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5 December 2014

RESULTS: The Collection of Dr Peter D. Sommer

London EMEA 5 December 2014

 

A Townhouse Off Grosvenor Square: The Collection of Dr Peter D. Sommer

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

206 lots sold

Total: £4,037,125 /$6,330,212 /€5,131,186

76% sold by lot

272 lots offered

$1.568 = £1 / €1.271=£1

74% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

104

François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770), Venus and Cupid

350,000 - 500,000

£458,500

$718,928

€582,754

Anonymous

25

A Louis XV ormolu-mounted tulipwood, kingwood and bois-de-bout floral marquetry striking month-going longcase clock, the case by Rochette, the movement by Antoine de Saint Martin,

circa 1745

200,000 - 300,000

£338,500

$530,768

€430,234

European Private

79

Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955),

Rue Saint-Rustique à Montmartre, sous la neige, circa 1950

60,000 - 80,000

£152,500

$239,120

€193,828

Anonymous

131

A near pair of Louis XV ormolu-mounted bois satine and amaranth commodes, by Charles Cressent,

circa 1740

150,000 - 250,000

£146,500

$229,712

€186,202

European Private

50

Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695-1736), after Antoine Watteau,

Les Plaisirs du Bal

80,000 - 120,000

£134,500

$210,896

€170,950

UK Private

115

A Louis XV ormolu-mounted tulipwood, bois satine and bois-de-bout marquetry table en chiffonniere, by Bernard II van Risen Burgh (BVRB),

circa 1750

120,000 - 180,000

£122,500

$192,080

€155,698

European Private

116

A Louis XV ormolu-mounted tulipwood, bois satine, amaranth and bois-de-bout marquetry table en chiffonniere, by Bernard II van Risen Burgh (BVRB),

circa 1750

120,000 - 180,000

£122,500

$192,080

€155,698

European Private

10

A Louis XV ormolu-mounted tulipwood, bois satine and parquetry table a ecrire, by Bernard II van Risen Burgh (BVRB),

circa 1750

100,000 - 150,000

£104,500

$163,856

€132,820

European Private

214

A pair of Victorian silver four-light candelabra, mark of Robert Garrard, London, 1837

30,000 - 50,000

£100,900

$158,211

€128,244

UK Trade

117

A Louis XV ormolu-mounted tulipwood, bois satine, amaranth and bois-de-bout marquetry table en chiffonniere, by Bernard II van Risen Burgh (BVRB),

circa 1750

100,000 - 150,000

£98,500

$154,449

€125,194

European Private

London, Thursday, 4 December 2014, Sale 1578

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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.