The evening times., 1899-04-26
PICTURES BRING HIGH PRICES.
Lively Kidding for Art Treasures a
the MendOncn Sale.

Lively bidding for Art Treasures nj
the MendOncn Sale.
New York. April 26.-At the American
Art Galleries last evening the bidding fol-
paintings belonging to the collection of
Senior Salvador de Mendonca proceeded in
a perfunctory way until Mr.. Kirby. the
auctioneer offered THE Dead Bird" by
Greuze. The picture represents little
girl dressed in white looking at dead ca
nary. The first bid on il was 81 900. and
after some quick bidding at the rate of a
hundred dollars at a time it was sold to ].
F. French for $4,000.
Leon Marshall had to pay just twice that
much for Corot's I'm Berger Jouant avec
sa Chevre." which followed few minutes
later. This picture was exhibited at the
Salon in 1S47. The first bid on it las;
evening was $4,000, and the price for which
ii sold. $1,000, is the highest of the sale 50
far.
'Magdalene" by Murillo, described as
having been formerly in the collection Of
the Baron de Beurnonviile, is also to be in
cluded among the pictures which caused
the bidders to go into the thousands. Four
thousand five hundred and fifty dollars was
F. l.. Loring. A Head of Boy" By Cor
reggie. was started at $500 and went to
Charles r. Flint for $l.058.
The Portrait Of a Spanish Prince" at
tributed in the catalogue Of Velasquez.
brought only S210. the buyer being Mr..
Middleton. dealer. The sepia drawing
accredited to Turner realized the sum of
$40. L. Richmond bought this Two pict-
ures by George Henry Morland. THE Ice
CalI
were sold for $3.50 and $3.50. respectively.
the first going to ]. F. French and the sec
ond to NJ. Richmond. "A Gypsy Camp"
by George Morland, was bought by A.
Peats for S27o. who also secured Georges
Michers ''The Stag Hunt" for $275. and
Landscape Near st. Dennis" for $3.50.
A small canvas by De Neuyille. Sol
dier OF the Republican Guard" was sold
to ]. r. Totten for 1896. and ARABS At
tacking an English Outpost by Morot,
went to E. A. Durant for $3.50. Seventy
two pictures were sold last evening for
1S.Se2.50.
In the afternoon the interest centred in
sale of sale OF authenticated personal rel
les of Lord Byron. The value OF these ar
ticles is of course largely a matter of per-
sonal opinion. but according to several
collectors who were present the prices
paid yesterday were fairly low. The auc-
tioneer had some difficulty in getting bid
on the first item. blue enamel gold scarf
ring set with pearls, containing hair and
initial A in gold, souvenir G. G. B. en-
graved on inside.
1t was finally started at $40, and then
the bidding became brisk. The ring sold
finally for $780, to ]. d. Ichenhauser. A
gold ring. with enameled miniature OF
Lady Byron, was sold to the same buyer
for $500, and a Maltese gold fligree card
case, which bore the poets initial ald
coronet. went to H. N. Smith for $1t0.
Carl Glucksmann was the buyer of an
enamel miniature Of Alexander Pope. by
Boyt, the price paid being $105. One of
the oddities Of the collection, walnut
shell mounted with. gold. Containing two
minute bottles and gold funnel, a souvenir
Of Mime. Hoppner." was sold to Mr.. Ichen-
hauser for 500.
A miniature of Byron. painted on ivory
by Alfred Chalon, which belonged at W.
rious times to Sir Walter Scott, Washing
ton Irving and Fitz-Greene Halleck, was
sold to Thomas H. Kelly for $3.50. the same
price being paid by H, v. Smith for a folio
Byron's original Will and some
other manuscripts. A book made up Of
poems and papers in Lord By
ron's possession" was sold to B. N. Baker
for $780, Other articles sold in the after
noon included bronze bust by Rude,
which was bought by v. r. Ruggles for
$500, and pair Of Louis XIV gilt torches,
sold to e. J. La Place for $3.50. The total
Of the afternoons sale was $7.857.50.
The remainder Of the Collection Is to be
sold this afternoon and evening.