New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-26

Joseph p Day is certainly wonderful auctloheeI.
He has a fascinating way OF attracting puSeiS 80
the Vesev street saiesrooms ana theh Se'liHs nv ~
10 pay unusually high il rot record prices Tor ms
,yarss Ask ANYBODY identified with realty trans
actions II there was auction sale OF vacant
land or Of improved property which continued LOT
two days that not notable lot sIdli at
tendance on the second day and with poor prices
prevailing. The reply TO that query VIII undouot-
edly be that the second day Of a two days sale
has ALWAYS resulted in the expectations Of the
auctioneer being unreaHzed.
A man who can change this order of things ana
who can get buyers to pay record prices on the
second DAYS sale must be endowed with a remark
able power 10 Judge realty conditions That MI
Day is such man is indubitable fact
For at the second days sale of the vast holdings
OF the Ogden estate tract. which was yesterday he
got 1892 225 225 lots making the total for the
two days SOS go for $50 lots Besides. he got yes
terday Sl5s0O for an irregular lot of little more
than 100 square feet at Boscobe place and ogden
ave- and for an adjoining lot with a frontage of
Is feet on each thoroughfare $1,000. Both those
parcels bought by the Provincial Realty
Company, and judging by the bidding for the prop
erty the Provincial Realty Company could easily
sell either one or both the parcels at a much
larger price than it paid The parcels are opposite
the easterly plaza of the Washington Bridge and
are especially suitable for improving with road
house a hotel
Some OF the finest lots of the Offering TO be
sold to-day. The third day of the sale Will be
begun 9 o'clock and will continue until about .
o'clock. Then Monday Will be held the fourth
day Of the sale. Among the bidders AT the sale
yesterday the Whitehall Realty Company.
some OF other parcels, besides the BOScObel
corner plot. sold yesterday and the prices paid
ogden ave. between West 1s9th and West 10th
stsNine plots al $50 each and three other lots at
N.l50, N,5Co and $40. respectively.
Merriam ave. between West l6yth and West 10th
sts.-Eighteen lots. at from 500 10 Sldas) each
West 10th St. between Merriam and Ogden ayes.
! NO Iois, AT $40 ana Sl2-0. respectively. -,
Ogden ave, between West l6yth ana West 10th
Ogden ave between Boscotel Place and West
l7e'h s1-Twenty-three lots, at from 5000 TO $S25
each
Block bounded by Ogden and Merriam ayes. and
West 10th and West Inst sts.-TWenty-e lots,
al from $3.50 TO So each.
Plympton ave. south OF Bosoobel aye.-Twenty-
two lots. at from $3.50 10 2.So each.
Boscobel ave, west OF Plympton ave.-SiX lots at
Boscobel ave. between Nelson and Plynpt0n
ayes.-F1ve lots al from $3.50 to $3.50 each
BoscObel extending through 10 Ogden
and Boscobel Place-SiXteen lots, at from $500 TO
Block bounded by West 10th ST. Plvmpton. Mel
son and Boseob. lves-Twenty-three lots. at from
Plympton ave. near Boscobel aye-Ten lots. at
from $3.50 TO $500 each.
Boscobel ave. between Nelson and Pympton
Tucker. Speyers & Co. have sold for C. Grayson
Martin to r, NJ Ham, proprietor Of the St. Regis
ing. on plot 25Xl0o feet, adjoining the new Howard
Building, At the southwest corner OF 18th ST and
this property four times in the last four years,
the first sale being made for Miss Cornelia r Nash
on April %. 1863 10 Jesse c. Woodruff for $500
VINO ffterWard altered the building. AR Ham has
purchased the pro perty as an investment
Nos. 3495 and 3407 Broadway, six story apartment
house. 40xlO0 feet. between 13Sth and 18th SITS
TO l24 Madison ave. 7ix95 feet. from John Baker
The property carries mortgage OF S65;ce