: A simply spectacular red Maserati Tipo A6G Spider, one of eight
known, sold this past Saturday, May 1, at Bonhams &
Butterfields' sale at the Museum of Transportation for $588,000.
Bidders gathered beneath the huge tent, where the car held pride
of place all weekend, erupted in applause as the car was hammered
down to an East Coast collector after plenty of on-site and
telephone competition.
A sparkling 1913 Mercer Model 35 runabout with a 34 horsepower
engine sold for $412,000. Such "T-head" cars seldom come to
market.
"The Dance of the Troubadours" by Edwin Austin Abbey, a painting
heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites brought $214,000. The
103-inch-wide oil and gilt on canvas also stimulated lively
bidding in the room and on the phones. Full force phones were
mustered for Sir Edwin Longsden Long's painting "The Eastern
Favorite" that sold for $94,000 to an English buyer. The picture
had hung at the top of the stairs in the consignor's Cape Cod
home.
A full report of the sale will appear in a future issue.
