New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-08

sale TO the close. Among the new bidders repre-
scented. who made no purchases the day before,
were Rloominglale Brothers Burion Price n Co.
Eagot & Sons J. W Collins & 60. ami Ludwig
Rro;hers OF this city: Harmed. Purcell Won Maur.
OF Davenport Iowa; ilutzlcr brothers CO.. OF
Baltimore. and J. Pollock & Co. OF Mobile. The
two DAYS sale IS without doubt the largest offer
ing OF silks made at one time In this country ana
Il drew together the largest and most representative
crowd Of buyers from all parts ~ the country that
have ever been gathered together at "A sale. The
North South. East and West were all represented.
and hardly a firm failed to bid in at least few
Of the bargains offered.
The first days sale was rather Sow, FOR the rea-
son that many OF the buyers were Instructed t.
watch the market closely and wait until the last.
when II was expected that many bargains could BE-
picked up. When the offerings were begun yester-
day morning il was soon seen that waiting tar
ties would not do. and all who wanted bargains
must lump into the contest ami BID with the rest
or they would get none OF the goods at all This
fact made the bidding brisk and lively. and Al
phonse Montant. who was conducting the sac. had
no trouble I'm knocking down the silks as fast as
they were put up The depression felt on the pre-
vious day. when dark silks and gr0s grains We're
offered. was not apparent yesterday as nearly all
the goods offered then were colorei and fancy
silks. that now In style and were eagerly sought
for. Most Of the silks In large lots. also. in
stead OF being bid for on first and second choice.
There iyely scene toward the close % the
sale when the spring and summer silks were
knocked down. Everybody wanted some % them.
and the husilcrs wanted them all. When the last
piece had been auctioned OF there WAS cheer
from the satisfied buyers and handwriting between
auctioneers and manufacturers. ana tn largest auc-
ton sale OF silks that has ever been held In this
country ended.
Mr. Moniant declared himself TO be than
satisfied with the results Of the SALE and thought
that the buyers and manufacturers were equally
Co.. who has been closely watching the sale. said
that he considered the prices realized on the Who'll,
most satisfactory. although the lower grades Of
black goods had not sold we'll expected
For medium and higher grades Of goods there was
keen competition. Mr.. Huber said that competition
and the lower cost Of raw material had much to
DO with the lower prices, which averaged from
10 10 10 per cent lower tnan those Of last year.
The demand for medium and expensive goods. he
The successful result Of this enormous sale In
which 5000 yards of silks bringing over
$4,000, wee sold. viii do much toward Inducing
other manufacturers 10 follow the lead OF Scnwar-
Zcnbach Huber a Co This Is the thrd large sale
made by this nrm. and each has been larger than
the previous ones. The sale Was made on four
OF per cent. Ordinarily In such sales about one
third Of the sales for cash. bat In this Instance
1t thought that At least two-thir'is OF the goods
would be paid FOR at once owing to the low rates
which money may be obtained.
James McCreery a. 60. were by far the largest
buyers of the sale. II Is said that their purchases
made purchases footing up 10 $4,000 and moro.
Among the largest purchasers besides MctT'ery
were the H. H. Cafin Company. James \. Hearn
d Son. OF New-York. Marshall Fled x Co. Of
Barnes IIengerer d CO.. OF Buffalo and Straw
bridge & C.o,hier Of Philadelphia.