The sun., 1910-05-05
RECORD Art AUCTION PRICES
ANCIENT LETTERS % kINGS
iND QUEENS BRING S2s,OOO
sad Memorials nf Mary stnaFt-Only
ssOs faF Autograph Fau- -tnOrmous
sums Taidfn Enamels. POreslains AMI
statnettrs at Caops Collection sale


ssOs for Autograph Enormous
sums PaiddOr Enamels. Poreclains ami
statnrtirs 81 Csops Collection sale
s-ssiai care Dsspaies 10 TnE SuN,
LONDON May t-Record prices wera
realized this afternoon az SOtheby'-
A. the sale o. autograph letters and his
torical document - which we're the prog
erty II gentleman lately deceased The
total mount retlized at the sale was
81 100
There we're many holograDh letters
~ English and other sovereigns IN ths
collection seven letters ~ Catherine
a. Nrdiri to her laughter Eh1lhsth. the
wife vt phihu n vt Spain illustrated wtt7
PORTRAIT 'rolght Sc5 : tet,er -
Primo" Charles Edward 20 Ramsay. head
Of "a" Clan Mcleod, lated Aug ye sth.
IT'S vent tor Hs7u 'etter of kInG
Edward VI creating mint and assay
Office az Canterbury. which Is In a state
ot fne preservation brought 81 $50 A
most beautiful .e;t"- in French. entirely
holograuh ard signed oy the Queen.
from EiAI,tl pf England 20 the Duke
II M1u'r"n-,'r. fetched $500
,ettrr from Francis I % Henry VIII
regarding tho formers expenses az the
Field II the cloth Of Gold. dated Sep
tember :. 1870. sold for $3.50 4 letter
from Queen Mary / 10 her aunt Marie
Queen Dowager of Hungary. dated 1854.
,6ld for SI.U.5 long pathetic hologTaph
letter from Mary. Queen oi Scots. secretly
sent from her prison at Chatsworth on
June O.? 1871. % her brother-in-l
Charles ~ ut France. brought s3S75
The order of Qucra Ehztbe'hs council
Tor tho payment of the blood money Of
sJlp 10 SIR John ruunam, the Crown
PrOsoCutFr. for conducting the trial OF
Mary. Queen uf Scpt- at Fotherinray
castle. dated October. 1915. brought 81. .200.
The famous fan of twenty leaves. zach
enriched on both sides either hv an
Original drawing. autograph music or
autograph 1u0tat lns by many eminent
artists composers musicians and authors
Of the dsy IN which the owner lived. went
for SO5
Enormous rriCes were rea'i2ed az the
second davs sale at Christies u the
collect on 81 Old Italian maiolioa Limoges
snamels. purUelgins and objects ~ art
of the lstc OCtaviur T. CODpe Charles
Wertheimer. the London art dealer. paid
$40 1916 - for q pair u Old Chinese vases.
n nChes high. o' the kanE-hs period
VI Sel.gmsn pa Il 81 C55 loran oid Chinese
ccladon vTs~ lG' inches nigh. Ihis was
sold at tho disuorsal VI the Bernal col
lection m 1853 for s3lJ.
4 pair - Chelsea vases fetched 50 6iS
a pPir of Old Dresden figures Of pug dogs
Sl.3s5. 81 end q Seyres U,,baret sass 25 A
pair of S"vres ice psil-. which were Part
Of the service made Tor Empress Catherine
of Russia by Bouiaugcr the gliding by
f.e Quay. of date ~ l77S. brought 81 LtT5
Sevres plate matching those palla vent
. for 81 tA5 IS and cup and NJ uCer. also
, part of the 81 me- service. brought 800
Werthelmer paid 81 .5bl 81 Tor q nCir q
seauN. similar 10 the service at Windsor
Castle finely painted with subjects Of
Jupiter and Europa Bacchus and Arladne.
Venus and Adouis and Venus and .Eneas,
dated l70l-2
4 bisque bust Of Nine Duharry. rs
inches high. dated lTT2. brought S5.5i2.SO
} A bronze bust of Moliere. life size, brought
| tl2 3s355