The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-27
DASH ESTATE LOTS
AVERAGE S1,45O
225 Sold Up TO 10 O'clock Last
Night for a Total of
S327.2OO.

Some of the followers Of Wall Street
have had the impression OF late that
nearly all people possessing a little CAPT.
tai are playing with war stocks. That
such 4 view 10 incorrect was reasonably
demonstrated yesterday when at least a
tire vesey street sslesroom carrying
bankbooks and certified checks. which
they were ready to exchange for lots IN
the Bowie Dash estate tract on and
near Broadway in the vicinity OF Van
CoitlGndt Park. Tie occasion was the
onering OF the lots at auction by j.
Clarence psvies and Joseph p. Day.
There are 329 lots in the tract and the
suctioneer5 had advertised hat they
would be sold without reserve for what
ever price they would bring.
As a result OF this announcement and
Of the statement that the property could
not be expected TO bring It's true value
real estate field many people went TO tho
sale with the avowed purpose of waiting
for bargains. 1t was this waiting per-
haps which caused the sale to lag al the
start, for bidding was slow at the be-
ginning. though the prices recorded were
considered very good when compa red
with prices obtained at the Van Cort-
'and' estate sale a few years ago when
property adjoining that sold yesterday
WINS offered.
Starting at II o'colck in the morning
the sale was continued until 10 o'clock
last night. at which time 225 lots had
been sold for u total Of $4,000, or an
average Of $3.50. II will be continued
to-day at ~ O'Clock.
Up to the time the sale was closed
for the day the lowest price paid was
$500 for a small gore lot. The highest
bid was $4,000 for the gore at the
intersection Of Broadway and Kings
bridge avenue. 62xsl.lx64.7. Tn
bidder refused to sign the bill Of sale.
however, and the parcel will be offered
again to-day. Interest centred Of course
in the Broadway frontage. There $500
was paid for the northeast corner OF
Broadway and 2S7th street and from
$4,000 TO $500 for adjoining lots to
the north. Herbert Brawll OF Short
Hills. y. J.. paid $4,000 for the plot
Of lots at the northeast corner of Broad
way and earth street, fronting 100 feet
OF the former and l25 feet on the
latter street.
\ man who was said to resemble
jacques Lebaudy, the self-styled EN-
peror OF the Sahara, now a resident Of
this country was a bidder at the night
session Of the sale, lie bought several
lots on kingshridge road and bid for
them in a manner indicating that a few
hundred dollars was nothing to him.
Not until he signed his name was Auc-
tioneer Day, J. Clarence Davies and the
auctioneers' stan sure hat the Emperor
Of the Sahara was not the bidder. lie
proved TO be an Oriental rug dealer,
Short lots from Kingsbridge road to
Broadway sold for $4,000 to $4,000.
Opening prices were considered rather
low. The corner OF Corlears avenue and
23sth street put the sale under way.
Joseph Henschel finally secured II for
81. 200. The same buyer took the lots
adjoining on Corlears avenue for Sl,075
and 81, 900 and that adjoining on 236th
street for @l,l25, making $1,000 for a
plot 75xl25.
A%uctioneer Day completed the sale
Of this block. which contained forty-six
lots and 10 bounded by Corlears and Tib-
bett venues sssth n 2Ssth streets.
for a total OF S55,b75, the corners bring
in9 3S,O50, $1,000, $500 and $1,000.
Inside lots on Corlears avenue ous ut
from 1915 to Sl,l00. the same prices
prevailing on the Tibbett avenue front
age. On the 23sth street front inside
lots brought from $500 10 $1,000.
Among the buyers were Archibald Doug
las, Albert w. Wrght, Wllllam N NC
Plain, samuel Burnstein, Sidney IL,
SOM, Margaret and Frederick @. Burk-
h4rdt. David Zipkes. Il. t.. Gregory
c. N. Doyle. r.. |, Bernstein. Jacob
Finkel and Richard Conn.
Fifteen lots In the block und by
23sth ri rect. Tibbett avenue and Spuyten
Duyvil road brought Sl7,0S5. r, and j.
Binsky took the four lots at the corner
of 236th street and Tibbet avenue, pay
ing sl.525 for the corner lot. Full lots
in this block brought from 1873 to
I.c75.
Lots in the Field~ton section. oppo-
site the property OF the Manhattan COL
leEe, were next put up. Here thirty
nfs lots on Tlbbett and Waldo avenues
and Spuyten Duyvil Parkway sold FOR
s5se5O. Robert r. Borsall was the
largest buyer In this section. lie ac.
1uired seven lots at Tibbett avenue and
?4tth street for Hl.l5O, the torner at
81, 100 and the inside lots at 1880 to
Si,7O0. and Waltsr ". Parsons bought
four lots on Spuyten Duyvil Parkway
having an average depth OF about l7O
feet, for 81, 500, The corner At Spuyten
puyvil Parkway and Waldo avenue sole
fn~ t',e0o. other inside lots In this
vicinity brought from N.l50 to &2,ioO,