Sales

There has been much selling of paintings both here and abroad.

Paris. In the sale of the Michel Levy collection, Fragonard's Terrace Villa Reals brought 275,000 francs; Farmhouse, 115,000 francs; Head of a Philosopher, 415,000 francs. Watteau's Etude pour la Famille brought 260,000 francs; Enchanted Island, 475,000 francs; Enseigne de Gersaint, 470,000 francs. Twelve still life canvases by Chardin brought prices ranging from 26,000 francs to 220,000 francs, while his self-portrait reached 126,000 francs. Latour's Portrait of the Painter Silvestre went for 140,000 francs. Per-roneau's Portrait of the Painter Guille- quin brought 250,000 francs. The Louvre got Durameau's Partie de Cartes aux Bougies for 36,000 francs and Saint Aubin's Reve for 76,000 francs. Hubert Robert's Voute reached 8,000 francs. By auction, Durighiello's Venus Accroupie, excavated in Asia Minor, brought 305,500 francs; his Apollon Citharede,113,000 francs.

London. At the Royal Academy, Sir Frank Dicksee sold Daughters of Eve for -L-500. Glyn Philpot got -L-600 for A Street Accident in Paris.

Buffalo. Abbott H. Thayer's The Boy and the Angel brought about $40,000.