RESULTS - King Street: The Exceptional Sale
The Exceptional Sale
London, King Street, Thursday, 10 July 2014, Sale 1541
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
33 lots sold | Total: £31,048,500/$53,186,081/€ 38,934,819 | 57% sold by lot | ||||
58 lots offered | $1.713=£1 / €1.254=£1 | 86% sold by value
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Lot | Description | Estimate (£) | Price Realised | Buyer | ||
110 | An exceptional Egyptian painted limestone statue for the Inspector of the scribes Sekhemka, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, circa 2400-2300 B.C. WORLD RECORD PRICE AT AUCTION FOR AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WORK OF ART | 4,000,000 - 6,000,000 | £15,762,500 $27,001,163 €19,766,175 | Anonymous | ||
30 | A bronze group of the rape of a Sabine, by Giambologna (c.1529-1608), Florence, circa 1587-98 WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION | 3,000,000 - 5,000,000 | £3,666,500 $6,280,715 €4,597,791 | Anonymous | ||
19 | An English silver and silver-gilt electroplated and enamel-mounted ebony and ivory chess-table with silver-gilt and enamelled chess-set, by Elkington & Co., Birmingham, designed by Albert Willms, marks for 1866 WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE MAKER AT AUCTION | 400,000 - 600,000 | £1,986,500 $3,402,875 €2,491,071 | Anonymous | ||
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| A bronze figure of Venus drying herself, from a model by Giambologna (1529-1608), the cast attributed to Antonio Susini (1558-1624), circa 1585-1600 | 600,000 - 1,000,000 | £1,058,500 $1,813,211 €1,327,359 | Anonymous | ||
12 | A pair of Louis XV Giltwood Fauteuils À La Reine, by Nicolas Heurtaut, circa 1755-60 | 400,000 - 600,000 | £662,500 $1,134,863 €830,775 | Anonymous | ||
36 | A life-size marble figure of cupid, entitled 'love tormenting the soul', by John Gibson (1790-1866), Rome, circa 1837 WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION | 100,000 - 150,000 | £638,500 $1,093,751 €800,679 | Anonymous | ||
27 | An important Louis XV Savonnerie carpet France, circa 1740-1760, by Pierre-Josse Perrot | 500,000 - 800,000 | £602,500 $1,032,083 €755,535 | Anonymous | ||
45 | A pair of Louis XVI ormolu-mounted, Japanese lacquer, brass and pewter-inlaid ebony console tables, by Adam Weisweiler, circa 1785-90 | 600,000 - 1,000,000 | £602,500 $1,032,083 €755,535 | Anonymous | ||
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| An Italian specimen Pietra Dura and statuary marble table top, attributed to Giacomo Raffaelli, Rome, circa 1800, probably designed by Giuseppe Valadier | 150,000 - 250,000 | £542,500 $929,303 €680,295 | Anonymous | ||
40 | An Italian specimen marble and pietra dura table top on a George II Irish giltwood stand, the top Rome, late 16th/early 17th century, the stand, circa 1755, designed for the top, execution attributed to Thomas Johnson, after a design by Matthias Darly of 1754. | 400,000 - 600,000 | £482,500 $826,523 €605,055 | Anonymous | ||
*please see the separate press release |
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Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits. |