www.worldwatchweb.com- Antiquorum’s last Geneva spring sale “Collecting Modern & Vintage Timepieces”, held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Saturday 8 & Sunday May 9th, achieved excellent results totalling CHF 6’327’428, with 84% of the 500 lots being sold.
The auction enjoyed strong in-room presence as well as lively telephone and Internet bidding, with international participation including bidders from France, Germany, Switzerland, USA and the United Kingdom. Asian bidders from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China competed aggressively to acquire some of the most important pocket watches and vintage timepieces.
The top lot of the sale was the Grande & Petite Sonnerie Tourbillon Clockwatch (lot 500) attributed to Victorin Piguet, with the tourbillon carriage by Albert Pellaton-Favre, which sold to a collector from Taiwan for an impressive CHF 366’000 after fierce telephone bidding against a European bidder.
Jaeger-LeCoultre timepieces achieved very good results, including the Grande Complication Gyrotourbillon No. 1/1, pièce unique (lot 174), which reached a notable CHF 342’000.
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Antiquorum looks forward to its upcoming June auctions in New York (June 10) and Hong Kong (June 26)
Source: Antiquorum
