: The recent sale of Asian art on www.igavel.com brought a record
for the site, with 148 lots selling for $864,600.
"We are delighted," says president Lark E. Mason. "It's what we
believed would happen when we started the company three years ago
- we enable buyers and sellers to participate from around the
world, because they are comfortable with our platform, knowing
that we guarantee every lot for authenticity and condition."
The star of the show was a Chinese carved red and black lacquer
brushpot, which zoomed from a starting bid of $750 to a final
sale of $86,800, with ten bidders from seven countries
participating.
Other top sellers included a large Chinese cloisonné enamel peach
dish, Eighteenth Century, at $68,600 and a Chinese cloisonné
enamel tripod basin, Sixteenth/Seventeenth Century, for $58,000.
A Chinese landscape scroll painting, ink and watercolor on paper
fetched $56,400; a Chinese cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze
censer and cover at $40,800 and a gray and while jade snuff
bottle, Eighteenth Century, $37,200. Other items included an
unusual Chinese cinnabar lacquer and ivory cricket cage,
Nineteenth Century, which fetched $18,600.
A Chinese cloisonné enamel peach dish dating to the Eighteenth
Century realized $68,600.
"The cloisonné and other works of art were of very high
quality and were accompanied by bright, clear images, enabling
buyers from international locations who could not attend the sale
to participate. The strong results reflected the booming market in
Chinese art," said Mason.
The objects in the sale came from two major collections, one from
the estate of the Reverend John Walch, a noted artist whose
drawings are owned by the Philbrook Museum of Art (Tulsa) and the
Fogg Museum of Art (Harvard), and a collection of snuff bottles
and other works of art from a Minnesota family.
All prices include the buyer's premium. iGavel's gallery is at
229 East 120th Street. For information, www.igavel.com or
212-289-5588.
