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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1912
Page
4
A Persian pottery treasure from the Taylor collection draws attention with two of eight Medici pieces present and a $60,000 offer for a vase. The dispatch notes unrivaled Persian craftsmanship and a notable influx of historic artifacts.
Jacques Doucet sale in Paris breaks records with 1,828,900 realized in a single day at Georges Petit. Miss Anne Morgan bid for Houdon bust of Sabine Houdon, Duveens win it for 90,000. De la Rue vases sell for 106,820 with other works by Clodion and Fragonard fetching from 10,000 to 72,000.
The James Edward Taylor collection from The Manchester Guardian owner goes to Christies for a two week sale starting July 1 in London. It features rare Mantegna grisailles and works by Memlinc Cima da Conegliano and Bronzino, plus renowned Turner watercolors and a vast range of medieval enamels porcelain and silver. Estimates suggest totals may exceed 1.25 million dollars.
London June 6 Sothebys second session of the Huth library sale saw Don Quixote de la Mancha set records with 1606 and 1615 Madrid printings selling for 7300 dollars. Other notable items included Caxtons first Canterbury Tales at 4525 dollars and Christine de Pisan 1489 at 2200, with further rarities and notes on bindings and provenance.
Frederic Courtland Penfield of New York, famed as a buyer of European masterpieces, has added to his collection by purchasing Nattier's portrait of the Marquise de Changey from a Paris dealer for about 30000 dollars. He already owns three top Nattier portraits, including two of Louis XV’s daughters, and expects U S collections to lead world art in fifty years.
Judge W H Moore arrives in London with thirty five horses to compete at the Olympia Horse Show and will also exhibit at the Richmond Show. He avoids talk of prospects saying he is here for business while noting improving American finances and farm prospects in Ohio Indiana and Illinois.
London dispatch reports Infante Don Jaime's operation was serious but the abscess in the middle ear threatening the brain has been removed. The infant suffered congenital hearing and speech issues but recovery may allow resumed treatment at Fribourg.
Clark A. Miller and Alfred H. Motley, detained in London on larceny extradition requests by the United States Lithograph Co, were discharged for missing indictment copies and sailed to New York aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm from Cherbourg. New York police sought their detention on arrival.
ST. PETERSBURG June 6 The Duma today adopted a bill permitting women to practice law in Russia. The act marks a significant shift in professional rights for women in the legal field.
German aviator Gottlieb Rost was mortally injured during an aeroplane flight in Hamburg. The report notes Rost's death and mentions in Paris the Aerial Navigation group of the Chamber of Deputies adopted a sympathy resolution for Wilbur Wright as Orville Wright’s efforts receive support from M. Painleve, the group president.
Rear Admiral Eugene H C Leutze yesterday relinquished command of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and retired from active service. He is succeeded by Captain Albert Gleaves as the yard’s new commandant and the transfer ceremony was attended by yard department heads. Leutze will reside in Washington to live.
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