The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-17
! MANUSCRIPTS SELL
HIGH At HOE SALE
Bernard Quaritch Pays S9.2W for
an Illuminated Book
Of Hours.
EVENINGS TOTAL S3O.WW.
owing 10 a Report of Catalogue Errors
Prices Were Lower Than
Expected.

! Although the Hoe sale last night did not
reach the predicted figures. partly ~
account of ~ statement concerning Ger.
tain errors III the catalogue made Ht tn.
beginning OF III. sale the prices still wer.
high enough To hav. caused the monk
and .crihr- of the Middle Ages To probably
fata' .mal"rnent Ancient manuscripts :
aud ml~sals brought so ~ to the rstat,
ot Robert Hoe
Ia" auction room OF The Anderson Gal
l-r'"- was crowded with spectators who
Watched TIA" experts battle with Auc-
ll"n""r kenu"dv. using 81 Ooo bids for
ammunition IN" heaviest siugl. shot
was fired hy Bernard Uuarltrh. bringing
down an Illuminated French Book OF
Hours Tor 81 ?U DR. " N Richardson
of Boston "a~ th" bidder tp
h" smoN- had hardly cleared away
when Mr Quaritrh again sent The bldding
hINh hN purchasing u superb mi-sal oi
III" beginning OF 'he sixteenth century
! Al >u~ EcCl"sIa-. Iurun-n-i- for s. ajU
lh Richardson 'iin- to the front win
Il s. lon hid Tor another French manu-
~rilpi Of he fifteenth century and Julis
Ra"i Go. procured similar uu" inr
so.auu
h" Co~'lleSt udiIus,rIDt Of the eyruIug Q
l. "ilil.E III tothlr Cnardri"i- with th-
cdI"i,dai lluiulua, ed III gold bI,u- and r.d
! second pill" wa~ probably -Nrc,It"d
~ luliraln". II ha- twenty -four uiuia-
liIr>. lwu ui whI'u are tl!ll page drDir'ltg
ING Ia" li"t,araJIun- Tor NE Clu,liNiDl,
lhrir "-r" many rlrh ana l~duiitiIl
'Ndupi"- ui French iiil-"u.u century
illumination aud d", prativ- work Elem
~ ana lht, h inaIlu-rrlnt- Mere also sold
" I l'tdh- wa~ lh. heavI--' hIdd-r "t
ia" evening EVEN 'huugh lac did not s-
ia" h"uh~ ii ln- hish,,l lItr- lie sand
lhdI uIauE ul MS purchases w-i,. t,I
'oi'iaudi iI-.d Bl-hup
t"'utrd O'.drI'"u said he buoh o'
r~','Id prl"" "a- fnr h,S own -,u,k He
ais .l.d 'h"' m nj uiIulou h- price
Tor 'it Nruihg we've VERY reason, tl,.
! Among hose present wci- Beverley
Z th"w IiIuv Niuru-r Il Lewis. Mrs
III Z ,hambrrlalu and Mis-, There's,
Bcn-ru ln- 'ulIi Of ,o-dav na- Va.
Slpi ~ which m,.-, the grand total
pI Iy dlI" 81 Goa SW
MAJOR l. y Turner ha- SAID that SINCE
iu- ',iLIugur of the sale wa- issued
-"u,- puiul- uf inheritance had been ~
'riird IT. lot y+I. 4 uIutI-, iIpl where
u- rru~ u' Ming Matthias ,nryiuu- ut
II ihsdiN Mri- -uuDp>-dt, painted II ~d-
,rLIu"d tina these "rr,. hot the I"sd'
aruI- a. al Lott 147t aud ~, were moi
g." vi Uudiltch for 5. pVu Il fl-ul>l
ntuu- dated iJ1i = pa"'N modern
t.thuuyh "a" a'i"'uuou Wa duh the,
in-r" W"r" -nnc lISlI p'l,-- aut :, nuint.i
Of lu."i"- tuE Nult.iur- N-i- sold .luhu'
ba-I H Go p1i sauna iuI Muu-,'--, =
turuu,.l-- Il wd~ urIuj-i III 1903 II
fa'I- /. Aufolu- N"l,.d The bluing-
"hl'u 80 IA gte.a l"Naui nui uICo. richi
ur, o. a. "u a"r ia" "ul> Onr- -,-cu'- 81 10,
I.uj'lg "a lhl~ -.yh' They Mere -Ihibl. -,
IL ia" lNuo-ltluu uiN.t-elI- OF 49,
l. / Bona -uIur- was the bIdd-, ny
t'-utg- u Smt'h buIghr all the copi-
"i Gutua- Midd'-,uu. niue III uumh-'
To-" s. II" lh- hlSh-sf priced one va
>oi tor Sl.iI th,,'l-> S----r L-IuI
rii- udd". w
I, mud- in-t -dItluu Of Nhiiuu''
Pa'tliI~" l.u-' 90 one OF h- finest CupI-
huuwu 'un. aiming li- lir-, tl.lr pag.' -
Iur T. I>-u". w..- kuuCh-d down l.
+ g. II ~ullh iu' s,5tu Ih- banding
lnr -Aiu" tha VA IA, 0u IN lb'' 1t Wa
printed bN p-..i Pa A-t
Record prr"- w-r" gni to- rup.-e q
\h haiI-l ANA lnuila- Mu:iuu Ia
l..'t"' author Wa rn- iuuud-i OF IA
,"luuN "i \rw 'tulLr IN Md~su i.us,tl
thd' ma since o-t,"i lo -Ni-t lie VA
also the -uhlrv, O' John La hrup Morley
Motions Hope lhr ait-ruuuu tO. .
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