The sun., 1904-11-11
AN ART SALE or TWO WEEKS.
TUET.E.U UiGGAMAN COLLECTION
TO BE DISPERSED HERE.
Nearly 5000 Specimens OF Chinese,
japanese and Corean Art In Porce-
lain. Pottery and Metals, with 100
Nodcrn French and Dutch Paintings.

lain Pottery and Metals, with 100
,,odcrn French and Dutch Paintings.
Tb;- art season of l9o4-5 already gives
,roui-r Of furnishing some important ana
interesting public sales OF paintings, iurm-
nrc. porcelains and other objects OF art
vhich will attract the attention OF large
rurlper of patrons and admirers OF art
vlo ever have their eyes fixed upon the OPP
,,r,,lri,irs of the reputable New YORK
action rooms,
Scattered along through the season OF
exhibitions and sales now about beginning
ore various paintings and pieces OF furni-
r,r, which are already well known that
ar. ,o come upon the market, and there are,
ho.ides paintngs and objects OF art OF merit
and character that will come as pleasant
surprises. according to promises OF the
kn wing
Opr of the big sales to take place early
In thr auction season, 1t ia announced TO-
doy. is that of the collection OF Thomas
+ Waggaman of Washington who has
been known for thirty years as one Of the
most conspicuous business men OF wash
ington. and until lately as one OF the
city- wcathiest citizens. The last rev
months have made him more widely known
through the bankruptcy courts, and 1t Il
hy the order of the trustee in bankruptcy
that Mr. Waggamans art collection Is 10
ha dispersed through the auction mart.
The collection is valued, in the inventory
made for the receiver, at nearly 81 100000.
1t is comprised Of about three thousand
articles and the sale of them will occupy
two weeks, including some evening sessions.
BESIDES paintings and water color draw
inrs, the collection includes specimens
e the ceramic art Of China, Japan and
Corea from early times to modern days
and metal work also.
II is well known, and has been clearly
shown in auction sales of art objects and
PAINTINGS in New York for the last decade,
that the prices of fine paintings, ana OF
porcelains, especially, have been steadily
rising, and when it is said that Mr. Wagga-
mans collect ion, made through judicious
and not indscriminate buying, has cost
him practically 100000, it requires not
much Imagination TO anticipate worthy
and attractive aggregation as'embled IN
the American Art Galleries, where the col
lection is to be sold, Whltever the figures
in dollars which it may yield Mr.. Wagga-
man used to employ man he deemed COM
petent to go to Europe and make purchases
for him al times when prices were suitable
and the desired articles were obtainable.
Mr.. Kirby of the American Art Associa-
ton, who says many things. and usually
the right ones. says that the Waggaman
collection of antique Chinese, Corean and
Japanese art objects is the most compre-
hensive ever offered at public sale in this
country Mr.. Kirby has just returned
from Washington, and in his enthusiasm
declares that this part of the collection is
cny surpassed by the famous Walters
collection Of Baltimore. As he has been
revising correcting and completing the
toll ty,aIn Mt Mr. Waupnrrnn's Iirpn-
ton for private distribution a few years
ago he should be ahlnt0 speak bY the card.
In the hundred paintings Of the collection
the list Of examples OF the modern French
and Dutch schools as furnished on paper,
presents an attractive group. Among the
half dozen examples Of Mauve is Sheep
Coming Out of a Forest" a gold medal
canvas of the Salon Of 1883, which is well
known. As an evidence of Mr.. Wagga-
mans method of buying and Of the general
ings, il i. stated tha; for one Of his MauTees,
for which Mr. Wagganan paid $500, he
received an o'er OF $1,000.
Other canvases Of the collection are
The Close of Day by Millet, Souvenir
de la Ferme de St. Aubyn," by Troyon:
Black Rock on the Coast Of Normandy
and lie Lac by Danbigny: -Grandiather 8
Consola tion," by Israels, which in Mr. Kir-
by's exuberant account Is the most I'M
portant representative work of this painter s
IN the Cnlted o'a.es' me Nioste'' .,py
Bonvin; Flag Of Truce" 10y de Aeul ille
Lake Nemi and At Font tainebleau, by
Corot; saul Pursuing David" by De-
camps Evening" by Rousseau A Duel
in the Studio, by Dagnan-Bouyeret; "A
Shipwreck, by lsa3ey b. "A poonIght. oy oy
the March" by tromentin, and canya
by Neuhuys Jacob and Willem Maris
Menlin, Richard Wilson, David Cox, Blom
mers, Ter Meulen de Jong, A. H. Wyant
Van Dyck and Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Among the ceramics, besides early pot
teries, there are soft and hard paste porce
lains, specimens Of single color and deco
rated pieces from the Chinese kilns, al
"os;rich egg vase from Capt; Brinkley'
collection, and various enamelled pieces
.Jades and carved crystals are included II
the collection. which numbers among IT.
rarer things swords by some of the mos
famous of the early japanese armorer
and artists. These comprise specimens
by Masamune, of the thirteenth century
by Masatsugu, Muramasa, fosh'mitzu
There are also screens, lacquers ant
lakemono5. :,
In what sums Mr.. Waggaman handlet
money NAV he seen from the fact that whll
he was under only 100000 bonds to tn
Catholic University OF Washington,
It's organization, he made over to the uni
versitv deeds on his personal property
TO the amount of $4,000 more, in an en-
Geavor to protect the institution whel
is bankruptcy was impending, at whlcl
time his Indebtedness to the universit,
amounted to 100000.
Father A. p. Doyle of the Paulist Father
In this city, in speaking OF Mr. Waggainan
wealth, said that one could not drive abou
Washington or its suburts without sceinI
his real estate holdings on every hand
He was so highly regarded as fnancle
Nv members OF the Roman Catholic Churc
in many parts that among his creditor
are the Pope, Cardinal Gibbons OF Bait
more, the bishop Of West Virginia, Arch
lishop Sbaretti OF Canada, Mgr. Falconio
the Papal Delegate the diocese OF Havana
Georgetown College, Archbishop Farley
the bishop Of Jaro in the Philippine
the Bishop OF Atlanta. besides many Cathc
lie priests and laymen and women. II
was the custodian Of the Peters Penc
Fund He became very rich in dealin
in Washington real estate and got in "a
heavily by reinvestingin in other real estai
in the remoter suburns.