Sotheby's Americana Furniture Folk Art '2009'

Sale N08512 Important Americana 23 JAN 09

Grand Total (Including Buyer's Premium):

$6,183,505 (£4,505,286) Exch Rate: 0.73

Sold by Lot: 57.1% Lots Offered: 338

S old by Value: 52.5% Lots Sold/Unsold: 193 / 145

Some examples from the catalog:

Lot Price (USD) Estimate (USD) Buyer

174 $1,762,500 (£1,284,153) $800,000 - 1,200,000 C L Prickett Antiques The Important Captain Edward Allen Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Bombé Chest-on-Chest, Probably Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1780

105 $302,500 (£220,401) $250,000 - 350,000 Anonymous

An Important American Silver and Mixed Metal "Aztec" Bowl, Tiffany & Co., New York, designed by Paulding Farnham, finished 1905

247 $302,500 (£220,401) $300,000 - 600,000 C L Prickett Antiques

A Fine Chippendale Figured Mahogany Bombé Chest of Drawers, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1770

30 $206,500 (£150,455) $100,000 - 150,000 American Private Collector A Chinese Export Goose Tureen and Cover, circa 1770

182 $182,500 (£132,969) $200,000 - 400,000 American Private Collector An Important Queen Anne Shell-Carved and Figured Mahogany Dressing Table, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1760

189 $158,500 (£115,483) $100,000 - 150,000 Sullivan Antiques

The Important Josiah Cotton Federal Inlaid and Parcel-Gilt Mahogany Dwarf Tall-Case Clock, Works by Calvin Bailey, Massachusetts, circa 1800

229 $146,500 (£106,740) $150,000 - 300,000 American Private Collector An Important Chippendale Carved Cherrywood Tall Case Clock, Works by Christian Eby, Manheim, Pennsylvania, circa 1795-1805

76 $122,500 (£89,253) $100,000 - 150,000 American Dealer

After John James Audubon, American Flamingo (Plate CCCCXXXI)

70 $122,500 (£89,253) $70,000 - 90,000 American Private Collector

After John James Audubon, Snowy Owl (Plate CXXI)

69 $86,500 (£63,024) $70,000 - 90,000 American Dealer

After John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot (Plate 26)

134 $86,500 (£63,024) $20,000 - 30,000 American Private Collector

An American Silver Caster, Jurian Blanck, New York, circa 1700