The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-30
SARONY COLLECTION SALE.
THE NOTED P8oroGRAPHER TO
SELL HIS ANT T~RB<sUREs.

Of the Consetor's Orisi.sl worhs-The
Sale on To-sorrew and "Wednesday.
The entire collection Of pictures. arms and
armor, Indian relics, and original drawings In
black and white OF Napoleon sarony. the we'll
known photographer and collector, lie TO be Of
fersd for sale In the American Art Galleries to-
morrow and Wednesday. The collection. which
II one Of the finest of It's kind, has only been on
exhibition for n few days, as Mr.. sarony's resolve
70 sell It was a sudden one. made necessary by
his contemplated removal from hts place on
Union square 10 Fifth avenue and Twenty
ninth street. Mr.. sarony's collection Is ~particu-
larry interesting from the fact that It has
always been his boast that he has never sold
one article from 1t since the day he started II,
thirty years ago, and be said yesterday that he
intended to sell II az he had kept It, without
holding out a single piece. The highest bidders
will get everything. and nothing will 60 at
private sale.
There are something like q thousand pieces In
the collection, representing Japan. China, India,
Egypt, Patagonia. the South Sea Islands. Mex
leo, and other remote parts OF the world. There
Ia also q remarkable collection OF Indian relics
from different parts OF this country, while the
art collection. although small, includes some
very valuable paintings. Mr.. Sarony's own
work In black and white Is well known, and he
says that his best charcoals will be offered for
baio WIN Eeob Vi INC COlleCLlOn.
For years the collection has been In Mr.. Sa-
rony's studios at 81 Union square, west, and In
his apartments at Seventeenth street and Union
square. aud collectors from all over tho world
have sought and always readily obtained per-
mission to inspect 1t. When the owners of the
Seventeenth street building resolved to tear IL
down Mr.. Sarony had to remove the part Of the
collection he had there to his studios, and when,
about a week ago, he resolved to move further
up town he realized tho impossibility of NOV
ing the collection with him and resolved to
sell 1t.
Collectors of china and Oriental carved woods
will find many fine pieces at the sale tomorrow
afternoon. There are also a number of elnb-
orately chased Japanese bells, the most conspic-
uous one being a Japanese Joy bell. II is of
silver bronze, thirty-two inches high, and
weighs 800 pounds. Its history Is written upon
II in Japanese characters in relief. 1t was cast to
commemorate the recovery OF the favorlte child
Of q high Japanes official from an illness that
threatened to be fatal. There is an old and curl
Gus piano. made in London by Astor d. Norwood,
as we'll as q collection Of East Indian chests
and cabinets. one of tho latter of olive wood,
the front of which Is inlaid with mother of pearl.
A carved oak chair. with a history. Is one of the
most interesting things in the collection. 1t has
been for many years in Mr.. Sarony's studio, and
has been sat upon by many celebrities. includ-
Ing Presidents and Vice-rresidents of the
United States, Cardinals, United States Sena-
tors. Generals. Admirals, Governors. members
of Congress. European princes, and people of
title, and nearly all of the eminent actors and
actresses of the past twenty-six years. Mr..
Sarony says that the chair is one Of the hardest
things in the collection for him to part with.
The second section of the collection is made
up of relics and curios OF the South Sea Islands,
and all of the pieces in 1t were picked up by Mr..
Sarony himself. Included in 1t are long feather
tufted spears. bows and arrows. swords made
of sharks teeth, paddles. n most murderous-
looking lot Of war clubs. boomerangs. crude
knives and necklaces. and a raw hide bolas from
Patagonia. the ends of which are qucerly carved
and perfectly round stones.
The collection of North American Indian
relics is a very fine one. 1t includes snow shoes,
lacrosse sticks, pouches finely embroidered with
beads, al elaborate head dress OF hawk feathers,
tomahawks. and moccasins. Some OF the relics
have histories attached to them. There Is q curl
Indians and Soldiers in Montana during the nrst
Yellowstone expedition; a buffalo hide shield.
the same field; a tomahawE. taken from an
Indian prisoner at the Whitestone agency, near
ih,rty.ono erizzIy bear Claws. This necklace is
the ,Montan. Indians. and the old hunter who
made II claimed that each claw came from a
different bear. and that single-hande ed. with no
weapon but a knife, he had slain the entire
The collection of Tolteo, and Aztec antiquities
MIR. sarony did not make himself, but purchased
snjQyed unusual facilities for the work Of col.
essstRs net Of the aer relics nes'e COMPLIED ni,fs and privately
printed by Mr.. de Strckle when he brought his
ago is also on view. 1t was the collectors origi-
nal intention to sell 1t TO- the MetropolitGn N.Y.
Gtuck lA,a roona I'm RleeCker street. where COL
lectors from all over the country viewed 1t. The
museum people were unable TO acquire 1t at the
time, and so II passed into the hands OF Mr.
Mr.. Sarony's collection Of arms and armor Is
remarkable because the collector has sifted the
CLOSELY Into the character Of each piece, and be,
i Soms Rsrt swords sa' bayonets, rifles. dangers. 'pls.
tolls. battleaxes. and knives from all parts OF the
ehased and iniaia: In the collection is a chain
plate from the British, frigate Confiance, cap
t snrsb, e ssn So m iS74' and MHG : nnmber a" of s sess Of
daening pistols some Of them hensi Or as snd ms siabo tn-
ately are they inlaid with gold.
Another section of Mr.. Sarony's collection.
which he calls the nature and art series: Is very
Biography combined, and made after a system OF
the collectors invention. Hs posed the human man
each one an original background. Anumber Of
IN inss0 work or called sarony's Living fictures,''
but the issue was terminated abruptly. as the
manner of reproduction was unsatisfactory
Among the cnarcoals by Mr.. Sarony 10 one,
"The Model at Rest" the main figure being the
same young woman who posed for Mr.: Sarony's
charcoals Faith" and THE Birth of Venus"
Bennett, while The Birth OF Venus" is one OF
those to be sold on Wednesday.
In the collection OF oil paintings are some OF
the old masters. and n number the work OF
members of the now extinct Tile Club. which
used to meet in Mr.. Sarony's studio.
Taken altogether the Sarony collection Is one
of the largest, most complete; and most vaiu;
able ever put up at auction In this city, and
some Of the largest collectors Of the country
will attend the afternoon and evening sales to-
morrow and OH Wednesday.
A LUNATIC CLICKED TO DEATH.