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This ornately carved
tall clock by Gazo,
San Diego, California,
with a lion’s head finial
realized $1725.
Direct Auction Galleries,
Chicago, Illinois,
December 13, 2016.
This nine-piece ornately carved
walnut dining room set brought $2875.
Direct Auction Galleries, Chicago,
Illinois, December 13, 2016.
This Regina console music box in a
Rookwood decorated cabinet sold for
$20,800. Stanton’s Auctioneers, Charlotte,
Michigan, November 18-20, 2016.
This Mills Violano Virtuoso (player violin
and piano) sold for $23,650. Stanton’s
Auctioneers, Charlotte, Michigan,
November 18-20, 2016.
Empress Concert Grand console with
18½" disc music box, $5775. Stanton’s
Auctioneers, Charlotte, Michigan,
November 18-20, 2016.
Platinum three-stone
diamond ring set with
three emerald-cut
diamonds, each weighing
1.8 to 1.9 carats, $37,200.
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery,
Windsor, Connecticut,
January 1, 2017.
This Peter Broggi birds of
paradise Handel table lamp,
reverse painted with brightly
colored exotic birds amongst
blossoming colored flowers, sold
for $9900. Nadeau’s Auction
Gallery, Windsor, Connecticut,
January 1, 2017.
This Patek Philippe,
Geneva, minute-repeater
chronometer in an 18k gold
closed-face case, featuring
a dial with two stopwatch
hands, brought $32,500.
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery,
Windsor, Connecticut,
January 1, 2017.
This 26" tall Meissen Earth ewer from the
Four Elements series, with the blue crossed
swords mark, realized $18,000. Nadeau’s
Auction Gallery, Windsor, Connecticut,
January 1, 2017.
With original honeydew-yellow paint and 51,569 miles on the
odometer, this 1966 Ford Thunderbird one-owner car brought
$15,600. Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, Windsor, Connecticut,
January 1, 2017.
By Thomas Prichard Rossiter (1818-1871), this 14¼" x 24¼"
oil on canvas study for
Representative Merchants of America
depicts 43 leading American businessmen of the 19th century
and brought $20,400. Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, Windsor,
Connecticut, January 1, 2017.
Charles Ginnever (b. 1931),
Walkabout
,
bronze, 1987, 54" x 187" x 38", $32,500.
Litchfield County Auctions, Litchfield,
Connecticut, December 1, 2016.
The circa 1960 Jacques Adnet leather, metal, and wood writing desk for
Hermès, 38" high x 41" wide x 20"deep, and the Bellini for Cassina Italian
leather side chair, 32" high x 19" wide x 19" deep, were from the collection
of Amy Greene of New York City and sold together for $10,625. Litchfield
County Auctions, Litchfield, Connecticut, December 1, 2016.
The top lot at Cordier Auctions,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, December
4, 2016, was this engraved Colt first-
generation single-action revolver,
which sold for $4025.
This engraved Colt 1851, inscribed to Charles
L. Robinson, the first governor of Kansas,
sold for $3565. Cordier Auctions, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, December 4, 2016.
This antique long gun a Sharps military
rifle M1859, realized $2875. Cordier
Auctions, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania,
December 4, 2016.