See the Top Lots from Christie’s Auction of the Collection of Richard Mellon Scaife
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Last week, Christie’s in New York auctioned off the collection of media mogul Richard Mellon Scaife. Drawn from his four estates, including homes in Pittsburgh and Nantucket, the lots included fine English furniture, Chinese porcelain, and dessert services, and sold for a total of $3.9 million. This pair of English gilt-wood console tables more than tripled their high estimate of $15,000, selling for $52,500.
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These two Joseph Holdcroft majolica compotes (circa 1875) sold together earned $50,000, well above the $3,000 high estimate.
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Sold as a pair, these faience cabbage tureens and covers reached $52,500, nearly nine times their high estimate of $6,000.
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Surpassing its estimate of $30,000, this George II gilt-wood mirror, sold as a pair, earned $43,750.
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A pair of George IV silver wine coolers and stands, estimated at $60,000, went for $62,000.
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Coming in at final price of $68,750, these two English porcelain dessert services earned nearly 20 times their $3,500 estimate.
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Earning just below its high estimate of $300,000, a circa-1899 silver-gilt dinner service that once belonged to Washington Augustus Roebling sold for $293,000.
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A circa-1760 George II mahogany breakfront bookcase realized $102,500, well over its $50,000 estimate.
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Exceeding its estimate of $250,000, this South German ormolu-mounted ebony, ebonized, andpietra durecabinet-on-chest sold for $347,000.
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This set of 12 Russian porcelain dinner plates, manufactured by the Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg, reached its low estimate of $60,000.
