Auction houses trumpet their highest bids. But what's on the other side of the scale? A random sampling from last week's Manhattan auctions:
- Doyle, Important Estate Jewelry
- hi: $150,000 Emerald and Diamond Necklace/Bracelet Combination, lot 619
- lo: $300 Five Gold and Moonstone Buttons, lot 4
- Doyle, Doyle+Design
- hi: $30,000 Syrie Maugham Breakfront Display Cabinet, lot 4182
- lo: $60 Ralph Lysell and Hugo Blomberg Three Ericaphones, lot 4207
- Sotheby's, Important Silver, Silver-Gilt, and Russian Works of Art from the Estate of Charles and Yvette Bluhdorn, combined with Important English and Continental Silver and Objects of Vertu
- hi: $869,800 the Fitzgibbon Marine Centerpiece, lot 5 (above left)
- lo: $1,750 a Service of English Silver and Cutlery, circa 1800-1837, lot 96 (above right)
- Swann, Autographs
- hi: $70,000 letter signed by Thomas Jefferson, lot 143
- lo: $100 Music for All of Us, signed and inscribed by Leopold Stokowski, lot 50
Doyle and Swann prices do not include buyer's premium; Sotheby's prices do. Final prices may be subject to change.
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