New-York tribune., 1910-04-12
YERKES SALE GOES ON
tapestries and Smaller Works
OF Art Under the Hammer.
NO BIDDERS FoR THE HOUSE
Upse. Price of S1,400.000
FrIghtens Purchasers, and This
Provision VIII Probably Go.


Provision VIII Probably Go.
The scene - TIE sales 90 the collections
of Charles r Nerkes WAS shifted yes
teroay afternoon from Ncndeissohn Hall
e. the new art gallery in the house. AZ
the southeast corner - Firth avenue and
6Sth street
A sale of objects therein contained
realized S3l .93l ~ yesterday. making
total of S2.o6G.3sl - to date. The sale
was again conducted by Thomas =.
Kirby
The highest price paid WAS 81. $50. Tor
two Renaissance bronze centaur groups.
Hercules and Theseus. The buyer
was James Graham.
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt paid S24e
for framed italian Renaissance wax por-
traits. 500 Tor an antique German ware
portrait. "Sigfried Pfintz. 1865: $40 for
a seventeenth century italian wax
panel. SEQ for red wax miniature and
$50 each Cor an Italian wax medallion.
Bust % a Senator" and a colored wax
portrait Of 'Clavia Medicis'
Stewart Duncan was tho purchaser Of
three old Flemish tapestries. represent
ing park scenes. at s.. loo. TWO gilt
louis Ky Marquise chairs seat and
back covered with hand made Aubusson
tapestry. were knocked down 10 Bar
rows" II 81 450.
otto Bernet. as agent. paid $1,000 FOR
tvo long eilt settees. Louis XIV style.
covered IN fne old Genoese red silk vel
vet, with galloon trimming and rich
Spanish embroidered sides Of the same
period.
Mr.. Bernct also paid $500 for a bronze
and ivory figure. depicting Joan Of Arc
as a prisoner: 1926 for grand Louis
XIV harpsichord and $3.50 for a French
ormolu and sardonyx mantel clock set.
After spirited bidding. an ivory and
silver equestrian group. German. Of The
eighteenth century. was knocked down
70 J. : Enrich at $500 MIR Enrich
also paid $50 for a noteworthy ivory
memorial plaque. - inches by 81 inches.
r. B. Roelke was the purchaser for
St25 of carved ivory ever and plaque
with silver mounting. German Of the
early seventeenth century. At the same
figure Charles & Co. bought painted
and loaded glass panel Of the sixteenth
century.
Miss Lorenz. as agent. paid $50 for
seven carved oak arm chairs of Louis
XIV design. upholstered in red silk
damask with red velour applique; 500
for a small Louis Ky silt sofa and S}25
for Louis Quatorze gilt settee. the seat
upholstered in red silk. with red APP
plique embroidery.
Horace Harding Was the purchaser for
S:}6o of two large silt arm chairs. Louis
XIV style. upholstered in red velour and
trimmed with gold galloons. c. b. Alex
ander pai5 500 for q gilt frame mirror,
Empire style.
The sale viii be continued at the
Yerkes mansion this afternoon and
evening and tomorrow afternoon and
evening.
There were no outward signs given
yesterday by big real estate investors
that they wanted the Nerkes house and
a~t galleries. An upset price Of Sl.4oo-
ou3 Was one Of the terms Of the sale. In
ether words. not cent less than that
sum would bc considered as a satisfac-
tory or binding Offer Furthermore.
r~osroctive purchasers were required 10
deposit d check Tor $4,000 OF a
pledge" with Charles c. Birmingham.
receiver. in the proceedings brought by
the Underground Electric Railways
Company Of London. Limited. against
Louis \ Owsley. as executor OF the
Yerkos estate. The check. or pledge.
was To he given a. a guarantee both of
financial standing and good faith.
Checks for Sl4a.Ooo were apparently a
scarcity in the real estate market yes
.-rday OF course. the checks had to he
certified FIuaucii pledges FOR that
amount too were seemingly just as
hard 10 get
There was only one bidder at the sale.
which was held on tho premises at noon
by Joseph p. Day. He was Samuel II.
Stone. a real estate operator who offered
Sa0owFg i0r tle ar- galleries. Then Mr..
Dav sought q buyer Tor the house, and
next for The house and art galleries as
one property AS no one wanted the
property as a whole the sale was post
poned until April 20.
About one hundred persons attended
tho sale Among those present were
Thomas r. Ryan and Robert L. Dowl-
ing. Mr. Bowling later in the day
bought the Yerkes stable 80. 1;'9 East
Ggtl street. for S296po. The house and
galleries VIII probably nov be sold to
the highest bidder