Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-19
ESTIMATE OF ITS VALUE
PERSONAL ESTATE OF ELLEN M.
COTTON APPRAISED.
Report Not Ready for Filing, But Ag-
gregate of Property Placed
at $50, 23O.7O.

No report of the appraisers appointed by
| the Probate Court to determine the value
of the art treasures. ornaments, books.
paintings and other personal property con-
tained in premises No. 1917 Connecticut
avenue northwest and comprising part of
the S1,OC0,0OO estate left by the late Mrs.
Ellen NJ. Cotton, widow of Gen. d. D. Col
ton, has been filed with the register of wills.
Attorney r. Golden Donaldson of counsel
for Helen Margaret Beatrice Sacher, the
seven-year-old granddaughter of Mrs. Col
ton, who. by her father, Seigfried Sacher,
the Partisan banker, is contrasting Mrs.
Colton's will, stated to a Star reporter to-
day that a copy of the report was shown a
reporter by clerk in his office through an
inadvertence, and had thereby become pub
lie He also stated that the appraisers,
w. II. Houghton of w. B. Moses & Sons,
a. w. McCreery and r. E. Peterson. one
of the regularly employed appraisers of
the Probate Court, mad examined the prop
erty and had made their estimates of its
value. but the report has not been sworn
to nor filed, the copy having been furnished
him for examination.
The value placed on the collection by the
appraisers, appointed at the request of
Charles A. Douglas and B. W. Parker, the
collectors of the estate, is, 1t Is understood.
500, go. 30 The collection contains many
rich paintings gathered in various parts of
Europe,(chief among which, with their APP
praised value, are:
The Sheep by Verboeckhoven. $4,000;
Love by Bouguereau, $4,000; The Mutual
Friend by Baird. $1,000; Spring by
Quay, $1,2oo; Queen of the Harem,' $500.
Other Valuable Articles
Two large and exquisite bronze vases,
purchased by Mrs Cotton, in Italy and on
which she carried an insurance of $4,000.
appraised at $4,000 Some of the rich
furnishings appraised are: China and glass
ware, 263 pieces, 1913; 40 pieces of plated
sflverware S375: Italian velvet chairs 5000;
italian velvet chair and sofa, $780, six
large gilt and tapestry chairs, 500; bisque
statue of boy and girl, $50; two shell
stands, 500; two large bronze figures Of
man and woman, 5000.
Mrs. COlton'S priced collection of orien.
tai rugs and tapestries also were given a
high valuation. Among the choicest speci-
mems appraised We're: Dining room rug.
81 500 bed room rug, $3.50; library rug, $3.50.
fur robes. japanese art works, Roman vases
and pedestals, colonial mirrors, and mahog
any finishings was appraised at high fig
ures.
A considerable portion of the furnishings
in the mansion Will not be sold, 1t is stated,
as Mrs. Dahlgren, the daughter of Mrs. Col
ton, has expressed desire to preserve
them. These items include an Oil painting
of Gen. ID. d. Cotton. worth $500; the $40. OOO
painting of The Sheep" painting. Gin
derella,' valued at $500, and japanese
screen, 1925. These articles have been sep
arated from the other property and will not
be sold with the rest of the personal es-
tate.
During Mrs. Colton's lifetime and espe-
cially during her declining years, she found
companionship in a large and well-stocked
library. The library contains more than
1000 volumes, and is estimated to be worth
5000.