The Three Wristwatches, Joe Tilson, 1965
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- 2,644
- Bidders
- 3
- Bids
- 14
Bidding on The Three Wristwatches, Joe Tilson, 1965
Current bid
$165,000Your maximum is confidential. The house never bids it in one go — it raises you by a single increment at a time, only as far as it must to keep you in front.
Bid $190,000 on a lot standing at $165,000 and the lot moves to $170,000 — not to your ceiling. You pay your maximum only if someone pushes you there.
A bid inside the last 2 minutes extends the clock, so nobody wins a lot simply by arriving one second before the end.
A buyer’s premium of 10% applies to the hammer price. At $165,000 that is $16,500, for a total of $181,500 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
Screenprint. Height 26 3/4in, Width 40in. Made by Joe Tilson, 1965.
The record for this object is published by the Victoria and Albert Museum, which gives neither an acquisition credit nor an ownership history for it. Both are noted here as absent rather than filled in.
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 established. The Victoria and Albert Museum publishes the catalogue record for this object but no ownership history, and none is asserted here.
Condition
Excellent
Minor handling wear consistent with age; no material faults.
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 history14 bids from 3 bidders
- $165,000
N••• K.Leading
Bid
- $160,000
M••• C.
Automatic bid
- $150,000
M••• C.
Bid
- $145,000
T••• A.
Automatic bid
- $140,000
T••• A.
Bid
- $135,000
N••• K.
Bid
- $130,000
M••• C.
Bid
- $125,000
T••• A.
Automatic bid
- $120,000
T••• A.
Bid
- $115,000
N••• K.
Automatic bid
- $110,000
N••• K.
Bid
- $105,000
M••• C.
Bid
- $100,000
T••• A.
Automatic bid
- $96,000
T••• A.
Bid
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