The mummy sarcophagus stands nearly 6 feet high. Image courtesy Capo Auction image.

Mummy sarcophagus sells for $60,000 at Capo Auction

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The mummy sarcophagus stands nearly 6 feet high. Image courtesy Capo Auction image.

The mummy sarcophagus stands nearly 6 feet high. Image courtesy Capo Auction image.

NEW YORK – Capo Auction Fine Art and Antiques conducted their Mid-Spring Fine Art and Antiques auction April 26. There was much anticipation leading up to the auction, largely due to one of Capo’s featured items – a rare Egyptian Ptolemaic period mummy sarcophagus, circa 332-330 B.C., that had come out of a Sutton Place luxury apartment in Manhattan.

LiveAuctioneers.com provided Internet live bidding.

The sarcophagus had an estimate of $5,000-$7,000, but from the start bidding escalated quickly with multiple phone bidders and others competing online. The rare artifact sold for $60,000, inclusive of the buyer’s premium.

The sarcophagus has a lid in the form of a standing mummiform figure, wearing a tripartite wig painted black, the face painted white with features painted blue, and a stubby Osiris beard in black. The sarcophagus is 68 1/2 inches high, 17 1/4 inches wide and 15 1/2 inches deep.

Click here to view the fully illustrated catalog for this sale, complete with prices realized.

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ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

The mummy sarcophagus stands nearly 6 feet high. Image courtesy Capo Auction image.

The mummy sarcophagus stands nearly 6 feet high. Image courtesy Capo Auction image.

Detail of the fourth-century B.C. Egyptian mummy sarcophagus. Image courtesy Capo Auction image.

Detail of the fourth-century B.C. Egyptian mummy sarcophagus. Image courtesy Capo Auction image.

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