New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-13
IMPORTANT PICTURES SOLD.
KNOEDLER COLLECTION AT AUCTION.
W. $. KIMBALL PAYS 5000 FOR A KNAUs, AND
GETS A BARGAIN-OrHER PURCHASERS.

W. $. KIMBALL PAYS 5000 FOR \ KNAUS, AND
GETS BARGAIN-orHER PURCHASERS.
Tie second hundred paintings Of the NJ. Knoedlcr
& CO. collection disposed OF al auction 1T Chick
ering Hall last evening. The crowd was larger the
bidding brisker. and In mediocre canvaSes the re-
turns were more satisfactory than the evening
before. on the important pictures, h0weverthcre
conspicuous losses. The sales amounted 10
S60,075 making total Of Sll2.875 for the two
ngS.
Ludwig Knans was the nlme to conjurc with last
evening. His great canvas. The Village Festival
painted In 1850, greeted with hearty applause,
and the first lid for it 5000. This was offered
by W. :. Kimball, the cigarette manuacturer OF
Rochester. who sat in the 'front.' row and displayed Il
determined desire to secure costly pictures. The
knals put up late in the evening, and the contest
for IT wa, not spirited aS had been expected. 1t
had cost Knocdcr Company. $1,000. and their
catalogue price for II WAS $4,000 1t was sold last
night to Mr.. Kimba for 5000. Nlr. kimball also
bought the Black Forcs; Wood arver," by A. sprng.
for $500: "Thc sultana." by Diaz for $40; Faust
and Margnrito,' by Gabriel Ferrier, for $780, and
",rhe Garden Seat" by IIellbnth, for $1,000 The
last was another picture which the sellers scored
big loss.
The second largest price paid was $500, for
Corot's "Thc Sunny Road Near Vile d'Avray,"
which was bought By william OLeary d Co.. who
also secured Gcromc's The Return to the Palace"
for ;2,4n. Other nCtcd CanvaSeS that went To
dealers Moncts THE End OF the Day. at
~ 600: Gains AN Olive Grove Near ToulOn," at
$780, vollon's "Fruit and Flowers at $3.50; Rlcos
"Ch rCh AZ. Piazza Of It. Past. ut Si,lOO; LuiS
Chlava's The Pet Lamb at II 900: julien Duprcs
"I'lc Ilaymakcrs,' at $3.50, and Lhcmitte's wash
ing Day." ut $1,000
l.. C.. Dclmonico got Schreyers "A Wallaclian
Team" for $500, and Knights "Thc Garden Gate'
for 500 H. X. Thaw, "A son Of the Pttsburc railway
millionaire secured bargain In Isabeys The Mouth
Of the Scheldt" 1T $40 The first sign ., III. n ~
sale was when J. G.. Browns :" No. Enough for Two"
was put mp. Scott Foster paid 800 FOR 1t.
Other important sales We're "The Cardinals Birth
day. by Casanova to W. r. II. Martinez for II $50
"Thc Harvest Moon by Lcrol,c. to Charles L. Clark
for $500; a Tyrocan Girl by Defreeger, to u.
Loowy for $3.50; \ smoker by Charles Mcss0nler.
to j. ". RourIc IT,, for $50; The Valley OF the
Saonc,s By MOnchabon, to c. a. Colin Tor So1o'
The Ilrvcsers' by Lerole. to Miss sade for $40
Mauve's "shcared Sheep TO y. Nsbacker lor
$1,000; Rbot's Boys Head which WAS eA-
hbitcd at the recent loan exhibition at the
rooms OF the American Fine Art society
to j. ". Jaros for $500: Cnalivas The Red III
bgclIa.n to \. J. Root for $1,000; "Iplgenla.' by
Jakotidcs. 10 ~ ". lerz0g for $500; " me 'iiiae'
Of IIysore.' by Polou>c. to L. W. stern, OF stern
BROTHERS. for $40; kacmmeicr's " Rural Csurtsnlp
10 ; t;oldcnlmrg FOX SGi0. The Last Drop ~
Jimcncz OF Amanda t. J. ". RoIrke, jr, for Tl'2V
the "Clcmcncc lsaure" OF jules Lefebyre. uc n!st
est Of which was -. 300. TO j. Jay Griffin flr
s-Go: Morcuu's The Young Lords Christening. to
Theodore Zc!lrr for fEU; Cahns Farm Near
N.mcur,r 10 t. g. Perkins for ~ $50. and the
Fvc,.iac in Tandcf.7 by Benjamin Constant, to
George W. GARNER for ~ 90. .
+, baby the highest price paid In proportion 10
the size wa, 1920. for Meyer Won Brcmen'S "The
May-Day Garland.' which was at the rat" oi ablht
so !. ,quare inch The "rtlnng" Guest M Tie
Convent" By Won CedcrStrom. sold for Fl,3Uo, ana
" trI,id's Dlorama." by Aub.r for $1,000. 49,
The most important pictures of the collection VIII
be sold this evening and tomorrow evening.