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(Issue Story)Letter from London, April 2015
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
There are a lot of pictures in this month’s selection, some of them very expensive ones, but added to the mix are some fine old German glasses and a German broadsword, a Bellarmine jug, some wall lights, an odd assortment of items from a “Gentleman’s Library” and what ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Julia Opens for $3.5 Million
The 8" cannonball that missed killing Admiral David Farragut aboard the U.S.S. Hartford at the Battle of Mobile Bay when it fell intact onto the deck of the ship brought $5332.50.
Congressional silver medal commemorating the Jeannette Arctic expedition, 1879-82, given to team member Herbert Leach, $21,330.
A collection of about 50 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)February Auctions at Sotheby's and Freeman's
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s and Freeman’s
Two auction houses on the East Coast held moderately priced sales in advance of Valentine’s Day. Sotheby’s Important Jewels auction, held in New York City on February 5, included jewelry with lower estimates than its Magnificent Jewels or Noble Jewels sales would contain. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sotheby's Raises Buyer's Premium
Effective February 1, Sotheby’s enacted a new buyer’s premium rate structure. The new rate structure will be 25% on the first $200,000 of the hammer price; 20% on the portion of the hammer price above $200,000 up to and including $3 million; and 12% on any remaining amount above $3 ... (Read More)
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