MT. CRAWFORD, VA. — A lot with two Chinese enamel tea pots with came up for sale at Jefferey Evans & Associates on April 28. With an estimate of $50/80, the pair opened at $1,300; another in-house bidder took them to around $80,000, then it was bidders online against the winning bidder who pushed them to $198,900, with the buyer’s premium. According to Jeffrey Evans, they were purchased by a client in China who had sent a representative to inspect them at the auction gallery.

The pots showed a four-character Yongzheng mark to underside of the 6 3/8-inch-high body that featured a tapering to the neck, carved wooden handle, capped spout, stylized floral and foliate design throughout, body and domed cover having yellow ground, with band of black ground to shoulder of body, and to base of cover, and body with sky blue reserves within yellow ground. They were descended in the family of Senator Marcus Allen Coolidge, Fitchburg, Mass.

A full review of the auction will appear in a future issue.