| | | | | | | | Document | Sale Catalog Br-862 | |
| Auction House | Christie's -- from catalog: Mr. Christie | | Sale Location | [No.125] Pall Mall, London, England, UK | | Seller(s) | from catalog: William Baillie, Esq.
from auctioneer's copy: [Same] | | Lugt Number | 7946 | | No. of Painting Lots | 47 | | Notes | The owner was Capt. William Baillie, a well-known connoisseur, dealer and amateur engraver who had been active in the London art world for many decades prior to his death in December of the previous year. A sale held on Mar.15 consisted of Baillie's prints, drawings and books, and the present sale included just paintings. (Lugt treated these as a two-day sale, but they had separate catalogues, and are not referred to as the first and second days.) The paintings were sold at 2:00 P.M. following the sale of works belonging to Francillon (no.861) that were put up at 1:00 P.M. In spite of Baillie's reputation as a connoisseur, his collection evidently contained few works of exceptional merit. Although just five lots went unsold and the pictures in the second half of the sale fared well, the highest price was only £39.18 paid by "Court" for a Holy Family in a Landscape by Jan Brueghel and Van Balen. (B. Fredericksen) | | Catalog Location(s) | CL [annotations used in Sales Contents; photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Auctioneer's copy, annot. with all buyers and prices.
FLNY Annot. in pencil with all buyers and prices.
OGA [annotations used in Sales Contents; photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. with all prices, indicating which lots were sold and which bought in, as well as the names of a few buyers. The annotations are by Geo. Watson who was working from a marked set of catalogues deposited by the auctioneers in the Excise Office.
VAL I [annotations used in Sales Contents; photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. in pencil by the dealer Woodin with the initials of a few buyers, primarily for those lots he purchased, and all prices.
VAL II Not annot.
VAL III Not annot. | | Photocopies | CIL and NGL (both of VAL I) | | See Also | Sale Contents | | | Art Sales Catalogues Online | | | Digitized Catalog - Frick | | | |
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