New-York tribune., 1910-04-09
YERKES SALE TOTAL
OVER TWO MILLIONS
Carpet Sold for S35, 900 Sets
Highest Mark on the
Closing Day.
BIDDING BRISK IN. EVENING
Rugs and Tapestries in After
noon Bring s33S,OOO, While
Last of Paintings Go
at Night.

Tho last day and night OF the Yerkes
art sale. at Mendelssohn Hall yesterday,
was remarkable on account of tine high
l,rioes brought by the rugs offered in the
cfternoon. The total Of the rug sales
was S33S.OO0. while the grand total was
Just beyond the S2.0000O0 mark.
The highest prices paid in the after
noon sale were &}5..s}0 for a silk carpet
rug. S33 600 for Persian state carpet.
S21.0O0 for the great Mosque carpet of
Ardebil and S17, 200 for Gobelins tap
estry.
At the evening sale of pictures there
WAS large attendance and some
spirited bidding. The foreign dealers
were in evidence and took several Of the
finest specimens Of ecclesiastical paint
ing, which, while excellent examples of
art. find a reader market i'm Europe
than among American collectors.
Duveen Brothers and Scott & Fowles
We're much in evidence throughout the
evening and were among the purchas-
ers Of the highest priced offerings
Dancing i'm the Barn" by Adriaen
Van Ostade brought the highest price
Of the evening. and was knocked down
at S2400U. after some exciting work
early i'm the evening As the sale ad-
Vance5. other fine examples Of the
painters art were purchased at prices
shat We're considered only fair by the
Connoisseurs present. \ landscape with
cattle and figures, by Paulus Potter,
brought N13.iUu. Another landscape
and cattle. by Potter. brought S1o.60O,
81 lille Adriaen Van Ostade's THE Skit-
tie Players" was knocked down at
$40, zoe
The most spirited bidding Of the even
ing. however. marked the sale OF Fran
cesco Guards Grand Canal at Venice"
Two OF the same painters works entitled
Venice" went for S1.2JO each, and his
Wedding OF the Doge" was sold for
SI725. The last Offering OF Guards
painting. however started at $1,000 1t
went up by bids Of 500 TO $500 then
it began To advance 10y 500 and $500
jumps and went to $Seeo and after a
couple OF S1UD advances rea..hed $10.-
0oo Then came $1lWo and $1,000 in
quick succession and a few S1OO bids TO
Sl2.GUN when it jumped TO S130OO and
quickly to S14.V0, then to S14,6UO and
Sl5.UJ0. After q PAUSE at that price it
went to SlG,UOo. then gradually to SIG
700. followed by S1T.V1 Sl7.3UO and AZ
q jump 10 $2o.0go which was the final
bid
Contest for the "Anrunoiation."
The Annunciation." by Andreas de
Sllario. was another picture for which
there was hot contest. the bidding
starting at Sl.etO and going 10y jumps
OF $1,000 to 5000 when there was
pause, then a run to $500. then $1,000
$1nc0 and then by smaller bids t.
Sl1.3O0
Jan Van der Heyden's Market Day in
Rotterdam" went for 5l.550 after some
spirited bidding. Just as the award was
made came an oher Of Sl4o0. but it was
too late.
The Temptation Of st Anthony" by
David Teniers the younger "a celebrated
example of that artists work. brought
only $2.5oo. though it started at $4,000
There were only three $500 advances
however. and Aucticneer Kirby vainly
called for another bid.
The Alteration" by Taddco BartoH
WAS sold for $4,000. while the church
painting, Visit of the Shepherds" Oh a
panel TWO inches thick brought only
$500 and the Alteration of the Magi."
by Dirck Bouts. went up 10 $4,000. An
other Alteration OF The Magi." by the
School of Van Eyck, brought only $3.50.
a silk carpet from Ardebil Mosque.
seven feet TWO and one-haf inches i'm
length and six feet five inches i'm width.
brought S:}5.%0O. the highest price at
the sale Of rare Oriental rugs and fine
old tapestries.
The sale. which was conducted by
Thomas +. Kirby, realized S2Sl $50 for
rugs and $J6.JOo for tapestries. making
a total of S:i3@.gJ for ihc afternoon.
The buyer II the silk carpet was the
frm Of Duvcen Brothers. which also raid
$4,000 for Persian carict OF the six
to,ntls century and 500 for another
Persian carpet of the same period
The motive and suggestion Of the silk
carpet II llre. and 20 that end the design
II tuc field concerns itself only with
the trev d,yico-emblem of renewal i'm
ts principal known decorative forms.