New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-15
THE SENEY SALE A BIG SUCCESS
PROFITS MADE on SOME OF THE PICTURES
THERE WERE LOSSES ALsO-wHERE THE PAINT
INGS WENT TO.

INGS WENT TO.
The general verdict Of the art public YESTERDAY was
that the sale Of the George l. Seney collccuoh o P"
ures was great The prices on the hiSt HIE,'
Wednesday were the least satisfactory OF all Only
$1,000 being pad for ninety-n paintings NV
result on the next evening was rather better fi0 So
being realized and the closing night was the most SUI
cosnl Of ALL for s3Go230 wa, paid for JOG pictures
The official figures place the total receipts at Soo'''o
the largest with single exception ever rcah%cu "'
picture sale in this country. That exception Is INV saw
Of tDc art collection Of Mrs. Mary j. Morgan III i0o'
m which ~ .OJ1 80 80 was received S70o'''" VI '',
,nm being for paintings AT the sale Oh MI 'e.cH
first collection. In March, l7a5' S4o''--l was
and the A. T. stewart collection brought S3'oo'o - al
,uctou The spencer sale also a remarkable one
S2.6OOO being paid for sixty pictures an dNeids0 "
about ~ 800 apicce or more than double thdI Vi ''
sale of last week.
Opinions varied to whether MI SeheS reoei'VD
as much ~ he paid for his pictures out ic p'o''
made a good profit The sale like all Others was
kind Of lottery, some Of the works OF aIl p'l"E'"s
much more some much less. than the orisiiai co9'
Mr. seucv undoubtedly made his greatest profit on
single pcture when VI. KnOedler a GO. sec"'ou
NlIct's Waiting" for 100000. This masterpiece "aS
bought from the artist nearly forty years ago. soon
after il was painted. by Henry sales. oi Boston, e
had if on exhibition at the Boston Museum Tor some
time Int sold it IN 1883 to T. j. Blaie'lee theh o'
short time sold it to Mr.. Seney through helc"'u ="
20 /, could not be learned exactly how much MI
ecnev paid for Waiting but it IS said that inc SUI"
* only one thru OF the $4,000 WIch the pi,'"'
brought on Friday night. The price Is not 'on'''''
too large a, Waiting is such Inc eA''IP" ~
Nillct's best work. and wealthy aft-oVer s''u w.
tDrdav morning that he would gladly give khocoIe'
= 70 tho nrice they paid for it. waiting brought
o,,,, vothirds as much as Meissonier's 1oO' "ch
was sold AT the stewart sale.
on the other hand. Mr.. Seney lost hedNiN
on Knaus's THE Childs Funeral Whloh So''
for $4,000 to J. L. Aiken The subject OF INC P''''
ing did not seem to strike the fancy Oh puI''''
Rumor had ii that Mr.. seney paid S3o'ooo anu I.'"
$40 600 for This work. and the former figure is oly
e,cht evaporation Delacroxs fine Tiger and ser
ncntp Welded Mr. seney substantial proht ho
houcht II AT the Secretan sale july 1882 Tor "oo
francs or 81 800, and sold it to j. IL haEuoip' W,
order for Sll 900. TrOyOn's sheep III fo'oS'
brought Sl1 100 from l. MOntagnac, OF PARIS Oh f''
night and cost Mr.. Seney $9,120 at the sefreuh Se'
Two Gains which sold to Mr. sehcE D,
Blakeslec q CO. not long ago, Moonlight III hoHanu
and The Village Orchard yielded good advances
The former Sold for - G5 the latter for S2'oo more
than donbe II is said what they cost him. DupIe
charming At sea- brought him $3.50, about S-'Ooo
more the report goes, than he PAID BIaKeeee " w.
for it, ~
Mr. seney bought his pictures from various dealers
n
that they had formerly owned. some Of the purchases
made in the names of dealers were for private persons
but MANY Others were on speculation. knoeder Co.,
Recbard a. Co. and Blakeslee 4 Co. bought both 1or
themselves and for customers. samueI r. AVeiS' a.,
acted entirely for himself in his purchases, ana 50 o
Herman schaus, except in the case OF NSat anu al
Inncss neither of them costly pictures. some Oh INC
dealers had resod part Of their purchases yesterday
arcadv As far as it is known, none OF the pictures
will 60 10 the Metropolitan Museum OF Art l. Mon
taicnac of Paris, bought number OF hne frehcn
works and will take them back to France Win hni'
The Corcoran Gallery at Washington secured some
prizes. ,.u
An art dealer yesterday complimented the American
Art Aesncation which managed the sale. and IhOnas
+ Kirbv the auctioneer the smoothness Win "hlcl
every detail of the auction was arranged The Calling
ont of the names OF the buyers he said, was pra
worthy innovation. Ii made every one certain INA.
each sale was bona hde, and gave Information 'ia'
every one wanted 10 have ,., r.. .
M. Seney had been gathering the collection ioT sey
oral ycar. and had had il stored IN various pId,'S
is wife did not care to move back INTO afse cNtdD
bur Ont where the pictures could nave been huhs' -
Lor husband left them I'm the store rooms oI "" luu
Jcalr~S I'm the vaults Of safcdcposlt companies anu
in The Metropolitan Museum OF Art me iact iItl
he nt so little good out Of them no doubt dd huch u
imprl him TO sell them.