11 juin 2009
Sotheby's Sells a Magnificent Pair of Russian Imperial Porcelain Vases for an Extraordinary Sum
The Russian Imperial Porcelain Vases sold for the extraordinary sum of £2,617,250. Photo: Sotheby's
LONDON.- At Sotheby’s London this afternoon, a magnificent pair of Russian Imperial Porcelain Vases sold for the extraordinary sum of £2,617,250, well in excess of the pre-sale estimate for the pair of £1.2-1.8 million. No less than five bidders - three in the saleroom and two on the telephones - competed for the vases, in Sotheby's biannual Russian Works of Art Sale, which after five minutes of bidding finally sold to a round of... [Lire la suite]