RESULTS | The Exceptional Sale Top Ten - London, 7 July 2016
The Exceptional Sale
London, Thursday 7 July 2016, Sale 11955
28 lots sold | Total: £5,681,250/$7,362,900/€6,635,700 | 80% sold by lot | ||||
35 lots offered | $1.296 = £1 / €1.168 = £1 | 89% sold by value | ||||
Lot | Description | Estimate (£) | Price Realised | Buyer | ||
305 | A Meissen White Model Of A Great Bustard (Otis Tarda) Attributed To Johann Gottlieb Kirchner 1732 | 700,000 - 1,000,000 | £842,500 $1,091,880 €984,040 | Anonymous | ||
330 |
Pair Of Sèvres Two-Handled Bleu Celeste Ice-Pails, Covers And Liners (Seaux ‘A Glace’) Circa 1778-1779 |
700,000 - 1,000,000 | £842,500 $1,091,880 €984,040 | Anonymous | ||
320 | A Wedgwood Black ‘Basaltes’ Encaustic-Decorated ‘First Day’s Vase’ 1769 WORLD RECORD FOR ENGLISH POTTERY | 120,000 – 180,000 | £482,500 $625,320 €563,560 | Anonymous | ||
314 | A Pair Of Japanese Inlaid Iron Vases And Covers From The Komai Workshop, Komai Of Kyoto Meiji Period (Late 19th Century) WORLD RECORD FOR A KOMAI STUDIO | 180,000 – 250,000 | £302,500 $392,040 €353,320 | Anonymous | ||
315 | An Anatolian Marble Female Idol Early Chalcolithic Period, Circa Mid-6th Millennium B.C. | 250,000 – 350,000 | £302,500 $392,040 €353,320 | Anonymous | ||
310 | A Pair Of Large Parcel-Gilt Bronze Figures Of Amphitrite And Pluto Cast From Models By Michel Anguier, (1612-1686) Circa 1680-1720 | 200,000 – 300,000 | £206,500 $267,624 €241,192 | Anonymous | ||
318 |
Two Doccia White Porcelain Large High-Relief, Plaques Emblematic Of Autumn And Winter Circa 1757-70 | 200,000 – 400,000 | £206,500 $267,624 €241,192 | Anonymous | ||
322 |
A George III Giltwood Overmantel Mirror With Chinese Export Mirror Paintings Circa 1765 | 150,000 – 250,000 | £194,500 $252,072 €227,176 | Anonymous | ||
302 | A German Gold-Mounted Shell Snuff-Box Circa 1745 | 80,000 – 120,000 | £176,500 $228,744 €206,152 | Anonymous | ||
306 | The Carruthers Bell- Salt, An Elizabeth I Silver-Gilt Bell-Salt 1597 | 120,000 – 180,000 | £170,500 $220,968 €199,144 | Anonymous | ||
*Please see separate post-sale press release for comment |
PRESS CONTACT: Sara Macdonald | +44 207 752 3136 | saramacdonald@christies.com Next Sale: Classic Week continues - Friday 8th July 2016 with Old Master and British Painting Day Sale. Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, third-party financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits. |