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27 November 2014

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Results: Centuries of Style

London EMEA 27 November 2014

Centuries of Style

London, 25 & 26 November 2014, Sale 1573

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

325 lots sold

Total: £5,288,900 /$8,287,706 /€6,664,014

66% sold by lot

495 lots offered

$ 1.567= £1 / € 1.260=£1

87% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

236

An important Swedish enamelled gold snuff-box by Paul Gerhard Zachoun, marked Stockholm, 1764

WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR A SWEDISH GOLD BOX AT AUCTION

100,000 - 120,000

£554,500

$868,902

€698,670

Private

159

An important Saxon gold-mounted 'Stein-Cabinet' snuff-box

by Johann-Christian Neuber, Dresden,

circa 1790

150,000 - 200,000

£494,500

$774,882

€623,070

Trade UK

612

A German massive silver-gilt flagon, mark of Jacob Beckhausen, Danzig,

circa 1680

70,000 - 100,000

£386,500

$605,646

€486,990

Trade UK

210

A Louis XVI enamelled gold snuff-box by Joseph-Etienne Blerzy, Paris, 1776/1777

80,000 - 120,000

£290,500

$455,214

€366,030

Private

85

A Sèvres two-handled Etruscan-style vase (

Vase Etrusque 'A Larmier'), 1807

60,000 - 80,000

£146,500

$229,566

€184,590

Château de Fontainebleau

605

A German parcel-gilt silver cup and cover, mark of Friedrich Hillebrandt, Nuremburg, late 16

th century with later additions

10,000 - 15,000

£116,500

$182,556

€146,790

UK Trade

592

A Dutch silver flagon, mark of Johannes Schiotling, Amsterdam, 1772

20,000 - 30,000

£112,900

$176,914

€142,254

UK Trade

224

An important Louis XV vari-colour gold snuff-box by Jean-Baptiste Lizon, marked Paris 1760/1761

40,000 - 60,000

£110,500

$173,154

€139,230

Private

555

A set of four William and Mary silver wall-sconces,

circa 1686-1690

50,000 - 80,000

£104,500

$163,752

€131,670

Private

307

Peter Edward Stroely,

Paul I (1754-1801) Tsar of Russia

20,000 - 30,000

£74,500

$116,742

€93,870

Russian private

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.