The sun., 1916-11-24
WORLD RECORD SET
AT DAVANZATI SALE
Afternoon Session Yields
S223,745, Largest Hero
or Abroad.
TOTAL IS NOW s47o,ssS
Competition. Mainly Among
Local Art Dealers, Duveen
Bros. Leading.

Indictment weather could not stay the
u,umphsi march yesterday Of the Da-
vansati sale in the American Art Asso-
s,a,,on gaiieriea The audience was a.
hrre M ever and az fashionable al ever.
Also moro records were broken
Among the well known persons In at
tendance were Joseph q. Widener, Mrs.
otto II. Kahn. Miss Frick, Mrs. Daniel
q. Reid. J. X. Branch. John T. Pratt.
Mrs. Jonathan Buckley. Joseph Breck.
The net total TO- the afternoon wal
ssas,7l6, which 10 che largest sum ever
realised at An afternoon art sale either
Sere or abroad. The sum to.a! for b
three days sale now II e470.6sS.
Tho prices yesterday were uniformly
asrre and tho competitions for the pieces
ME mainly among the great local art
Seaisrs, most Of whom obtained priseI
puyeen Bros. however. were by far the
heaviest buyers.
One Returns = Italy.
The walnut armchair which belonged
n Andrea del Earto. the great Floren-
Sips artist, which has been an object OF
Spscaal interest 70 the public. sold to
James W. Ellsworth for $4,000. 1t was
harmed afterward that Mr.. Ellsworth In.
tends to send the chair back 10 Italy n
will keep 1t In his F1orentine residence.
She Villa Palmieri.
The chair has . horseshoe shaped
tack, with Q seat Of ~ piece Of walnut,
the four spreading legs terminating In
haff ball feet. II WIS moro than once
introduced by Andrea del Sarto into lhs
o~Ictures, there being = drawing In san.
rune In the Cffixi Gallery In Florence
which SHOWS the artists wife seated In II.
II was announced that four pieces of
furniture that were catalogued but not
shown in the galleries had been with
drawn from the sale because OF the ac-
ton Of n group Of Italian artists who
protested TO the Italian Government
against the expectation OF art objects
Of such artistic Significance. These
we're In consequence held In Italy. Tho
pieces In question were: No. AIS, n six
tenth century walnut hanging hatrack (:
No. 49,, an italian State bench q TO
have been designed by Clan Bologna {;
No. 437. a fifteenth century walnut
throne, and No. AT. a Slenese painted
srmor cabinet said to have been dec
Grated by II Sodoma.
Pays e11,1OO for . Table.
The leading price Of the afternoon was
I'll. 100. paid by a buyer who was rep
resented by Miss r! II. Lorens. agent.
for No. 4i5. a sixteenth century Tuscan
walnut table. This had o heavy obiong
legs. richly carved. Miss Lorenx also
paid $4,000 for No. 413. tho F1orentine
walnu, centre table, which Is said to
have been designed by vasari. the writer.
r. w. French q Co. gave $4,000 for
No. 427, an Umbrian walnut centre
table. the design Of which Ii attributed
to the celebrated painter Plnturicchio
$4,000 for No. 424. . sixteenth century
slenese walnut table: $4,000 for No.
t,s. q tifteenth century Florentine
carved and gflded marriage Golfer
said 10 have been designed by Pollaiuolo,
the decoration Of which portrays BAG.
chus and Ariadne In q trinmphal car
drawn by winged gryphons urged on
BY n youthful Bacchante. n $4,000
for No. 44O, also q Golfer by Pollaiuolo
with the design Of "The Rape Of Pros
srplne."
Arnold se1ignan Large buyer.
Arnold seiigman gave $4,000 for No
t6. q fifteenth century inlaid walnut
Torentine cassone; $4,000 for No. ~;
and $4,000 for No. ti2. both Of which
were walnut cassoni OF fifteenth centur,
workmanship, and $4,000 each for No
&3o and Nc. AL. both being inlaid wal
nut benches made in the sixteenth cen
fury.
Some Of the more important purchases
Of Duveen Bros. were as follows
$500 each for No. 362 and No. SOS. boti
being sixteenth century chairs of tn
kind called Dante" ana both having
seats In old green velvet with deep sill
fringe: $1,000 for Nc. az. = fifteentl
century walnut pedestal table: $4,000
each for No. 422 and No. +23, . pair o
!nlaid walnut chests Of early iifteentl
century workmanship: $4,000 for No
40, a sixteenth century Tuscan walnu
bench s3.100 for No. SIS. q S~avonarol,
chair $500 for No. 856 and 357.
pair Of S~avonarola chairs; $4,000 ant
$4,000 for No. 37S and No 375 respec
lively. being Dante chairs; $4,000 TO
No. 376. q Dante chair +; $4,000 for No
81, a Dante chair IN old red velvet
$4,000 for No. 37s. q "Dants' chair witt