The New York herald., 1922-02-19
$I42,729 Is Paid
for TOlentinO Art;
Tapestry 5000
Prince and Princess BibescO
Among Those Present at
Final Session of Sale.

The final session yesterday at the
American Art Galleries in the sale of
furniture and works of art recently
collected abroad by Chevalier Raoul
Tolentino proved to be one of the high
water marks of the auction season in
point of interest and enthusiasm. 1t
was the best attended sale held this
season at the American Art Galleries,
the hall being so crowded that many
were obliged TO stand. The enthusiasm
manifested at various points during the
session~was equalled only at the 1Sele-
khan sale>some weeks ago. The bidding
was spirited. especially on the tapes
tries, needlework and beautiful old
cabinets and refractory tables. The
high bid was $500 the sum paid by
p W. French & Co. for beautiful
Flemish Gothic tapestry, very i'm
portant early sixteenth century piece
depicting THE Descent from the Cross.
The bids of the afternoon reached a
total of $780, 600. and the total for the
entire sale was $142,729.
Among those present were Prince and
Princess Bibesco, Baron Pepper, who
has the added distinction of being Nine.
.Teritza's husband Mrs. Otto III. Kahn,
Mrs. Jean st. Cyr. Mr.. and Mrs. Gra-
ham r. Blandy, Miss Alice A. de La
mar W. r. Hearst, Mrs. George Arents
Miss Marion Brandon, Mrs. Harry
Marloe. Mrs. Jonathan Bulkley. DR..
and Mrs. j. Bently Squiers and David
A. Reed of Pittsburgh.
The second highest price OF the day
was $5,700, the amount given by Sea-
man, agent, for q Florentine walnut
table of the early sixteenth century
The same bidder paid $3,500 for a set
consisting of a Venetian painted and
gilt settee and six armchairs of the
eighteenth century. A pair of glazed
terra Gotta portrait medallions by An
drea Della Robbia went to p. Sestein for
$4,000 and o sixteenth century Arras
tapestry representing the Building oi
the Tower of Babel sold to Barton
Price & Wilson for $4,000.
Other items. the purchaser and price
follow:
Set OF six Florentine walnut arm
chairs, II. F. Dawson. ........... $685.
Marble bust of Jeanne de Laval, by
Francisco Laurana. NJ p. Dominicis 2,60t
Pair of Florentine walnut Dantesca
chairs, fifteenth century. Keller
Funaro .................... 2,4o,
Pair OF Venetian walnut arm chairs,
Wilson ...................... .2o'
Pair Of FIorentine walnut agabello
n. Hearst .....-,............... 1.25,
Set of Florentine walnut settee and
man, agent. ..............,...... 1.o5'
French burr walnut settee. eighteenth
century, Alfred Sides .............. 1861
ce century. Mt F. Baumeister. ............ 1,1a
Florentine walnut and marble table.
sixteenth century. p. w. French 4
...................... 100
Florentine walnut and certosino work
credenza. fifteenth century, M. p.
i)OmlnlclS l,uo
Tuscan walnut, Bambocci cabinet.
sixteenth century, J. Chem. 100
Tlorentine walnut cabinet, sixteenth
century w. r. Hearst. ........... 1,20
Tuscan walnut table. sixteenth CEN
tury, j. Chem .-.....--..... l,oI
Tuscan Bambocci walnut cabinet.
early sixteenth century. NJ. p. DOM
tntci5 ....s... .s.+- ..s.... lou
Needieworl table cover sixteenth CEN
tury, v. BengUlat. ............. 70
jBurgundian tapestry. fifteenth CEN
tury, A. J. Halow. w..........-. .... l,lV