| | | | | | | | Document | Sale Catalog Br-565 | |
| Auction House | Christie's -- from catalog: Mr. Christie | | Sale Location | [No.125] Pall Mall, London, England, UK | | Seller(s) | from catalog: Mrs. Gordon, Dec. From her late Residence, Bully Hill, Rochester
from auctioneer's copy: [Same] | | Lugt Number | 7371 | | No. of Painting Lots | 76 | | Notes | The collection of pictures, drawings, carvings, books and china which constituted the present sale was put together by Thomas Gordon (d.1776?), an M.P. for Rochester who is supposed to have made his acquisitions "about seventy years back." The collection apparently remained intact at his residence at Bully Hill, in Rochester, until his widow's death, which apparently took place shortly before the present sale. The paintings were almost entirely Dutch, and judging from contemporary comments, they were held in fairly high repute. The prices were generally well above average. Many pictures fetched impressive figures and very few were bought in. The highest prices were £302.8 and £378, paid for two landscapes by Hobbema. (B. Fredericksen) | | Catalog Location(s) | CL [annotations used in Sales Contents] Auctioneer's copy, annot. with most buyers and all prices.
OGA [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with some buyers and all prices, but only for the second day. The annotator is Geo. Watson, who was working from a marked set of catalogues deposited by the auctioneers in the Excise Office.
AAP [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] The second day is annot. with many buyers and all prices. The prices for lots 1-32 are in pencil and for lots 33-98 in ink. The annotator may be the dealer Woodin.
VAL II Incomplete, lacking the second day. Annot. in pencil by the dealer Woodin with the initials of some buyers and some prices, but not for the paintings.
RKDH [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with the buyers of lots 57 and 98, most prices and a few notes.
VAL I [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with prices for the second day only.
JPGM [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Incomplete, lacking the title page and all of the first day. The second day is annot. with most prices. | | Photocopies | NGL and CIL (both of VAL) | | See Also | Sale Contents | | | Art Sales Catalogues Online | | | Digitized Catalog - GRI | | | |
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