Today marked the 4th annual Gentlemen's Library Sale at Bonham's auction house in London. Can a gal be more disappointed than to have missed this? The auction featured library furnishings, science curiosities and eccentricities from around the world.
I was looking through the online catalog and would have loved to have purchased half of the items auctioned off. And, the prices realized didn't fetch as much as I had imagined they would. Here are some of my favorites...and, believe me, there were hundreds to pick from! I think I'm going to purchase a catalog since the items are so fantastic!
20th Century Ebonised Chesterfield Settee (fetched £1,440)
Victorian Gilt Timepiece (fetched £120...that's it? Why so cheap?)
Victorian Black Museum Cabinets (fetched £2,880)
Early 19th Century Magnifying Glass (fetched £1,080)
Collection of 19th Century Chemist Bottles (fetched £1.020)
Magnificent 18th Century French Ivory Game (fetched £336)
Oak Club Boards (fetched £168)
19th Century Bone Alphabet Hand Plaque (fetched £240)
Elephant Oval Tooth Box (fetched £216)
William IV Traveling Inkwell (fetched £216)
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