Show I HIGH PRICES PAID PAIl FOR i DECORATIVE TIVE WORKS OF THE CENTURY NEW YORK May 10 Another Another big bis s sale le of t old French decorative objects objects' and furniture the property of Ern Ernes s l M. P. P which is in progress at Christies Christie's has attracted much at at- T Tse ie sensation of the first day came when there was put up a unique triptych of carved painted and gilt wood standing three eighty Inches high of Spanish early sixteenth century work The central panel which was divided in two parts has has- arched tops with ornaments ornament rI i ir n c h t upright panels pane s with with cherubs h. h b h heads at the tile corners each carved in high relie band b and showing an episode from the lif lift of ef Christ and the Virgin Mary l T These hese are bordered by narrow niches with figures of King David and other scriptural personages holding inscribed ini in- in scribed i s scrolls standing b beneath Gothic shJan Wg arches enriched with i S tracery The bidding started at 1000 lC-JO and the unique art object was knocked down cown to M. M Seligman of Paris for A fine work by Jean Baptiste was purchased by the same dame bidder for This was a figure in white marble of a baby girl Many 1 other sales were made from 1500 to t the te e total reaching |