New-York tribune., 1907-08-02
POETS GOODS NO MORE.
CUTTERS PRIZES SOLD.
Spirited Bidding for His Paintings
and EngrdUings.

TIE poe-s goods are scattered. and curio dealers
xra-a with lovers OF the antique and musty in
-.,ssessing his Lares and Penates. The poet was
pjoodgood H Cutter, Poet Lariat' Mark
Twain" called him in The InnOcents Abroad
and as he termed himself, the Long Island farmer
poet
Yesterday marked the end Of the sale OF the old
mans private property. He died September 26
0: last year, and since then Richard Smith, his
lifelong friend and sole executor Of his estate, has
.aer getting things ready for auction that
began Wednesday. when SI.s7S worth OF goods
were sold. The furniture much OF Il OF mahogany,
-oEerher with the collection of two hundred paint
iugs and engrayings. went under the hammer yes
.er5av. 4 rough estimate made by D I. Van Nos
,rand the aUctioneer. placed the sales of yester-
osy a. S35e0.
10 the residents Of Nassau and Queens counties
tbs sale great free show Everybody knew
Cutter the poet. and everybody seemed 10 have
turned out 10 get close view OF ms oertst < los
sessions On "Wednesday great gaIherins OF an an
ers up the implt rneuts and carriages toEIIeI
with house linen and other low priced articles Yes
rrrGay ali was different
TIE second DAYS sale was more like lawn party
of the summer sojou-ners on Long Island Almost
" ,ro5red motor cars were parked in the grove Of
s. a1S OAKS and naples near the old rambling
house with its glass covered sun parior The
go willing pay good prices for the furniture,
,1sln-incs and valuable books The natives who at
-..-5as simply came TO look
an -be smaller articles had been disposed OF on
-,::s,aa5av so the crowd was led yesterday 10 the
80 ,sC RED fringed tents under the maple trees
-bs- fo-rn shady grove between the old Cutter
,-a--as5 ard the open fields that sbut the
@s--Is5d OF " h Tanderb4lts Deepdale. whose
g+atIes loom Ep IN the oftirg As the crowd gath
- ~ 1850 the auctioneers, Van Nostrand and
: Il Var Allen. took up the paintings and en-
graTtnss -,. -.
,,z-salv poor Among the collectors interest
81 was The Rev Dr. Frank Vi. Clendeln, rector Of
- FeIer's Episcopal Church. IL West Chester
Ir CIendeLin is . son-in-law OF Horace Greeley,
ana has made q collection Of prints There was
one that Dr.. Clendenin had wished TO procure but
had missed. II was in the Cutter collection II is
a. engraving representing Diogenes, with lantern
,-1llfted Peertng at portrait Of MI Greeley The
engraving IS copyrighted in 1855 and beneath Il
runs the cou7let:
Al honest man IS found. the search Is Ger !,
.be aucrioaeer He bought besides. a number Of
pai--i-Cs. OF which the poets favorite-
T--is : The Destruction Ct sodoIn.r and in il
Lot wiki his daughters IS depicted running from
tie blazing city. while Just behind the main group
Is Lots wife turned pillar OF salt IS she takes
8 farewell look THIS painting was the solace Of
ole Cutters declining years. end every day up 10
TIE end he had his big nephew, Bill Purchase
CARY him chair where he could study the
painting. Cutter said IL was worth s0uuJ. but IL
was Knocked down yesterday 20 DR. Clendenin
sor 20, along with a lot Of other paintings ana
a FIRE screen represertinS St Peter talking with
81 angel that the garb OF CarthusiaIl monk
While the paintings were on sale NUMBER OF
New York artists passed comments on them J.
De Brunexold and Richard E Outcault were IN the
party. and they laughed loudly when@O NJ COZ
o. Nanha.set, passed judgment on q IarLeFeSqus
landscape, which he bought for . cents MI IoIL
e Al artist himself for he is sign painter IheTe
was hush Of expectancy until he hsd ruoDeQ I4ls
hands over the yellow sky and deep blue sea on
The canvas. It's real paint anyway Quola MI
Czoe and its worth z quarter
When the engrevings were offered mere vas
much spirited bidding between Mrs %. ID. gacn-
So o< Flushing and Mrs. DelcembTe. daughter
ot the late General d Cesnola. OF the MetTopo'ali
Museum Mrs jackson acquired for IS three oId
cO,ored prints. and Mrs DeleaoTe iIe-s,
aed Characters as John Quincy ADAMS anu Niiiie'
de- StaeL
another painting was christened The Lady ana
,ta Stocking by the auctsoneeT. While the croWd
blushea il was sold for g 70 George Cooke OF
1.-,s5,s Another picture with a history went 70
W Brennan of Flushing. for % cents II was
-be Oh poster fo- students fste n Paris and was
purchased by Mr. Cutter while on one OF his many
trips abroad. The less said about the fsures me
grand Blowout. All freaks welcome tonight
Hhen these paintings had been disposed OF lhe
s1,c-io7eers Shouted that a recess would be taken
for lurcheca. Everybody had forgotten ABOUT the
rain-ires by the time the sale was resumed an
ho,.r later The furniture now was offered Inc
+srI-e+ rice uas paid by Mrs. Caroline Willis Of
Flushi-z for q seventeenth century couca OF
carved mahogany She PAID q. 1or Il aICe. oI--
ds-g against Henry Marsh, dealer IN antiques
VIII v-r- Is high as So and then quit The couch,
ACCORDING % the local legend. was once used by
General = ashingtoE-
crered uss rIe Marie Antoinette' bed that Cut
ter ia- Erized- Tie bed as Z matter OF 1acl. vas
q Empire period. and IN It's Tococo rloI OF goo
snC Ff-e and near Fragonardf panels resemoled
the F.sd wagon of a one-ring circus. Il was sold
% Qre-ualGer. 4 dealer. for s3I- surprise came
4 ~ c--vvd when the auCJioneer offered four
carved mahogany posts and the headpiece ot q
bed The bidding was started by some dealers
bu; tie handful Of lumber went 10 Mrs John Nard
Grant. = Flushing for $40
Man 4 The poets clocks had been sold on
Wedr4S5az bl.t there still number OF InahoS-
sa- I'm shaped timepieces left over for yesteT-
6av Torn Q Baker. of Great Neck. PAID 800 10Y
~g-anetathers clock. and twenty minutes later
gave I'D rs for a mahogany table. The gold inIaid
table -la- was about the most snowy article in the
collection was sole for only go 20 J. T Kelly OF
Great Neck
And 50 tie sale went o. all sorts OF articles De
Ing put I'D and bic by the crowd that sWeItered
Z the xtrffv dusty tents II was aLong toward
Eunee- when the auc<ioneerc. having sod the car
pets N the floors the old house. said that every
rhinz r-4s gone. that time farm wagons aio
Automobiles were being loaded with furniture ana
rolls r linen L Ike the trek OF q great
tribe Seemingly everybody had forgotten the od
poet but rs the last motor car Chugsed on us
Esy Richard Smith. the executor OF the estate
lOoied OUT over tie vista toward Little Neck f-ay
Sna Quoted The following from Cutter s Works:
atso the barren lands.
With scrub and shifting SANDS
he nice crops here IL ali taelr slo'g,
different story