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CHARLES HENRY PHELPS
JOHN P.EAST

PHELPS & EAST
COUNSELLORS AT LAW
30 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK

TELEPHONE BROAD 778

N.Y Morning Sun. 
February 15, 1917

MARTIN LEADS AT HUMPHREYS SALE 

Artist's "Low Tide Hon-fleur" Goes to William Macbeth for $3,000. 

$2,600 PAID FOR WYANT

Ranger's "Mason's Island" Fetches $1,450-A Moran Brings $1,275.

The sale of Dr. Alexander C. Humphreys's collection of American pictures was begun last night by the American Art Association in the ballroom of the Plaza Hotel before a large audience  that included many well known artists. 
Sales of American art have peculiar and powerful attractions for the local painters and dealers, who scrutinize the results with close attention. The chief of Dr. Humphrey's pictures have been reserved for the second session, which occurs to-night and in which some new records, it is hoped, will be established. 
Last night the honors of the occasion, from the financial point of view, went to pictures by Homer Martin and Alexander Wyant. Martin's "Low Tide-Honfleur" sold to William Macbeth for $3,000, the leading price, and Wyant's "Gray Day" went to John Levy for $2,600. Henry W. Ranger's "Mason's Island" sold to W. T. Cressman for $1,450, and "In the Teton Range," by Thomas Moran,brought $1,275, the buyer being represented by W. W. Seaman, agent. 
The total for the eighty-three pictures in last night's sale was $43,255. The list of the pictures that brought $250 or more, with titles and buyers, follows:
1-Henry Mosler, "Good-night," O. Bernet, agent................. $325
2-F. B. Williams, "The Quiet Hour," E. G. O'Reilly......... 240
3-Stephen Parrish, "Market-place, Yvetot, Normandy," William Macbeth ..................... 380
5-Childe Hassam, "Messenger Boy," W. Macbeth................... 380
6-Louis Loeb, "Byblis," W. C. Hardcastle ................... 475
8-J. Francis Murphy. "Early Autumn," Henyry Reinhardt & Son 1,000
9-Thomas Eakens, "Professionals at Rehearsal," J.D. McIlhenny... 650
10-H. G. Dearth, "Passing of the Wave," Vose Gallery.......... 450
11-Childe Hassam, "Across the Park," WIlliam Macbeth...... 325
12-Horatio Walker, "The End of the Day," O. Bernet, agent........ 600
13-Carlton T. Chapman, "The Light.house," K. G. Loghlin......... 250
14-Carleton Wiggins, "The Storm," W. W. Seaman, agent.......... 300
16-C. H. Davis, "Sunset on the Moor," W. T. Cresmer......... 425
17-R. Swain Gifford, "Solitude," William A. Schlesinger........ 250
18-Alexander H. Wyant, "A Gray Day," John Levy.............. 2,600
19-H. G. Dearth, "Gray Weather," Mrs. C. J. Blair............... 350
20-Homer D. Martin, "Low Tide-Honfleur," William Macbeth... 3,000
21-Alexander H. Wyant, "Killarney," William Hardcastle... 500
23-Julian Rix, "The Quarry," John J. Gowney................ 340
25-William Morris Hunt, "Head of Spanish Girl," William Macbeth ......................... 1,100
26-Frank K. M. Rehn, "In Mid-ocean," R. H. Lorenz, agent.. 275
27-Alexander H. Wyant, "County Kerry, Ireland," William Hardcastle ...................... 1,275
28-F. B. WIlliams, "Valley of the Passaic," C. A. Black......... 320
29- Worthington Wittredge, "A Village by the Sea," O. Bernet, agent ........................ 400
30-George H. Smillie, "At East GLoucester," L. Holbrook...... 260
32-H.G. Dearth, "Brittany Coast," O. Bernet, agent.............. 450
34-Julian Rix, "Singac Meadows," F. L. Montague............... 330
35-William H. Howe, "On the Marshes - Holland," Edgar Marsten ..................... 340
37-William Sartain, "Arab Camp -Ouside the Walls," W. W. Seaman, agent................ 300
38-Frederick S. Church, "A Surf Phantom," L. Holbrook....... 250
39-F. K. M. Rehn, "Marine," W. T. Cressmer.................. 250
40-Childe Hassam, "On the Avenue in Winter," William Macbeth 775
42-H. G. Dearthm "Anemone Pool," W. T. Cressmer............... 375
43-C. H. Davis, "Summer Clouds," W. A. Schlesinger............ 375
44- George Inness, Jr., "In the Cool of the Evening," William Hardcastle.................. 625
45-H. W. Ranger, "Spring-Ease Lyme," O. Bernet, agent...... 700
46-William Sartain, "The Cloud," Mr. Macbeth.................. 320
47- William M. Hunt, "Old Mexico," Mr. Macbeth.................. 425
48-Julian Rix, "Edge of the Wood," Capt. M. McMillian............ 450
50-Thomas Moran, "A Venetial Fiesta," John Levy........... 1,600
51-H. W. Ranger, "Valley of the Somme," M. Blackman........ 1,100
52-William H. Howe, "Young Vagabonds," E. S. Marston....... 410
54-Reynolds Beal, "Off New London," L. F. Straus........... 260
55-H. Bolton Jones, "Near Orange, New Jersey," M. Blackman... 475
56-William Sartain, "An Arab School in Algiers," Mr. Macbeth 400
57-Thomas Moran, "The Mountain of Loadstone," McDonough Gallery ...................... 700
58- Edward H. Potthast, "Off the Grand Banks," Mr. Macbeth... 325
60-Elliott Daingerfield, "The Drama of the Mountain Tops," Henry Reinhardt ................... 500
61-Arthur Parton, "The Passing Shower," J. N. McCarthy..... 350
62-Edward H. Potthast, "The Village Carpenter," O. Bernet, agent ......................... 525
63- Frederick W. Koot, "The Driftwood Gatherer" ............... 225
64-Thomas Moran, "In the Teton Range-Idaho," W. W. Seaman, agent ........................ 1,275
65-Louis Paul Dessar, "Nocturne- Moonrise with Sheep," W. W. Seaman, agent................ 950
66-H. W. Ranger, "Cloud and Sea- Porto Rico," G. T> Prendergast. 775
68-H. G. Dearth, "Through the Beeches," Mrs. C. J. Blair..... 325
69-H. W. Ranger, "Peaceful Moonlight Reigns," M. Knoedler & Co ............................ 600
70-Paul Dougherty, "The Incoming Tide," Vose Gallery............ 560
71-Louis Paul Dessar, "The Return- Evening," Vose Gallery........ 535
72-George Hitchcock, "The Dunes, Holland," E. T. Springer...... 250
73-W. E. Schofield, "A Breezy Day, Early Autumn," Henry Schultheis ......................... 275
74-Paul Dougherty, "Easterly Storm -Boar's Head," C. A. Black... 975
75-Paul Dougherty, "Mid-island Gorge" ....................... 235
76-Henry Ward Ranger, "A Classic -Mason's Island," W. T. Cressmer ..................... 1,450
77-Elliott Daingerfield, "Sunset- Mists and Shadows," Henry Reinhardt ................... 900
79-Elliott Daingerfield, "Dead Treesm" Henry Reinhardt ...... 375
80-Leonard Ochtman, "Autumn Twilight," J. N. McCarthy ...... 400
81-Ben Foster, "A Murky Evening," Mrs. Fred C. Brown.......... 260
82-Paul Dougherty, "Cornwall Rocks," Henry Schultheis..... 875
83-Henry Bayley Snell, "Twilight at Sea," water color, William Macbeth ..................... 650