This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
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.