THE second part of links of london
28/11/2009
THE second part of one of this season's most successful auctions at Sotheby Parke Bernet takes place on Saturday, Feb. 5, at 2 P.M. Being offered is the ceramics collection of Wilfrid Swall, and the exhibition of the lavishly decorated 19th-century monumental vases, plates and decorations at the gallery on York Avenue at 72d Street begins tomorrow and continues through next Friday. cheap links of london
Mr. Swall, a collector-dealer whose antiques company was Sevres & Vienna Porcelains of Tulare, Calif., left more than 600 examples of English and Continental porcelain at his death in June. That he was not alone in his taste for high Victorian ceramics was evident on Dec. 11, at the first session of the three-part auction. That auction realized $1,074,370, compared with Sotheby's most optimistic expectations of $928,000, sold all but eight lots of the 199 offered and attracted a number of dealers representing Middle Eastern collectors. links of london sweetie
The most important porcelains, which sold for two to three times Sotheby's estimates, were colorful outsize vases embellished with gilding and scenes from legends, mythology and history. A pair of late-19th-century covered Vienna vases on pedestal bases, standing almost five feet tall, were bought by a New York dealer for $56,100. The top estimate had been $20,000. A pair of five-foot four-inch covered Sevres vases, awash with cupids and mounted with bronze, were sold to a London dealer for $46,200, triple the estimate. Raindance Silver Pendant
A Minton majolica vase from 1870, the cover surmounted by the chained figure of Prometheus and an eagle hovering above, was the most expensive piece. It sold to a New York dealer for $35,200. Two other pairs of gilt-mounted Sevres vases went to a London dealer, who paid $35,200 and $33,000 for them. Still another pair of covered Vienna vases, painted with continuous friezes of kaisers in formal court costumes, sold for $31,900. Teddy Charm
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