The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-26
FINE PICTURES ATAUCTION
OF THE DANA AND FUL-
1rR OIL PAINTINGS.

s,,r,ted BldainE Tor tho "re"
-, A.. ,o,,s downstairs at Chickering Hall
...b. were filed, as were most OF those In
I' ".i,orv and thore were people standing
inc 81 n the seats on the main floor 20 see
rounu ,,r. mart in the sale OF the pictures OF
VI ~ u Fuller and Charles A. Dana. There
W." WI. ,h,r,y.scvcn Of tho Fuller pictures all
Ne.. hut only thirty.six OF them were sold.
W. rn,icr had reserved the right TO hold out
H. H. uins Bov," the Gainsborough which had
md , Good deal OF attention, unless an up
eV'Ns. ,nr /. WAS met. Tho upset price was NOS
-rnnccd until the picture was put up. thelast
I-hor In the Fuller collection, and then IL was
~ - n, $4,000. There was no response 70
,NSao,,o,ecr's call and the picture was taken
~ The ,hirty.six pictures belonging TO Mr..
u =" ma, vore sold brought altogether $780,
oon The highest price. rs was expected. leav'
S.ort the Gainsboruugh. was brought py the
.s.u THE Charcoal Burners Hut"
NV. ono tried 10 start the bidding on that ut
90 coo II was Immediately raised to $4,000;
S~ ~ 500 600. and went up by t~housand-dol.
Wv sias rost of the way to the final price. $780,
sno thc highest figure OF the evening.
VI. mana, Corot La Danse dcs Amours "
-n,ht ss6 900. The bidding on 1t started ut
con 900 went up to S21 900, $4,000, $26,O0O.
F Fs ~ n, bv thousand dollar bids to $32. 900. and
Az, i,mned 20 S35. 900 and was carried TO 1885,.
900 Tho seven pictures Of the Dana collection
,,orobt $40, 700, an average or more than
vi, eoo each. The average of the larger Fuller
S.i.o,ion Ia about 81 900 each. The total OF
,hs evenings sales was $245.9oO.
A. N. American Art Galleries yesterday after
-. 1ol objects Of MIR. Dana's collection Of
r,,,.rn ceramics were sold for S~35.433.5o. This
80 A total sum for art objects sold yesterday
:, nnhl,c auction in this city of 1921. 1884, o
~ adding to this the Slo.s11.50 Of Thursday
.nsrpoou's sale OF the Dana collection at the
American Galleries. there Is made the total sum
y, sso1. l45 paid for nrt goods at public sale In
New York within two days. All the sales were
oordn,tcd for the american Art Association by
Thomas E. Kirby as auctionecr.
m course. a large number of the paintings
,.,t ,irht. as OF the porCglains in the afternoon,
vsr, bought by dealers. some Of the purchases
hs,rO made. doubtless. for the dealerS them-
,.,vss and others on order. and the names Of
tho real purchasers OF some Of the finest pieces
ware not made known to tho public. T b
Kidding for Constable's "A Suffolk Water MILL"
ot tbe Fuller collection, was spirited from the
start at 81. 900, to the sale at $4,000. At least
ma NJ the Fuller pictures, an "Old Crome"
untitled yarmouth Beach" went out Of town,
going to Mr.. Mansfield of New Haven at 5000.
r. nuprf lie Cours d'Eau" went quickly
hTT.D; sl;5 SH til, to Ms ssssSo; wS RRS Samuel sa1 nfG Gnsso4y.
myer got for 5000. went rapidly to That
figure from the start at $1,000. 1t was the first
g'PPs ooI at u F;ontainebissu" found ready bidders
all the way from $1,000 to S4.1OO. at which 1t
was sold.
A-,,r. o. 600 pach They wara ROuaaeRn'a
wormssr bought, and Dupre's The Open
Sea" which went It to the same buyer a ILLS
Zoo from c. H. Eicks. John 9. Moore bought
the Reynolds Portrait Of Mrs. KNAPP" No: 80
Of the Fuller catalogue, for $500. The Gains
james ". Ellsworth of Chicago at 5000. The
same artists portrait of Lady Innes of Norfolk,
e. 3. A S.sH;, III F bought ont f { y sSisoo a. pa.ur.r.-
warmed the whole audience when it was eK.
posed as No. s5 of the Fuller collection. and
there .It,S was "a, 81, sS% ooo ap wsn a sen,dI = to e's sah oo On AZ Il
which figure the picture was knocked down to
Nj. Ellsworth. The bidding on the Rousseau
sSis % at Hst s 10 ssare but To i sss s .soo. a at ys %Ki as'l K
was bought III the name Of g.. w. Bsrckmans,
who was said to be acting for some one else:
s. Ia' " asss Ss s3S p .sslsed Ri ct ESQ., put and p Ras oS soid
t3G. W. EiAins for $500. F. A. Bell took
%JJa as Sheep in The Forest" At $500; Isl.
