Submitted by aarAdmin on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 00:00
A French Boulle style tantalus (lot 124) was the top selling item at Melbourne-based Gibson’s Auctions stockroom sale on Thursday April 30 and sold for $440 on a $200-$300 estimate.
Forced to hold all its auctions as timed online sales because of the coronavirus pandemic currently sweeping the world, Gibson’s is experimenting with modest priced items to maintain ongoing interest in the auction system among both vendors and buyers.
The second highest price of $380 achieved at the online auction was for a Royal Copenhagen porcelain figure of a polar bear (lot 6).
A pair of French gilt metal wall sconces (lot 91) brought $280, while a large French style gilt framed overmantel mirror (lot 83) and a circa 1920 oak roll-top Cutler desk (lot 116) each sold for $240.
An Edison cylinder phonograph (lot 122) undoubtedly was a collector steal at $220, followed by a pair of Bvlgari sunglasses (lot 15) at $200.
Several items came in at $160 including a 1940s rustic painted kitchen cabinet (lot 64), a collection of Limoges porcelain (lot 97), a 19th century three door mahogany wardrobe (lot 105), a large ebonised gilt frame mirror (lot 129) and two Victorian style overmantel mirrors (lot 160).
