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A Gold Watch, 1768-1769

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Bidders
2
Bids
11

Bidding on A Gold Watch, 1768-1769

Sold

Hammer price

$110,000
11 bids2 biddersReserve met
Closed—

This lot has been sold.

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A buyer’s premium of 10% applies to the hammer price. At $110,000 that is $11,000, for a total of $121,000 excluding shipping and any applicable tax.

Consigned by

Marcus Vale

@valeandco

4.9 from 213 sales

Every consignment is checked against the house register before it is catalogued. Payment is held by Auctioneer until the lot is delivered.

Catalogue note

Gold. Dated 1768-1769 in the collection record.

No independent ownership history accompanies this lot. What the Victoria and Albert Museum records of its own acquisition is given under Provenance below, and nothing beyond it is asserted.

Catalogued from the holding institution's record rather than from a bench examination: the movement has not been opened, timed or serviced for this sale, and is offered as found. Viewing is recommended. Catalogue data for this lot is drawn from the Victoria and Albert Museum's open-access collections record (V&A open access).

Provenance

Not independently established for this sale. The Victoria and Albert Museum records its own acquisition as: Given by Colonel E.F. Waterman to the Indian Museum in 1877.

Condition

Mint

As issued. No signs of handling or display wear.

Condition reports are the house’s opinion, offered in good faith. Lots are sold as viewed; the absence of a remark does not imply the absence of a fault.

Bidding history11 bids from 2 bidders

  1. A••• S.Leading

    Bid

    $110,000

  2. E••• W.

    Automatic bid

    $105,000

  3. E••• W.

    Bid

    $100,000

  4. A••• S.

    Automatic bid

    $97,500

  5. A••• S.

    Bid

    $87,500

  6. E••• W.

    Automatic bid

    $85,000

  7. E••• W.

    Bid

    $82,500

  8. A••• S.

    Automatic bid

    $80,000

  9. A••• S.

    Bid

    $75,000

  10. E••• W.

    Bid

    $72,500

  11. A••• S.

    Bid

    $70,000

Bidders are shown by initial, as they would be by paddle in the room. Bids marked “automatic” were placed by the house on a bidder’s behalf, against a maximum only they can see.

Terms of sale

Buyer's premium
10% of the hammer price, added to your invoice.
Reserve
This lot carries a confidential reserve. It will not sell below it.
Anti-snipe
A bid in the closing moments extends the clock so the room can answer.
Settlement
Funds are held on deposit while you lead, and released the moment you are outbid.

Catalogue record

This lot describes a real object held by Victoria and Albert Museum, whose collection data is published for open access. The object is not for sale; it stands in here so the saleroom can be demonstrated against genuine catalogue records rather than invented ones.

View the museum recordLicence: V&A open access