The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-05
THE CHOICE OF A MODEL
w. A. CLARK oUTBIDS GEO. GOULD
AND GETS 1T.
The Butte Banker Secures the Famous
Picture for $4,000 Highest Price
at the stewart sale.
Special Dispatch to the Standard

Special Dispatch to the Standard
New York, Feb. 4.-The sale of the
| Stewart pictures is at an end and after
all no records were broken. The highest
price realized was that paid for For
| tuney's The Choice of a Model" 1t
! was among 5S pictures sold tonight,
and it was knocked down to w. A.
Clark Of Butte, Mont. for S42, 1000. The
next best price tonight was paid for
Madrazos Departure from the Masked
Ball" which was bought by F. A. Bell
for $l6,500. The third i'm order of price
was The Antiquary." by Fortuney
which brought $1,000, and the fourth
". Leibl's Village Politicians" which
went TO j. +. Secord for $4,000 Most
of the important lots in the collection
We're reserved till to-day, and conse-
quently there was no sign of that de-
ciining interest on the part of the pub
lie that is generally noticeable on sec
ond days of picture sales.
Among the multitude there were
quite az many bidders as on the first
night, though. of course, the majority
We're attracted simply by curiosity. 1t
is safe to say of these the greater part
came chiefly for the purpose of finding
ont what price would be brought by
The Choice of a Model" canvas which,
of all the collection. had the most wide
spread reputation. and has always
bttil Itlu al til- il1SiltSl tSlttI1 DN the
public at least, if not by artists. THE
Choice of a Moder' was completed two
years after Arab FANTASIA" that is
to saw. when the artist was 30 years
old. It belongs to the same period as
La Nicaria" 3" which. however. was ex-
hlbited first and sold to Marquis r.
de Carcano for a price hitherto unpre-
eedented. Several good judges were
willing to-day to wager The Choice of
a Model. The Antiquary." by the
same artist. and THE Stirrup Cup by
Meissonier would bring a higher aggre-
gate price than SIS. 900. yet these works
brought together only S69. 100.
The total of the sales for ewo days
amounted to $40I 80. The general inn
preston among dealers and connois-
seurs tonight was that prices were very
good. There was loud applause when
The Choice of a Model was exposed
10 view. II was some little time before
any one yentured 10 make an offer. then
somebody said. Thirty thousand" and
there was "A murmur of astonishment
Everyone looked in the direction from
which the bid came and some said 1t
was George Gould who had made II.
others that IL was W. 4. Clark of Mon
tana. the well-known mine owner Who
ever 1t was, his bid was at once capped
by an advance of 81 .000 and from that
time forward bids advanced in steps of
81 900. When So. 900 was reached IL was
seen that the picture lay between Gould
and Clark. At last. when it came to
$4,000 there was a pause. then Sal 900
was offered and IT was instantly capped
by $4,000. after which there was long
silence The auCtioneer reminded the
bidders that 900 francs had been re-
fused for the picture by Stewart. but
there was no response, and at 81. 900 II |
went To Clark.
Mr.. Clark also bought GYPSY Caves. !
by Fortuney. for 81 100. "A |
Street IN Tangiers." by Fortuney for |
s.. 900; Avenue Josephine Market" by |
Rico, for 81 500