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FredZ Posts: 1070 |
posted 01-27-2010 02:06 PM
  
A pleasant surprise to see an early American piece of silver get such national press. Seems a Kierstede Punch bowl just sold at auction for $5.9 million. Fred IP: Logged |
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argentum1 Posts: 602 |
posted 01-27-2010 02:13 PM
The auction results are available online from Sotheby's Sale # N08608 22-23 January 2010. There are a number of very nice pieces all of which I cannot afford. IP: Logged |
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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 01-28-2010 02:32 PM
Are we not allowed to post pictures? I have a picture of the Kierstede bowl, which I fondled ecstatically at the auction preview (figuring I'd never get that close again). This is not my favorite kind of object, and yet it is mesmerizing--size, condition, and general opulence. I know the name of the buyer, and fervently hope it is headed to a museum (if not now, then someday). IP: Logged |
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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 01-28-2010 02:52 PM
Here it is anyway. IP: Logged |
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agleopar Posts: 850 |
posted 01-28-2010 03:49 PM
A friend in Boston is living in the top floor of the of the Loring/Greenough house (it is a museum but they have a tenant to keep a presence in it) I have told her to go look in the well to see if they forgot anything... I can not find the size on line, 4 pounds acording to one of the articles, so 50ish ounces (I think?) but does anyone know the measurments? - Thanks. IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 01-28-2010 03:51 PM
12 1/4" diameter, 66 oz, 8 dwt IP: Logged |
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 01-28-2010 05:27 PM
Would this be a record for a piece of American silver? I think it is, by a large margin if I'm not mistaken. Anyone know for sure? Brent IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 01-28-2010 05:40 PM
It is reported as such. I can't think of anything that even comes close. IP: Logged |
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doc Posts: 728 |
posted 01-28-2010 07:11 PM
Ulysses, sorry to have missed you at the preview. It was a MAGNIFICENT piece, and certainly created a "buzz" around Antiques Week. IP: Logged |
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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 01-28-2010 07:21 PM
Roughly $75,760 per ounce!  IP: Logged |
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 01-29-2010 02:46 PM
I'm trying to think of any American silver that might be worth more. Probably the Sons of Liberty bowl, and Philip Syng's inkstand at Independence Hall. That's about it. Brent IP: Logged |
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FredZ Posts: 1070 |
posted 01-31-2010 07:52 AM
Does anyone know if it went to a private collector or to a museum? Fred IP: Logged |
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FredZ Posts: 1070 |
posted 01-31-2010 09:25 AM
quote: I missed Ulysses' comment of knowing the buyer and I do hope as you do that it goes to a museum for all of us to enjoy. How wonderful to have this piece rediscovered and cherished. IP: Logged |
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ellabee Posts: 306 |
posted 02-04-2010 05:46 PM
That must have been quite the spirited competition at the end of Day 1; I see they were expecting it to go for about a tenth of what it ended up. Lovely. I trust the new owner's having a cup of punch from it to celebrate! [That's just to make wev wince. ;> ] IP: Logged |
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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 02-09-2010 02:22 PM
A rhetorical question: would you rather have the $6M punch bowl, or the $104M Giacometti? IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 02-09-2010 02:28 PM
The Giacometti don't hold much liquor. . . IP: Logged |
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doc Posts: 728 |
posted 02-09-2010 05:33 PM
And I would never want to have those skinny Giaometti people around my house-it would make me feel like I should be on a diet! IP: Logged |
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