The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-29
wAGGAMAN sAhE ssos,s SCI
Evidence That the Auction IN Total u TO
Reach High Figure.

With the sums realized at the sale Of
paintings in Mondelssohn Hall on Friday
evening and the sale Of porcelains and
potteriea az the American Art Galleries
yesterday afternoon the general auction
Of Thomas f. Waggaman's art collection
may be said to have taken up its gait and
a handsome total in proceeds Is assured
as expert judges prophesied at the begin
ming would be the case. Only about 200
Of the catalogue numbers have been sold
/ up to date out Of some 5000 recorded,
| and already the record Of the sale reaches
| the sum of S2O3, s2i.
The sos catalogue lots offered at the
American Galleries yesterday afternoon
by Thomas L. Kirby. as auctioneer. brought
l4.sOe.j0. or an average price Of more
! than sl45 each. They were all Chinese
porcelalns, in single color and decorated
specimens, including various blue and white,
celadon and white soft paste pieces ex-
cepting some % pieces of Corean pottery,
and all were actively competed for, until
toward the very end OF the long session,
when some pieces were obtained at bargain
figures.
Francis Burton Harrison bought black
hawthorn cup for sos; black hawthorn
lantern in eggshell porcelain Of Ch'ien-lung
went at s525; Louis Stern bought Rang
hsi jar of five color decoration for $685..
and an apple green vase Of Ch'ien-lung
for $50; A. II. Flower got one OF the Pill
grim bottle or Full Moon" vases in the
white porcelain Of Ch'ien-lung with oolored
ornamentation, for $500: George ID. Pratt
Of Brooklyn took deep dish or mandarin
plato. of Yung-Cheng, decorated with
passion flowers and having a rose color
back. for $500, and Duveen paid $1,000 for
black hawthorn oviform vase of Cheng-hua.
Thomas B. Clarke. who seizes upon these
occasions OF public sales to secure few
objects for his own deectation in his homo
as distinguished from those articles which
he acquires through the usual commercial
routes for his art house, bought several
of Yesterdays offerings His purchases
included an enamelled K'ang-hsl vase at
sA75; another vase Of the same period with
decorations of feats of Craftsmanship In
enamel coloTs at 81 600, and two Coreau
stoneware jars at $40 and $50. respectively,
Mr. Clarke was Of the impression that a
bottle shaped vase variously described
as of peacock blue" or -shagreen. glaze,
which was catalogued as u K'ang-hsi
production, was really specimen OF the
Sung period but he let It go to j. W. Waite,
who bid $3.50 Tor II.
One of the highest priced pieces so far
Sold a tall and imposing beaker shaped
vase of ang- hsi. with brilliant blue orna-
mentation under the glaze 1903 of the
catalogue), went for 81 500, TO n buyer
whose identity has not SO far been revealed;
but there Is reason for believing that IL
Is TO go to a collection OF which Americans
are proud. and TO which many art lovers
have acoess through the courtesy OF its
owner.
The porcelain known as the Ostrich
egg vase for which Mr., Waggnman paid
81 400 at the Capt Brinkley sale in 1898.
was bought by r. f. Fl. Curtis for $500.
Mrs W IL. Moore paid $3.50 for peach
bloom water jar of X 'ang-hsi, and for
another Of this class having the green
spot ohes j. II. Thompson paid $3.50.
Mrs. Moore also bought an incense burner
with wonderously rich sang de bDuf
glaze for 81 $50 and another Lang-yao
pieces of splendid sang dc 6eUf hues tall
ovforIn vase, sold at 81 AS. The highest
price fetched among the celadon speci-
mems was 500 paid for a cyhndrical vase
of kang-hsi 81 inches tall
Japanese and Chinese buyers we're again
conspicuous in the attendance at tho sale,
and they were among the active COM
petitors N the bidding. u hint that seems
not 10 have been without eiiect upon some
Occidental collectors. although so far
these Representatives of the Orient have
taken more Japanese than Chinese spec-
mems
The sale goes on on Monday.