SOLD ~ $5,234,500 to Albert SackNew York City, September 26, 2008, Sotheby's Americana Sale. This carved walnut compass-seat Philadelphia stool circa 1750 brought a whopping $5.2 million. The figure above includes the buyer's premium.
The pre-auction estimate for this rare object was $200,000/500,000.
Ex-collection Rear Admiral Edward P. Moore and Barbara Bingham Moore.
Antiques really are a good investment. Buy the best you can afford, use them, admire them, care for them, and at the appropriate time in your life pass them on to the next steward.
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4 comments:
Amazing! I wonder who the buyer was at that price??
With my luck, I have probably painted and trimmed anything that could potentially have value some day!
tea or wine...the buyer was Albert Sack.
Bettsi...I think you will know when you find something this good!
Thanks for stopping by, Rosemary
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