New-York tribune., 1903-01-31
M " II. AGAIN BUYS.
4 4rents SAID to Haze $50, 900
Placed at Their Disposal.
ALTAR SCREEN SELLS FOR $4,000

For the second time at the MarQuand sale
the METROPOLITAN Museum of Art was numbered
among yesterdays buyers. purchasing at lhe
afternoon auction for $500 fifteenth century
glazed terra Gotta Madonna and Child by Luca
della Robbia Fifty thousand dollars, 1t was
said had been placed by the museum at the ols-
posal of its representatives at the sale In
every instance, save the one recorded, tnev were
outbidden by the big dealers.
In the bidding for Lot No lool, an altoi
screen. or retalle composed Of twenty-ohe
enamelled plaques by Leonard Lemousln'
Jacoue and Arnold Seligmann, Of Paris, VINO
have como over expressly 20 attend the MAT
ouand sale had the Metropolitan Museum ds
their most formidable competitor The n~looile ~
started ar $4,000 leaped at bound TO eloo'"
and continued by sheer thousands. Ihe Hlu
seun's bid of S25.0C0 was covered by 'acque
Selgmaun. who offered further Sloto ms pi0
of $4,000 remaining undtsputeo- MI sens
mann stated afterward that had he been aware
OF his competitors identity he would not nave
been bidder for the lot. The sum paid hy MN
seligrnann was the crowning figure Of the al
ter,oon sale and the second highest thus far
Of the entire sale The two auctions yesterday
increased the total of the sale by Sl-44oo' maA-
ins the grand total up to date $471,4oo o.,
In the afternoon there were auctioned of SIX
teen lots of bronzes and other metal WORK. uiii
teen examples of Limoges and otner enaIiei9
tl1irty-eight OF intag gos and other gems hlteeh
Of snuffboxes. watches and other caolhet op-
iects. forty-one of antique Persian and other
tiles. thirty-six of Hispano- Moresque Plates
and sixteen terra cottas by Della Ronola' tiie
whole realizing sum Of S1173S9 30. In the
evening the remaining lots Of fine art and other
hooks ri-0-od of, bringing SE.olo oo
Tro --yeruoon session without DOUBT the
most noteworthy that has been held since IHe
se'o Of the pictures. Oh January 20 Inc nature
Of the objects to be put under the hammer are"
many cf the heaviest buyers. the nuik OF WHOM
We're as usual. the dealers
The afternoon buyers included Jacque ana
Arnold Seligmann. Duveen Brothers. Eugene
Fischhof D. G. Kelekan. Cottier N Co.,
Spencer T shotter NJ F. Savage w
p f~Ivde G L Hudson. Mr. Duryea, MI
Renguldt Mr. Tower Mr.. Wendell, John La
Fargo William Clausen. r ". Patterson M r
Peepin A Richmond. NJ Roder. w Nj Lallah'
H. W Harding Mrs. William h thompson,
Mrs Herbert. Miss Moran. Mrs. o. Richmond
and Messrs. Blumenthal. Parker. winthrop anu
Wilson Throughout the session the bidding
was eager and ambitious
Duveen Brothers heavy buyers, their
purchases including an inscribed pilaster from
the revetment of a mosque (S5.1OM and a me
mortal mosque tablet CS4 900) both of which
are said to be unique. In the terra -cottas py
Della Robbia Mrs Herbert obtained for $500
Madonna and Child originally from the Emile
Gayet collection: Miss Moran the Boy with a.
Dolphin'' Isl OOQ originally from the collection
of Count g. Stroganoff. John Lafarge was the
purchaser, at $40 OF a carved gilt frame OF
architectural design, with decorated base
piIasters frieze and seuli-circular pediment
In the class of Limoges and other enamels
the oval dish dot No. 1054) whose genuineness
| NM Seligmann in their capacity as experts
! have denied was knocked down to A Richmond
! for S225 The prices brought by the intaghos
! ranged roughly from $50 to $50, Spencer +
Shotter securing ol.yx one set IN a SoIo rlils'
! for Sl10. A Louis XVI CLOCK, slope OF piue
/ hours and ornaments of clouds and foliage IN
ornloIu, was finally obtained by Eugene + flschhol
for $500. ~,
Although an Improvement the preceding
night, the evening session, at which the remain nam
ing half Of the fine art and other DOCKS were
disposed Of showed q comparatively small at
tendance the competition being inconstant ana
the bidding ragged. Among the buyers were
Charles Scrjbner's Sons Hamilton +. Kean. =
3 L1yster jr. NJ. Roder, Frank Wiener, Charles
? Fifzgeraid G. Hewback Neil NJ. Lord, Mrs.
a NJ Sherwood, A. B. Davies, q. d smith
7 O Wright r. r. Vernon, Mrs. Charles cooper,
G B Curtis J. o. Rice, z. Whiting. j. johnson,
E Cockcroft J. Wells Champney and Mary J.
McClurg- eco "a
The highest price Of the evening, So62 oO,
was paid by Mr.. Gustavus for j. Smiths "Cata-
Jog1Ie Raisonne" in nine volumes. Of the works
of the Dutch, Flemish and French painters
Gondon. 1S29-'42). An illustrated catalogue IN
nine volumes of the Splitter Collection brought
S3a6 paid by Charles T. Fitzgerald. who was
also the purchaser, at $3.50. of ]. Lenprere's
"Pihliotheca Classics octave. in hdit- green
morocco New York 1880.