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Wednesday, 18th November 2009 (2828 views)

Dozens of rare gold boxes have been sold by Christie's in a London-based auction.

Yesterday's (November 17th) Centuries Of Style sale saw over 40 gold boxes dating from the 18th century onwards sold, with some fetching hundreds of thousands of pounds.

The top-selling such item was a fine Prussian rococo enamelled gold box made by Daniel Baudesson in the 18th century, which sold for £657,250 - smashing its original estimate of between £150,000 and £200,000.

A Saxon gold-mounted 'stein-cabinet' snuff box by Johann-Christian Neuber also attracted a final bid of £289,250.

The Tredegar Gold Cup, which is a George III two-handled cup and cover presented to Sir Charles Gould by the Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships in 1782, was sold for £97,250.

Earlier this year, Christie's sold 16 gold boxes from Yves Saint Laurent's own collection in an auction in Paris for €1.23 million (£1.09 million).

 

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