New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-19
SOME SPIRITED BIDDING.
THE SECOND NIGHT OF THE DAVID H.
KING. JR.. SALE BRINGS IN sss'4oo.

REACH S2b2. 40
The Standing Room Only sign was oisp'"y.
early last evening at Chickerng Hall whe,e va
held the second and last evenings sale OF the pic
lures forming the collection Of David H. KING u.
For three hours the polite assemblage sat anu
watched the disposition OF pictures pa'h'eu ~
famous hands many Of which have long oee" u'7
Rembrandt. Sir Joshua Reynolds. Sir Ihofas -"
renee Sir Thomas Gainsborough. Corot' pe'a,'''
Vbert and score OF others were the mas"e'S "N
served to crowd the hall to It's doors with ART -"
thusiasts and their friends. OF course the pr
fcssionaI dealers were present in numbers anu
bought largely some Of them special orders io'''
private customers and some Of them for theii''e,'
on this account the summary OF the buyers VIM"
appears below does not in all cases show the 'e"'
purchaser of the picture.
The sum total of last evenings sales Is sl"''T" -
might have been a few dollars more. Il the p''t'.s
on one of Corots pieces had not been dstufoei os
an episode that came near being a catastrophe y,
piece OF iron from the gallery railing fell OIL ""~Aeu
by a baldh eaded man and struck the moor WIN
the kind Of a thud commonly described as du'' anu
sickenng. The baldheaded man arose anu 80
things He told how much damages his WIZ"
would have sued for If that piece Of iron had S'ru
his unprotected head. Then somebody Do !" ''7
Corot LIE Lac" for N,s25.
OVER a QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS
The entire amount which Mr. King will rea'Zc
from the sale OF his pictures s s262'i' or consul
erably over q quarter OF million dollars Anu S''
It Is not the opinion Of experts that he uaio '''0"
OF a profit his investment
The audience last evening was inclined 70 oe ~"
thusiastic. When the dark face OF John AsseYh
was revealed upon the canvas OF RemoFahut
wave OF gentle applause ran over the house ms
at Chlckering Hall. IS equivalent 10 the po'c'
factory" demonstrations which occur nightly al INC
PEOPLES Theatre Several other canvascs were also
applauded in the mild way. among them oe'''s
Corot's Souvenir o: Normandie."
or course the Rembrandt portrait OF John Asse'yn
brought the top notch price. II amounted to Nll"
and was paid by Messrs. Arthur Tooth & sons
The bidding started AZ 5000 AZ soon as the APP
plause had subslded, and jumped to is tinal price
leaps OF 200 and 500 Several bidders wanted II
badly but Messrs Tooth were most enamouref or
its dark beauty. and expressed their admiration Dy
The Coquette" by l. Knaus. greatly de-
sired in many quarters. It finally went 70 i'iHai
s. 80 j. s Copleys Portrait OF Miss hiii proukn'
Ton brought only ss75. because. one u the IN
initiated remarked. the face wasn't pretty t. !o'N
The prices brought by the works Of ne En-,!sn
portrait painters ranged from good 70 BAD. ne
highest price that REYNOLDS brought va va 80 r.
,rait ~ Mrs Angelo Countess Charlem0nt ana
Her SON" by s. Thomas LawrenGe aroa,et Hg IN
SO 100. J. Hoppner's Mile Hi.lsberg' made almost
good record going AFTER a sp'.se- 'o"'''- ~
several small examples by Detailie Corot. Me-,
soner and others went iqr Wy ma. 80 =
Wight" was knocked down for i575 ami ~ buzz
5 p. Georse. smiled broad contented sn"'' J. NJ
only Turner IN me cohtct,n feaU%', t"' 80.
round sum q ~.N1 which Hermann Schans gave
up for the possession ~ the "ell-kno"H BIOS. o"
the Banks 4 the Loire"
THE AFTERNOON SALE
The first afternoons sale o, the King collection
= o took place yes
terday afternoon at the American Art Gailer.'- \
large number Of buyers we're present 70 admire ID"
beautiful things o, the collection. Sore OK them
were there % admire. 90 ~oll as - buy. bri ~.
