The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-26
Two INTERESTING ART SALES.
BURRITT OLD CHINA AND COLMAN
PICTURES At AUCTION.
Eager Bidders and High Prices for the
Celebrated Old stanordshire ware
--aA5O for . Piatter-A Corot Tor
q, 7OO-COlman Top Price, $500.

Celebrated Od StaHOrusmre WsTo
--eAsO for . Piatter-A Corot Tor
o., 7OO-CoIman Top Price, $500.
Two interesting sales took place at the
American Art Galleries Yesterday, and both
were well attended. In the afternoon
Mr.. Kirby began the auction Of the ool-
lection of ceramics made by the late A..
Melrose Burritt Of Waterbury, Conn. and
in the evening he sold ninety..seven paint !,
ings and water colors owned by MANUEL
Colman, n. A.. most Of them Mr.. Colman's
own works, and the Others paintings and
drawings chiefly by barbizon and Dutch
The firu session OF the Burritt sale real
lied s. 800. The sale OF Mr. Burrftts
ceramics will be con, inued this afternoon.
and this evening his fine c3hect ion OF e,oh 1.
ings will be dispersed. Mr.. Coimans sale
resulted in proceeds of s22.275.
Mr.. Burrftt had few charming pieces
Of Chinese porcelain. but the real interest
In yesi erday's session oil the burTi,t auc-
ton was in the collectors old STAFFORD
of this ware held in New York in some
years-at least Of such collect ion as Mr..
Burritt's, the examples In which have been
pronounced Of the finest quslit y-and there
was therefore no criterion Of price Tor
dealers came out in force and with determi-
nation. and some Of the prices went up TO
high figures. Dealers who visited the
exhibit ion talking about $40 plates, found
the plates selling vest erday for SIS.
Outside cities, including Boston. were
more persistent in their demand for these
historic blue pieces than was New York,
and the list Of buyers contains many out
of-town names. Lancaster, Pa; Goshen.
Kingston, Amsterdam and Syracuse, in
Boston are represented in the table OF
Durchasers
Eugene Tompkins Of Boston refused to
lot anybody outbid him for the miniature
plates of the Or. Syntax" series, nearly
all Of which he bought, and william n
ton, now that he is soop to have to spend the
Congressional seasons there. took all the
Washington pieces.
The bidding for lot No. lss was sensa-
tional, and the price paid for the platter,
cessful bidder was George Kellogg Of Am
sterdam. ~ Y. who also bought the two
preceding lots at $40 and 500 respectively.
For one Of Mr.. Burritt's fine Chinese
pieces, a bottle-shaped vase OF the Gu len.
pink. red and purple tones. Carl n. De Silver
paid 500; q K'ang-hsi bottle. with the pea
cock green glaze sold at SiO6; a bottle
with pale apple green glaze. at SIS; and q
hawthorn jar, at Si75
At Mr.. Colman's sale in the evening there
Rhoades. William +. Evans. Thomas b.
Clarke. Louis c. Tiffany, Thomas W. Wood,
the Rev Dr. Roderick Terry. ex-Judge w. NJ.
X. Olcott, Henry o; Hayemeyer, 4. W.
Thayer, George Galbraith Ward, D. o.
and among the dealers M, Durand- Ruel,
William Macbeth, and representatives OF
Cottier & Co., Knoedlef Co. and Glaenzer
d Co.
The highest price paid for a work OF
AZ Aspo g. l. Nh,
Boats Becalmed in the Adriatic.' and the
highest price OF the evening was 81 200.
paid for a small Corot, A Study at Vile
dAvray' (sxi2H inches). in Mr.. Colman's
collection.
of the purchasers and the prices paid.
follows in full
Old stan srdshire CHINA.
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