S 81, % at $500 5hS and S"G HERMAN Som the bought aEss
Millet's"The Turkey Herder" for $40, 500.
The bidding on the Millet started al Sl5.o o
s aaa a Sn so The BY k 1asGsanas s sS Ses'o9 %a. aaS
thousand dollars was the first offer for the Coros
Ia l,apse des Anonrs.o and the bidding ad.
AZ s86,CSo it was sold to BercEmans. the buyer
ot'he Charcoal Burners Hut"
Among those present at Chickering Hall were
George G. Ravens. Justice G. II. Truax, w. r.
heAr9t, w. III. kptcham Ganr0a A Hnarn and
L. Crtst Delmonico. There was q largo attend
ace at the American Art Galleries yesterday
pieces q the Dana collection of porcelains was
solo; The bidding a part Of the time was more
orisx than on The day before. and the average Of
pHees was almost double that Of Thursday, or.
70 De exact, above 1852, as against something
ABOVE 500 on Thursday.
u, There e. Vas a good deal Of interest aroused by
s%tettaettes Of the dog Foo in clair de Inne. The
Taalns at first was only moderate. although at
n nses figures but 1t was carried on BY $40
figures being for each 30 Of the The st I1u ane
not for the pair, before people noticed
t tnal mere were apparently two bidders down
seemed to be in the room and the other Just be-
yond The doorway leading to the adjacent gal
iis, : These two advanced bids almost as regu.
tatiy as the clock ticks until $500 was offered
tf eacii OF the dogs. at which price they went
70 Randolph as agent.
~ the bidding on 81 of the catalogue. the vase
N,kiat u "hiLe ueCOrdtlOn OF an interior in
wnlGh Is depicted an imperial audience. was
s.toLs from 800 TO 5000. to which figure Il
"ehS without any psuses. The bidding on 27s.
= large ovoid vase. with elaborate Landscape
s,eoraIlohs, went right up from $40 to $40,
Clarke. '"'' "oh' W iho"AS d.
The two hawthorn jars, 27s and $50, excited
o. ~ interest The bidding started at $500 on
~ the Jar that mas its own cover, and went by
price Price at Suv wbicS pr act al o all the way to the
" H. Altman. Mr.. Kirby announced that fhe
hh9 gar OF that kind sold in that room
s,". brought $1,000. The bidding on $50
hTn, s as low a. 800, but was soon pushed 10 a
SSna beyond that at which the other Jars had
,nnvnNe, anu When $4,000 was called, there were
Tutuurs or applause around the room. The
va, vase was sold at 81, 100 to F. A. Bell. II was
~ oy some of the dealers and collectors LATER
i iTIi "ni.o ms jar was catalogued as having an
r,Iia.lloh cover made In Paris. vet some nd
bonnvv % priced the deeper shade Of blue in the
frsiI NM n we vase sooVe the brilliant blue Of tho
pr Sesn tho 81 tai square vases were reached
Went ~ MI ne bidding started at 800, and
s9nSSh started at 800, went rirht along mo, uo nV 70
49, wS,ot ana then advanced BY tens 10 S5lo, at
hnnun.n me vase vent 10 b. Altman. The Sans
yS!!e e took No. 3O2, "a similarly SHAPED
oyoid the Same period, Mt 5000. The
p, Ayo eseihe!l vase. No. 80. went to s.
tail 1hsssi!, " at 1878. Mr.. Altman got the
vii peaker OF black hawthorn pattern, No. s23
I" .Gn by Sloo TO the kn0ckdown price dSure
tLo hi. "a ,qnaGr lateral vase. also decorated In
tha s,'ath hhWtNOrn pattern, No. 31A went IN
C,o"HlP huycr ut $500.
AMI 'rrpSlHail, Detroit. New Haven. Hartford. |
bidding I - were represented In Yesterdays