Article: Auction results

THE George Foster estate collection of clocks auctioned by Webb's on May 24 attracted considerable interest. Among the highlights: A Gothic chamber clock by John Were dated 1567 achieved the top price of the day, $20,000.

Also achieving good prices were a George III Japanned bracket clock, circa 1725, by John Parkes, $10,000; a marine chronometer mounted on gimbals in a triple layer mahogany box by Barrauds, Cornhill, London, circa 1809, $18,000; a marine chronometer on sprung gimbal mounts, by Simon Vissiere, circa 1850, $15,000; a mantle clock with red marble plinthe by Vulliamy, London, circa 1810-20, $12,000.

There were also plenty of cheaper items to tempt collectors, with the cheapest ...

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