Evening star., 1925-01-09
BRANDEGEE BOOKS
GO ON SALE TODAY
Rare Editions Attract COL
Iectors-Paintings Net
High Prices.

Rare old volumns, including early
editions OF State histories and similar
works. as well as some foreign pro-
ductions, will be disposed of this
afternoon during the last days sale
OF the effects of the late Senator
Frank B. Brandegee's estate at Sloan's
Galleries.
A few paintings and the library are
all that remain Of Senator Brande-
gees personal estate. During the last
three days some $50, 900 has been paid
for various pieces and today's sale is
texpected to mean liquidation of $4,000
more
Among the paintings remaining are
some works by Max Weyl well known
locally. The library, which is also to
be- sold this afternoon, is stated by
connoisseurs to be remarkably com
prehensive and interesting to collec-
tors.
Sale Yesterday $4,000.
Yesterdays sale was the largest fnan-
cially of the three days, $4,000 being
the total, and from the standpoint of
those interested in canvasses it was the
most important. for it marked the pass
ing Of a Peale and Sully.
The Peale. which was purchased by
Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, president
general of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, is an oval portrait of
Washington, a rare piece of art, and
said to be the most valuable of it's kind
in this city. 1t brought $3.50, which
Mrs. Cook advanced under a plan
whereby the d. A. r. later will re-
imburse her.
This painting, in all probability, will
find it's destination among the other
famed art creations in Memorial
Continental Hall. On a dark back
ground, IL portrays Gen. Washington,
attired in Continental uniform in
well defined contrast with Rembrandt
Peale's signature nestled away in one
corner
The Sully is the portrait of Mrs.
Joseph Hopkinson. which was pur-
! chased by Woodbury. Blair for 81, $50
after spirited bidding
Bidding Is Spirited.
Keen competition has marked the
sale throughout and wide interest
has been displayed on the part of
the biduers. The rooms have become
daily visiting places for local art col
lectors, and the sale itself has been
pronounced one of the most interest
ing conducted in Washington for
some time. AS a gauge OF the inter-
est displayed, il is pointed out that
the purchase of the personally will
exceed figure twice that of the ap-
pTaisdl Dy the PROBATE Court.
Etchings, engravings and other OBJ
jects were disposed of in yesterdays
sale, including the Sully Portrait of
Woman" and The Capture of Maj.
Andre" attributed to John Trumbull.
Both these were purchased by Mrs.
Breckenridge Long. who bid 1915 and
$3.50 for them, respectively. She also
took landscape by Homer u. Martin
entitled Point Pleasant. Lake On
tario." and another minor work
Among other objects purchased yes
terday were collection of etchings
by Sears Gallagher, which went to
Mrs. I. T. Mann, Mrs. John w. Weeks
and Eliot Wadsworth. An engraving
entitled Gen. Washington on the Bat
tie Field at Trenton" was added to
Mr.. Wadsworths purchase by his
wife.
A Smibert painting went to New
York art dealers for $500, one by
Theus to the same for $40 and a
Rembrandt etching also to the New
York bidders for $3.50.
Mrs. B. F. Saul purchased a por-
trait of Hamilton by an unidentified
artist for $3.50 and portrait of will
liam Cullen Bryant, by Mosler, for
$50.
Among other purchasers were
James Parmelee, Mrs. Robert Hen
derson and Mrs. wallace White, the
first named taking a portrait of John
Paul Jones for $500, Mrs. Henderson
Getting a Bellows oil sketch for 1910
and Mrs. White taking a Weyl land
scape for $50.