SARASOTA, FLA. — A lovely Chinese Daoguang covered jar came to the block at Amero Auctions on August 11 with a modest $2/3,000 estimate. With more than 40 bids chasing the mid-Nineteenth Century cinnabar design ground porcelain covered ginger jar with raised bats motif, the 12¾-inch-high jar, with no discernible problems even when viewed under black light, sold for $70,800 to a competing bidder. Marked on base with four-character Daoguang Qing mark, it was followed by an untitled Keith Haring mixed media work that also sold far above its estimate, going for $30,750, despite being in “unfortunate condition” and in need of “total restoration.” For more information, www.ameroauctions.com or 941-330-1577.