.o:al brours, nv the afternoons sale vas s. 9- ~
Rus. ana Tapestries brought The highest prices o.,
antique Flemish tapestry. which brought So, Thr
fabric was Nearly eleven 'eeS IN NJ
stanley bougat Farnese Pa.ece hAngias
OF Sso,s co TA o, I arm, A1 Yor w while an Afmehan
prayer-rug q the seventeenth century brought ony
SO Messrs G. and i. W!dener o. Ph..ads;pnl es
including az antique marble buzz Tor ~ 4 pir %.
large oil Jars and Ielr OF hE'!1u" roman onr.
IN marble and porphy!y ~Ach went ~ the Same
As usual the dealers were present In large mum
bers and bought heavily. sometime on commission
ana sometimes for their own speculation.
PRICES AND PURCHASERS. .
The pictures. who bough, them. and what they
paid. follows
THE willow Tre,' 90 N,chcocsl. sgned at the go.
LETT ana dated 1880 liSis: Nj less Am. VI
IN vr,,eotc n N@.yiue. a. ThauloNj signed
AZ me- ,afi so,so W shubslnc ..'....... 81
IL coup de Vent .. q Vice.. llgHei At the D.,
'Penserofa a. Henner, sis'rd at the len -'' 90
'.satears des Votseure de il. Garde' D. d 4;
Dea.lie,, water eoior' signed al me Irn' anu aoc
sketch Let,ers' q. Is f. Dea.I!e,. signed al the 80
hight. 7x41. !. L. Hemerdingsr -. .:...,.. !"
Mt 4 g. Nc
The right from the sale Paris 1913. =. ~,
.Hymrh and Dog * u ban. signed at The left. -,
..Trautis: o. b. c corot. signed right. TX -.
S'4 A. a. Hl'chn.3n' 3: ,,,l,x5, s,enei
., ~ right and dated ISL n'4>l'' l.. 'rs' IN
~rf" Windmill. u DuptJ, signed at ne right. -.
ISi2 Randolph .ascY n,, signed =. IN. lot.
from the Hecnt collection. lo.9iSis. J. + Mecu- -,
ia 'ariear d H. e coroij signed at The iefi. *
hibi;ion q 100 masterpieces IN Paris. lss3 tx -.
Ia Mar an Fee ~. Van Marc,e, signed he
right iix%i + T. Jennlng, 80. 90 '''
c'ccilon 4 Masqulse dc IAnaleue. l+xlo. +. l..
ia, Feil' d. . ca1ln signed at tn. reAt. 49,
'Aeiiatiln' ~. A. Bernard. signed at the left. -,
24Al9. X. George . -, $500, ...... -
ier and dated 1890 la'4slN'a X. George '2'
Iss ad dated $50 isAio Ierman schans % 1920
'1lommc dArmc,, =. !. Mes. nier. signed at -.
Tsh' ll.sJ f. quincy M ,hs,on signed at 90
lie left i2xi5is: Van Glgch .......:... 4"
During the First Empire" -. Is. T. Deailel.
signed the right and dated 1873. sHc' l.. g. 90.
.f;rntIih"rnr. de- Ia Directoirc a. T. de Deale,
srued at the LETT. sxiis A. Tooth sons. ...... ."
Paying" ~ V. Diaz signed at the left, s1ll+; ~.
7. r. Jennings ''-
DO Lac a.. y. G. CoroD. signed At the left, l3x o
~M,r.nc" j. DupT@ ssn.a the ief iaals: 4 -.
Sheer g. rroyon sened at the LETT iaxiG; l. 9,
"5sise Gs Mag IT, A. 6crmi,ie signed at -.
right 9'.xl3 !. A. Hutchinson. 90. -
'Noontime' j. puprD signed at the right. 2@Nls -,
= l. Avery j 90"
The End %. the Game ~. Sala Y-Frances). signed
the right and dated 1879. 1874 Hermann , oo
playing BoWl.' di. sobD. signed at the left and eo
dated 1895 l5x2S A. stanley. ......-...:.. 60
''Ja-.ins a" Vcnis' ~. Rlco signed al the right m
2sigxist. w. r. Hearst . lo-'
Fairly spring o. ThauoVl. signed n tho left $50
and dafrd 1895 35x27 i. Van Noikenburgh. "''
Marguerite" A. sim.i signed at the upper light ~.
3ax27 Robert IT, W
"The old Arsena. at Cous;an;inoplc" a. PasnD.
49, 80 wv 49, " - T. %: