Auction Surprises

Because of the time difference we did not think we would manage to watch the auction live, it started at 10:00 am in Hong Kong which in Spain was 04:00. However, that night I woke up and needed to go to the toilet at 05:30 and I thought it might be all over, but I decided to have a look.

Once connected I was delighted to be able to watch about 30 of the last lots being sold.  Most of the bidders were in the room and the auction was certainly fascinating and exciting to watch, so much so, I couldn't go back to bed!

84 (out of the 88 lots) were sold at well over the estimates, but what surprised us most was that one buyer paid nearly 12 times the highest estimate!

Another surprise was that in this auction the highest selling piece was not for a jade item!

There were some fine Suzhou jade pendants in our collection that sold well, but nothing like as well as an agate one, lot number 40. This was a favourite of ours, a beautifully carved Suzhou agate 'Quilin' pendant and the buyer paid nearly 12 times the highest estimate for it!

We are also feeling proud to know that this catalogue will be regarded as the reference work for Chinese Pendants of this period, for many years to come.




I hope to continue, so please do check back to see if there is anything more.