're
saVerIy pursued. RgsseI SAGE. Cyrus -.
Field. George Gould and sven Addison
Camuack passed along sanoticsd. bss
then tas balls and bears are seen every
dar and t~o such 1naur.iul romea ars
raritiss in WAL street
G-r-r.l sher-a-n-s Fs~o~ite Ar.
General sherman 49, a. she ( nlon
Trsr-ns rlab She othar even Inz -1axiaF z
.rrarr- r,-rss rt-a ths rcr nj -tee Fho
hA~e n band she reeep-ian 90 30 given
IN bis honor ir AnrlL ft BE planned 20
tn~fes ehe Prpsifene eis Cshiaer sn3 a
ls--a ru-r, hrr ~ sfetfrru he'd nsa ana