New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-18
END OF THE CLARKE SALE.
LAST NIGHTS TOTAL LARGER THAN
THAT OF ANY PREVIOUS EVENING.
IN THE AFTERNOON GOOD PRICES WERE REAL

IN THE AFTERNOON GOOD PRICES WERE REAL
lied FoR GREEK VASES AND sTATUETTEs.
The last night Of the sale Of the collection n
paintings by American artists. formed by Thomas
/ =. Clarke was not marked by any such sensa-
tlonal price paid on the previous evening
FOR n work by the late George Inness. but the total
amount OF the evenings sale was greater than
that Of any previous evening.
Perhaps the most noteworthy feature OF last
evenings sale was that the most important Inness
offered and the picture which brought the largest
amount the well-known Delaware Valley" was
bought for the Metropolitan Museum of Art by the
curator OF paintings OF that institution. Mr.
Storey When Thomas L. Kirby, tho auctioneer
| announced this fact from the platform. there was
prolonged applause. Mr.. Storey has attended each
session Of the sale. and has bid for several pct-
ures. hut this was the only lot that he secured
The price paid $500
The next best price was $500 paid for the cele-
hrated "Eleh, Bells" by Winslow Homer The
| picture was started 81 %. and knocked down
after n spirited contest. The Corcoran Art Gallery
has secured good many OF the important pictures
Of the Clarke collection. II obtained last even
ing Robert Wylies a Fortune-Teler Of Brittany"
and ! Francis Murphy's October" For the first
picture 81 4o0 was paid. and for the latter s91O0
Most OF the important art galleries Of the country
have secured one or more pictures from the coec-
ton II was announced last evening that the
I IunesS sold on the previous evening the '1l0udcd
sun" purchased for the Carnegie Art Gallery
Of Pl'tsburr
Among tho other Illnesses sold last evening were
/ after Summer Shower" $500: Summer Foil
age" 5000. winter Morning Montcair" 1850:
"Threatenine." 5000 and Brush Burning" si.525
Threatening was regarded by me auctioneer as
one Of the biggest bargains OF the sale at the price
& brought
The only wnslow Homer. besides the already
mentioned. which realized a large price. was
| "MoonIgh'-Wood's Island Night" which was
Knocked down for $3.50 Il greeted with loud
applause when f. was placed the stand. Only
one picture. a small one. by Homer Martin. was
sold last evening. and the price not high
one. $3.50.
The few old paintings by American artists in the
collection were sold yesterday The best price. as
was expected was realized for Rembrandt Poale s
portrait OF Washington. This brought s21Co. Gil
bert Stuarts portrait Of Senator Young. for which
Mr.. Clarke paid 800 was knocked down for 500
while the small example by Benjamin West went
for 5000 OF modern figure paintings. the we'll
| known Christ Appearing 10 Mary" by A. P.
! Ryder brought $1,000 and the usually well-known
"Dreamand.' by Charles p. Weldon. S525. Mr..
! Kirby described The TWO Guides" by Winslow
Homer which brought sS75. as the cheapest Homer
OF the collection. The large work by Louis Moller.
! "Disagreement" brought $500. and Aladdin" by
Cottier & Co secured the large work by \. H..
| Wynant Dawn. kecne Valley, for go. Ot4Tr
| So. "a Conner.icrf val,ey Charles II Davis
| 800. Silence" William Bliss Baker. $3.50, and
Evening" j. W Trycn, 5000
A. the afternoon sale In the galleries Of the
| American Art Association. Broadway and Twenty
| third-st.. there was the best attendance Of any
! day far. This was only 10 be expected as some
Of the most interesting and valuable objects In the
/ collection were 70 pc sold. Scarcely less famous
than Mr.. Clarkes pictures have been his COLLECTIONS
! ~ antique glass and his Tanagra figures. These
were displayed IN the house in East Thirty fourth
ST. which M Clarke rented especially FOR the
/ purpose. which was filed from TOP to bottom with
ancient Greek glass pottery and bronzes, Oriental
! pcrcelans and cabinet pieces.
Some remarkable prices were realized for the
/ Greek vases. Indeed, the figures we're said 70 be
| the highest ever given in this city FOR similar
| objects. The famous Greek vase known as the
/ Capo d Monte vase. which was found In the
garden o. the Bishop Of Polysthene. in Apuiia, IN
/ 1855 and formers belonged 10 the King Of Napios,
/ brought $500 The purchaser was Mr. Van Gede
The same buyer also secured number OF the
| other important lots. including the large Apuhan
amphora Of the fourth century D. e, FOR whch
he paid 500. Mr. Untefmyer bought the large bell
shaped crater. Of the same period. dug up N
Capua for $3.50 All the terra-cotta statuettes and
/ groups brought good prices The group called
/ The Awakening" product Of Greece proper 81
/ the fourth century. T. O.. was sold for 5000. and
/ trc work % the period ard century. f.sc u
/ 'apius and Hyeeia Attending an Invalid, winch
/ has been frequently reproduced In art works. was
knocked down for So 90 The glass objects sold for
/ prices varying from $50 ~ S"-