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PRICES BROUGHT AT AUCTIONS BY SOME OF THE PORTRAITS BY J. H. FRAGONARD

Judge Elbert H. Gary Collection Sale, 1928
#26. "His Assumed Self-Portrait", 18" x14-3/4" - $52,000*


Burat collection Sale, 1937
"Portrait of a Woman in Fancy Costume and Holding a Dog", 31-7/8" x 25-5/8" (now in Metropolitan Museum)

Price:                         1,450,000 francs
Plus 14-1/2% auction taxes:      210,250 francs
Total:                         1,660,250 francs

(At the rate of exchange 447-1/2 francs to the dollar - $74,294.19
Prices in June 1937 in Europe were already greatly depressed by the approaching war.


Gabriel Cognacq Collection, Sale, May, 1952


#14. "La Jeune Fille aux Chiens", oval canvas, 23-1/3" x 19-1/2"

Price:               10,600,000 francs
Plus auction taxes:   1,815,000 francs
Total:               12,415,000 francs

(At the rate of exchange 350 francs to the dollar) - Approximately $35,400*

#15. "Jeune Femme Lisant",oval canvas, 27" x 21-1/2"

Price:                3,700,000 francs
Plus auction taxes:     746,400 francs
Total:                4,446,400 francs or Approximately $12,700.