The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-16
DAFT ON MUGS AND JUGS.
THE CRG sUsEs Of GOTHAM IN
THE THROES OF NEW CRAZE.


Activeness in Wall street.
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NEW York. March l5-The auction sea
son Of art objects and books il New Yorl
Is now at its hight The art market of New
York IS study. Rsrsties which have been
we'll advertised sell higher than in London,
as was notably demonstrated By the price.
obtained for some OF the books of the late
S. L. Il. Barlow, bat often really meri-
torious articles, TO which the attention of
the millionaires has not been called, 60
at beggarly rates This is especially
true Of good American pictures. and OF
the old masters. The Duke de Durcal
collec,ion of old pictures was practically
withdrawn from sale last year because Of
the low prices offered, and the pictures of
this class in the Bari w collection soil very
low. One example, Van Dvck's Children
OF Charles ]" was an apparent exception.
fer it brought the highest price o. the year
thus far, being sold for over IS, 900 to {. T.
Huntington, but this paintie g was good and
clear cough TO be modern, so the price
does not GiSDrove the statement made above.
Metropolitan millioaaires buy both modern
ard ancient pictures. The former they
keep in ight; the latter they give to the
Metropolitan museum.
the last quarter OF century, bring the
fancy prices. Let Millet, Carrot. Mei-
50 Ter, BOnheur be placed on sale in New
York and cleverlv advertised. and the Of
ferings viii reach eXtravagant figures. Yet
uignt after night America pictures sell at
prices averag Ing about $50 each, though the
names on The corner are often nearly as
well-Snown IN Paris as in New York, aud
iseio 2 To undOubted mast rs of the French
tschuIoue, which all New York artists are
supposed TO study nowadays The acad-
envy exhibitions continue to effect q dil-
co1raging small percentage OF sales, and
artists Ee5 al ng verF well who have private
incomes or who do Illustrating work for
pot boilers"
Fer the past few years the market has
been good for pOrcelains and miscellaneous
kick-shoSs aud jim-crackeries of one sort
and another. The famous Mary Jane
Morg al sale four years ago, when the peach
blo~, or, more properly, sang de boeuf,
vase sold for $1,000, market high tide in
this line. Yet this spring a number of
pieces Of the same ware have sold at prices
ranging in the neighborhood Of 81, 900 each.
i IS perpetual surprise 10 sea now much
m-rey there is in New York, ready and
waiting TO be put into these fragile wares
A pair OF Russian vases for $780,
a set of twenty Sevres plates for
500 a pair of Sevres vases fo- 500. an
ocher vase at $50, another at 5000, another
at $40. plate at Sllj-sucn fl lures ra tied
Oft one after anothe: give one a higher re-
sTact for the purchasing power Of the
Crcasuses Of New York than for their iudg.
ment, perhaps; yet number Of heavy saIes
in succession do not seem To glut their ppe-
tite. A sale of 61i ''lots,n or over UOQ
pieces, was concluded fe " days ago by the
American Art Association, at which prices
ran up into and beyond the hundreds with
alarming frequency. The dealers haunt TIE
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and women buy them up piecemeal at double
prices,
Just now the rage is all for Oriental
wares, aud collectors discourse learneGly of
Ming, Kien-lung and TaoU-kwang colors
Of ImaIi, Kaga and Satsume ware, and
descsut upon the superiority OF ''solid
color" pieces to mere decorated ware. A
few years ago there wasn't Japanese
sore" in town. Now there are a score,
some Of them enormous, and all doing big
business New York Is temporarily daft
over mugs, jugs, and platters.
FoOTLIGHT FAvoRITES IN WALL STREET.
Two women totally dissimilar in every
way caused quite furry in Wall street
the otner day. A woman is always an
object of interest to the rotund and Jolly
broker, but never more than when she
happens to be a pert actress. The two
women referred to are Agnes Booth aud
Lillian Russell. The former, still fair of
face, is very well known figure in 'the
street." for she is a business woman as
well as an actress, and has managed to
cleverely invest her money in
such way that even without her
husbands wealth she could retire
from the stage and live in comfort Time
Is dealing lightly with her. She is trihe
stouter, PERHAPS than years ago, but she
has the inimitable chic Of the old days when
she held spellbound her audiences. As she
swept into brokers' office and the door
closed behind her another woman. also a
favorite of the foothgAIs. passed into an
adjoining Office. 1t was Lillian Russell, and
she led by the and her only child bright
faced little girl with a wealth of golden
hair surmounted with an enormous
Gainsborough hat. The news of two
such distinguished visitors in 1.-THE
street" naturally caused a sensation,
and when the ladies reappeared a knot of
brokers and office boys were on the curb
stone to do them honor. AS they passed in
different directions they were followed bv
crowds until lost in the vast maelstrom Of
Wall street life. 1t was little singular to
the writer to notice that while these ladies
were eagerly pursued Russell Sage, Cyrus
". Field, George Gould and even Addison
Cammack passed along unnoticed; but then
the bulls and bears areIseen every dav. and
two such beautiful women are rarities in
Wall street.
CYRUS W. FIELD MAKES ANOTHER FORTUNE.
1t was just ~ o'clock The Western
Union time ball had dropped from the big
tower. There was a crush Of people on
Broadway; men and women, boys and
girls, hurrying and scurrying ia al direc-
tions From the crowd there darted into
the Western Union building a tall. we'll
built, well-preserved old man, apparently
about 65 years of age His step was as
slringy as that of a boy of 10.
His eyes were as sharp as ferrets'.
He carried his head well back on
his shoulders. His silk hat was
polished smoothly, and his fur-lined over
coat swung open in graceful folds. He ran
up the steps nimbly, pushed his way into an
elevator, and was soon in the lunch-room
of the Western Union Telegraph Company's
department 1t was Cyrus W. Field, the
man to whom America owes much in the
laying of the Atlantic cable, distinguished
fnancier, patron of the arts, and at
one time an editor of a daily news
paper He greeted bis fellow-members
of the board of directors with great
cordality, then leisurely partook of the
hountiful lunch spread on the table. 1t
IS Mr.. Fields custom to do this daily.
Russell Sage is also usually present,
and Frequently Jay Gould, when in town.