The Collector's Annual. Compiled by George E. East. (Elliot Stock.
Is. Gd. net.)—This volume may be described as a companion to the same publisher's Book Prices Current. It gives the prices realised at auctions during the year 1904 for pictures in oil and water-colour, engravings, china, furniture, old silver, decorations, acc. Twenty-one Constables were sold, East Bergholt Mill, from the Orrock collection, fetching £1,060. Of thirty-four T. S. Coopers, the highest priced was " Cattle in a Meadow " (30 in. by 45 in.), £178 10s. Among thirty-seven pictures by David Cox wo find "The Blackberry Gatherers " (25} in. by 30 in.), fetching £630. The best-priced Crome was " On the Yare " (26} in. by 40 in.), £1,995. Twenty-six Gainsboroughs brought in £33,454, the great prize being £12,600 for " The Countess of Waldegrave " from the Duke of Cambridge's collection. The top-price for a Turner was £7,350 for " Walton Bridges." But the most astonishing event of the year was the sale of the C. H. J. Hawkins collection, when 2,430 lots realised £174,498.
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