$115,000 Nantucket Basket At Rafael Osona Auctions - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

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$115,000 Nantucket Basket At Rafael Osona Auctions

Published: August 9, 2005

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An extremely rare Nantucket lightship basket brought a believed record price at auction for an individual Nantucket basket at Rafael Osona’s Americana, Continental, Fine Arts and Marine Auction this past weekend, August 6.

The basket, a handleless open form example with possibly unique staves encircling the top that ended in carved hearts, was a favorite of everyone that either previewed or was at the auction. Bidding on the lot was frenzied with a phone bidder eventually beating out clients in the gallery as it sold for $115,000.



   

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