Show PAINTINGS DECLINING The impression that mod modern rn English paintings are declining In value alue has been borne out by a number of recent sn sans sales In eluding eluding that of Veronica Veronese which earlier in the summer was sold said for 2750 guineas This was tho the fourth time Ume It 11 had been sold In fifteen years the previous previous figures being 1000 guineas 1591 1898 1550 1660 guineas 1903 guineas His Dante at the Bier of at Beatrice fetch fetched d 2400 guineas One of his last pictures Uro bro l brought ht but 4 O guineas Presumably the general celebrity of no ettl holds hoMs up the market price of ot his work somewhat as compared with most roost of ot his hili can contemporaries temporaries Of Ot pictures pic- pic lures lures tures h by Jones Burne-Jones lately latch sold but one The rhe The Garden Court Court rought a a. good price It U went for 2500 2300 guineas A notable notable nota nota- ble hIe picture h by Watts Walls For Far Ho Iio Had Great Possessions sold at 1000 On the other hand eighteenth v English work never cr brought higher prices than now Whether hether the Iho Victorian VIctoria n artists will pIckup pick spick pickup up again the next generation must be ett ft rt to ta determine just now the fancy of I collectors runs lu lei other ather channels I |