: It was another Ron "Mr Millions" Bourgeault sale last weekend,
October 31-November 2, when his fall auction at the Center of New
Hampshire Holiday Inn racked up $5.7 million.
It took 1,899 lots, some passed, to get there, along with some
extra help from a few high-powered objects.
An Indian shooting bow and arrow weathervane, full-bodied copper
with sheet copper feathered headdress, mounted on an arrow with
zinc tip, attracted a great deal of attention and caused most of
the staff taking phone bids to rise to the occasion.
David Wheatcroft, who announced he was through making predictions
about what an object would bring at auction and to check back
with him after the sale, underbid the weathervane.
The hammer fell at $330,000, resulting in a final price of
$365,300 with premium.
The vane measures 341/2 inches high, 45 inches long, and was last
sold at Sotheby's, June 30, 1984, the cover lot, for a reported
$41,000.
Northeast Auctions is not releasing the name of the successful
bidder, but our best guess is that it went into the collection of
a well-known New York City couple.
