Dealers specialising in 19th and 20th Century art works fared well during the 6th Art fair of the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York.
However those specialised in Old Masters showed dissatisfaction as only a few managed to meet exhibition costs. Paris and Brussels dealer Georges de Jonckheere went as far as wondering whether he would be back next year but those dealers established in the U.S showed much less discontent. The Armory show nevertheless remains an important crossroad for foreign dealers who know that most of the collectors in the world live in the U.S.
Dealers specialised in 19th and 20th Century works showed more optimism such as the Scala Gallery which realised eight sales between US $ 4,000 and 180,000 and the Galerie d'Orsay which sold five paintings at under US $ 16,500 a piece.
The Paris Brame and Lorenceau Gallery sold a portrait by Gustave Caillebotte and the Galerie Schmit, also from Paris, a still life by Matisse.
Daniel Malingue had an option for a 1884-85 portrait by Van Gogh and was expecting much for an Utrillo large view of Montmartre tagged at US $ 1,5 million.
The Cazeau-de La Béraudière gallery sold five paintings under US $ 1 million each and had several buyers interested in a still life by Cézanne at US $ 3,5 million.
The Hopkins-Thomas gallery also recorded some good sales wth works by Maurice Denis, Berthe Morisot and a Matisse of 1919, «Young Woman in an interior».
Sculptures appeared much in demand, David and Constance Yates of New York being happy with the sale of 18 plasters, bronze and terracotta pieces of the 19th Century.
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