PHILADELPHIA – Kamelot Auctions’ annual Garden & Architectural sale was held May, attracting many designers, garden enthusiasts and private collectors. This year’s auction included over 700 lots of statuary, urns, fountains, lighting, stained glass, architectural, iron, and a good collection of outdoor furniture. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
The sale’s top lot was a pair of monumental English painted wood demilune-form garden benches that sold for a whopping $18,750 against a presale estimate of $1,500-$2,500 (lot 185).
The garden benches were closely followed by lot 366, a very good 19th century neoclassical carved marble garden urn, which well exceed its original estimate of $2,000-$4,000 and had a final selling price of $9,500.
Marble items received a great deal of attention, with strong results across the board. Leading the selection was lot 281, an Italian Carerra marble tub circa 1890 which surpassed its $3,000-$5,000 estimate bringing a final hammer price of $7,500.
Likewise, a 19th century Rosa Verona marble well head (below) in the Italian Neoclassical Style brought $5,000 (lot 284), a carved marble figure of a boy sold for $4,700 (lot 181) and a fine 19th-century Italian carved marble Neoclassical figure of a woman in elegant draped gown had a final bid price of $4,250 (lot 80).
The auction generated strong sales in the outdoor furniture selection as well. Lot 579, a Gothic style aluminum patio set brought $4,250 and lot 363, a very good wrought iron library table having a stone top in the manner of Gilbert Poillerat had a final hammer price of $4,500.
Other exciting highlights from the sale included lot 358, an interesting late 19th century French Val d’Osne cast-iron sphinx that sold for $3,650 and three lots of elegant French windows circa 1880, all of which sold to one buyer and had a final selling price of $12,000 in total (lots 234-236).
Kamelot is already accepting new consignments for next year’s annual garden sale. For additional information call 215.438.6990.
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