New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-10
= n CHASE'S ART SALE.
ATTENDANCE OF BIDDERS AND
SPECTATORS.

,crr.KEs DISPOSED OF LAST EVENING
w." ,os THE ATTRACTION IN THE AFTER
xooN-THE PRICES OBTAINED
10 hv public auction Of William Merit,
II" Collection of oil paintings. carlos bric-a-
Chs VAS continued by Thomas +. Kirby. auc-
20" a, the American Art Galleries. Madison
a0D's South yesterday afternoon and evening
qua uas a large attendance OF well-knOwn men
IH.Ne at both sales. but there were more
na ~ nresent in The evening. when the collection
i',s Of oil paintings OF old masters made
~, chase was offered. together with colloc-
:, original paintings by other artists and OF
w." which were catalogucd as having been
rs,csa bv unknown painters. although many Of
F were believed to be the work OF masters
as~ H. we're seventeen OF NJ Chase's copies sold
H. them being the following: "An Empty
Wv, after Frans Has. in the Haarlem Gallery
~ rqs. portrait after Rembrandt Van Rhyn. in
y. pelvedere Gallery. Vienna $500 and "The Spin
| -" llOxS inches. AFTER Don Diego Nalasquez, in
| !. Madrid Gallery. $50.
Wong thirty original paintings sold were the
| m.uns. \ small portrait by FRANCOIS Clouet
- 500; portrait group Of man. woman
= cb,ld in early Dutch costume, by Theodore
:. Xevser s3i5; Girl With Pipe" by William
'n Germany. $3.50: Mother and Child" by John
:. rarge 500: "Old Windmill" by q. Michel.
..,ncs $3.50: Before the Mirror" by Bertha MORT
. france $500 and Portrait Of a Young Man"
~ r. Hrth. Munich, Sllo
r.ra were thirty paintings accredited to I'M
'ovn artists. which ranged in price from So to
10 each.
Tho amount realized at the sale OF paintings in
he evening was AlU 80.
vr Chase's finished original pictures and sketches
al and pastel will be sold at 7i5 this evening,
rs,ber with a collection of etchings and paintings
- other well-known artists.
Az a result IF Yesterday afternoons SALE Mr..
N.ss is nearly $4,000 richer in money, but vastly
aver IN the artistic mementoes and curios the col
i,ion of which has formed the chief recreation Of
=. three decades OF his artistic career
The attendance at the sale OF yesterday was the
.,est OF the week. and the articles sold appeared
svci,e the desire of ownership more strongly than
soss offered on preceding days On the auction
INK Yesterday there assembled collection OF
s rugs tapestries. chairs and shoes or all nations
Mr. Chase had said that he would give all his
"A shoes for any purpose the declaration would
ave carried more weight than il usually does The
npsstries and furniture, however brought the
Ncgest prices.
George Kemp bought piece of Italian tapestry
he sixteenth century for Sl75. the highest bid Of
Z. af,ernOon while : Warnock carried off old
ssnish fabric for S2j Several pieces OF old tapestry
s-Mrht S15 while number of Turkish rugs sold
rsl For $lS5 Mr. Kemp acquired the ownership OF
very large and fine japanese water-cooier. sew
ri italian carved mahogany chests, OF ancient
nsnufacture brought good money of modern date
~ highest-priced one going 10 T. ;. Clarke for
riiN The exact sum realized by the afternoon
ale was S,04 The heaviest buyers were II. g.
iss 8 Warnock T. s Clarke. George Kemp Dr.
gorge Winsey and the inevitable Young. Among
NJ people present were J. Wells Champney. Frank
fowler. Irving Wildes. G. r. Chapman. W L. SOM
jtn La Farge. Miss sally Hewitt and Mrs Bos-