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4,400 Guineas For A Rembrandt

ONE

of the outstanding events at the sale of Rufford Abbey ple- tures at Chrisile's recently was the

for keen compelllian

aluminous landscape by Salomon van Rulediel uncie of the better-known painter, Jacob.

Although the Dutch brothers Katz, of Dieren, fought hard and many others joined in. Mr. A. Bradby, of Gooden and Fox, staved them all of is n zale at 4.000 guineus. This maximum for "L Salomon van Ruisdael picture.

In 1923 n womun from New Zen- land sent one to Christie's, and it realised 3,000 gus. Next, an Army offlcer tried his luck, and his picture brought 3,300 gulness,

striking Another

feature WHE the determination of private bld- through ders acting personally or their agents. Intced, a record of an- other sort was established by the formation of a private syndicate of competitors, who presented a bokt front.

The lender of this spirited cohort asks me not to reveal his name. Under the sale alius of Thompson he won at 1.350 gulness the impressive! Gainsborough scene at a ford and. "bausted many other lots.

Before this, Sir Alce Marila, re- English presenting well-known

A rivate collector, bought at 2,700 guineas the pair of atmospheric views of Rome, by Canaletta. pro- bably aequired for Rufford by Henry

sador at Rome.

December 24, 1938..

MERRY

CHRISTMA

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Dr. and Mrs. O, M. Potter's little sons enter into the festire Spiri.- Ming Yuen.

SON SAYS

FATHER'S

'I FIXED SUICIDE"

New York.

Savile when he was British Ambas WHILE bespectacled, matronly Mrs. Marie Burckhalter faced a New York court recently on the bizarre charge of alding OPENING BID SURPRISE and abetting her husband, Eugene, to commit suicide, her 20- Although the private syndicate years-old son Donald claimed that he also had taken part in the struggled manfully to win the ex-

quisite little woody landscape by suicide preparations.

Hobberma, this gem fell at 3.500 Mrs. Burckhalter said that she fixed a hose to a car exhaust

Ruinens to the Katz brothers; but a

private collector, Mr. R. L. Joseph, pipe so that her husband could inhale carbon monoxide comfort- emerged victoriously at 1,600 guineas ably, gave him a cocktail of eggnog, tucked him up with news- for the country house park scene by papers, took a snapshot of him, and then went shopping while he

As expected, the Rufford Abbey slowly killed himself. evoked much speculative bidding.

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pictures attributed to Hembrandt But Donald said later that 1 against Mrs. Burckhalter. After ex- When the first of the series por- this was not 60, and inslated mining the eggnog glass, they de

an being gravely suspicious. tralt of a girl at window-was that he fixed the hose and made scribe the whole story of her actions placed upon the easel the first the suicide preparations for his response to the auctioneer's appeal father, who was "no good," was only 20 guineas. Then ding-

a

dong arithmetic ensued, culminating He declared that he was glad his Ballot Errors Overlooked

in final call by the brothers Katz of father was dead and did not want 4,400 guinens. At 1,500 guineas they his mother mixed up in the matter. also took a portrait of Rembrandt's father.

The chief Lely portrait was one of Prince Rupert in Garter Robes at 270 guineas, and a small Velazquez head of an old man brought 420 guineas (Turner). It was a day of both great and trifling bidding. The total £31 183, added to the result of the sale

on the spot in October and the day's dispersal of furniture, makes an aggregate of £00,000.

"He was Insufferable, and a most egotistical man," Donald said. "He drunk and his used to get crazy business went to pleces.

"I wanted to kill him, but he killed himself. I just helped to fix things for him. It wasn't mother's fault. He made life hell."

Meanwhile the police hint that there may be a more serious charge

Boise City, Ida. Candidates with short, ensy names on the which have to be written ballots will no longer have an advan- tage over those who have long, com- plicated names that are likely to gel misspelled by the voter. Attorney General J, W. Taylor has ruled that misspelling of a candidate's name or the transposition of his initials do not invalidate the ballot so long na the voter's intentions, if not his spelling, is clear.

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