Auction Highlights
The two-day online-sales total for Brunk’s incredibly successful Feb. 17-19 auction of 18th- and 19th-century Antiques & Decorative Arts was $342,576. A quartet of finely enameled
Chinese porcelain panels depicting various birds and trees attracted 36 bids worldwide, with only two bids coming from the auction floor. Estimated at $400-$800, the lot of magnificent framed panels sold to a LiveAuctioneers bidder for a staggering $66,000.
Cowan’s Historic Americana’s Feb. 17 sale recorded $166,866 in Internet sales, with 131 lots changing hands through LiveAuctioneers. A very special timepiece, an English 1757-1758 gold pocket watch presented by Benjamin Franklin to his nephew Jonathan Williams – engraved The Gift/of Benjamin Franklin L.L.D., F.R.S./to Jon – attracted 12 bids to sell above estimate at $36,000.










