Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-23
DISPOSED OF AT AUCTION.

The Sale of Seats for SAntigone Goes
 or With a Rush at Big Prices
 over $2,6OO ReaIiZed-The Bal-
 ance to be Disposed of Regularly.
 The advance sale of seats for "Antigone," which is to be produced at the Hyperion, April 3 and 4, took place at Warner hall Saturday evening, and was decided suc- cess, about $2,600 being realized Ed ward c. Beecher acted as auctioneer, and fully 600 seats were sold at generally good prices. The boxes were first disposed of, the choice going to John K. Beach, who purchased it for Godfrey Dunscomb of New York, at bonus of $30, which to- gether with the price $2O, made the box cost the modest sum of $50. Box No. was selected by MT. Beach. Box No. 3 went to Thomas G. Bennett, at 8 bonus of $15, and box No. was knocked down to J. A. Hartwell, the Yale football player, at bonus of $1. Box No. 6 was disposed of to George B. Martin of the New Haven Transportation company at the same figure The next choice went to William H. Moseley at the same price, and he took box No 7, on the second tier to the left, over No. 3. A. B. Palmer secured the next choice, at $1 60, and selected box No. 8, over 4, on the left No offer could be secured for the last box, No. 5, and it still remains unsold.
 The first choice of seats was secured by Dr. s. Hartwell Chapman at bonus of $4. He selected ten seats, the full quota cured ten more seats on second bid of cd Ho1oo.1 D-4 d cured the third choice at $4 50, taking ten seats in the parquet, and William Forman was accorded the fourth selection at $3. 50. The fifth, sixth and seventh went at $3. 50 to Charles Forman and Thomas Addis re- spectively Dr. Chapman took the eighth at $4 and secured four more seats, and the ninth went to Thomas Hooker at $4, who also took ten. The tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth went for $3.50 to Edwin F. Nersick, Hobart B. Bigelow, G.. G. Stoddard, Wallace B. Fenn, Bruce Fenn and Thornton Hunt in the order five tickets. Mrs. A. E. Kernochan suc- ceeded in acquiring the fifteenth choice against her male rivals at $2.50 and took ten tickets for the privilege. General George H. Ford secured the next choice at s3, E. H. English the next at $2.5O and H. Grant Thompson the next at sa. Simeon E. Baldwin secured eight seats at $2.75 each and Joseph Porter took six at $2.50. The next eighteen chances were disposed of at $2.50 each to the fol- lowing: Mir. Heaton, Henry L. Hotchkiss, F. H. Hunt, Alfred Ives, Dr. Chapman, Dr. E. L. Lindsley, Rorke Mallory, Edward G. Buckland, Mrs. George Farnham, Mrs. Porter, Winston Trowbrjdge, MT. Graves, Thomas Trowbridge, Dr. Willis G. filling, Judge Lynde Harrison and E. Hayes Trowbridge, jr. The number of tickets taken by these persons ranged from two to ten.
 For the next fourteen choices the prices ranged from $2 to $2.15. S. Galpin, Henry Sargent, Frank Beach, DT. Beckwith, Dr. J. P 0. Foster, Russell Sargent, Franklin Hart and Thomas Hooker were the suc- cessful bidders, most of whom took ten seats each. Then came another decline in prices and Professor Sumner secured 8 choice at $1 75 and Lieutenant E. V. Key holds at $1.S5. The prices then gradually dropped, going to par on the ninety ninth chance.
 Notwithstanding the large number of seats disposed of there are still left num- Der of very desirable seats, which will be placed on sale regularly at the box office of the Hyperion this Monday morning at 9 o'clock