The sun., 1916-11-22
FIRST DAVANZATTC
SALE NETS $169,142
Record Prices Established at
Auction Of Rare Italian
Art Treasures.
NOTABLES IN THE BIDDING
Duveen Bros. Pay S66, 600 for
XV. Century Bronze
Incense Burner.

The American Art Association made o
brave beginning yesterday afternoon In
the sale OF the art treasures Of the Da-
vanzati Palace. which Prof. volpi has
brought to this country. The largest
crowd OF bidders this season turned out
for the sale, some record prices were
established and the huge total Of the
sales. sl69.1t2.j0. will have an encourage
Ing effect upon the art season.
Among the well known persons seen
IN the galleries during the auction were
Clarence Mackay. Mrs. William X. Van
derbilt. Jr.. Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt.
Mrs. +. II. Blashneld. Mrs. Samuel IN
termyer. David Belasco, David Warfeld.
". Il. Thompson. Charles n. Croker and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley.
The highest price Of the sale vas
$4,000. which was paid by Duveen Bros.
for the fifteenth century bronze ince nse
burner by II Riccio. only twenty-three
inches In height. This Is n record price
q auction for such n bronze.
Small Renaissan nee bronzes OF this de-
sription seldom appear i'll the auctions
and the rarity and value OF them are not
well understood by the public.
Recall Lydix Art Auction.
The last considerable previous sale OF
them occurred in the auction of the
Mrs. Philip Lydig art collection, but 1t
was impossible at that time to secure the
prices that the objects would have
fetched In Europe. The present sale will
have the effect OF influencing European
owners to send their bronzes here for dis
posal.
This Incense burner IL lavishly covered
with and surmounted by q fg.
ure OF a bearded faun. who is seated
upon a she'll. resting one hand on a bunch
OF grapes and holding out Pans pipes
With the other. 1t was made when The,
sculptor was working in Padua. in asso-
clation with Donatello. ON the bronze
doors for the Church OF 81. Anthony. lie
was ordered to make II by his patron.
the Duke OF Mantua, and the bronze has
always remained III this family until
quite recently.
Bidders showed Hesita tion.
There was a reserve price placed ON
the bronze Of s55 200. and the bidding
hesitated long before 1t finally mounted
with $1,000 bids to the winning figure.
The under bidder was the Arm OF T.. w.
French q Co.
The second highest price was $4,000
paid by G. T.. Canessi for a Greek
bronze statuette of Sappho. which dates
from the fourth century II. &. The fig-
ure. which was exhumed at Melos. has
been much written about by experts Of
antique sculpture.
A fifteenth century Florentine stucco
oas-rellef by Antonio Rossellino sold to
Otto Bernet, agent. for $500. and for
No. lis. n sixteenth century Florentine
glazed terra Gotta alto-relief, by Clio
yanni della Robbia, MIR. Bernet paid
9T.1OO. Mr.. Bernet. as agent, also got
No. 81. a bronze statuette by P~ollainolO.
for >i.3O0. and No. ZIG. n glazed terra
Gotta by Rosellino and Luca della Rob-
bia. for $500
W. W. Seaman, agent. gave $4,000 for
No. ia. n glazed terra Gotta tabernacle
by Giovanni della Robbia. and $500 for
No. 1l3. a bas-relief by Giovanni Boz
logna. David Wartield bought No. So, a
fifteenth century enamelied cross. and
Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt paid $215 for
No. 81, n sixteenth century bronze
plaque. Miss II. II. Lorenz. agent. gave
1880 for No. 63. two bronze candle
sticks by II ~Sansovino, and $1,000 for
No. 76, a fifteenth century bronze bull.
+. w. French & Co.. paid $1,000 for
No. 81, four seventeenth century carved
ain panels: Kleinberger Galleries
paid $l.475 for No. 10. a French gothic
ivory figure. and j. ID. Mcllhenny gave
$4,000 for No. ISL. a fifteenth century
Madonna and child.
The auction will be resumed this after
noon.