2009 Auctions

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

AUCTION HOUSES referred below :

Bonhams Site Press
Christie's Site Press
Doyle Site
Heritage Auction Galleries Site Press
Philip Weiss Site News
Sotheby's Site Press
WestLicht Site

PAST SALES

Doyle, New York, October 28
Journal of balloon ascension by Blanchard (lot 312, est 8 K$) (SOLD 7.5 K$ excl, 9.4 K$ incl)
Discussion
Sale 09BP02, Site visited October 11

Bonhams, Las Vegas, October 3
Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton (lot 23) (UNSOLD)
Discussion
Sale 17517, Release viewed August 15

Philip Weiss, New York, September 13
a pearl weighing 2.26 Kg (lot 2200, est 40 K$) (UNSOLD)
Discussion
Site visited June 20

Bonhams, New York, July 16
an Apollo 16 checklist embedded with lunar dust (lot 288, est 200 K$) (SOLD 170 K$ excl, 206 K$ incl)
Discussion
an Apollo 14 lunar dust brush (lot 274, est 125 K$) (UNSOLD)
Sale 17402, Release viewed April 19

Bonhams, New York, June 1
two halves of an entire petrified wood tree from Triassic period (lot 1097, est 125 K$) (SOLD 75 K$ excl, 91 K$ incl)
Sale 17502, Release viewed May 10

WestLicht, Vienna, May 23
the earliest Leica M3 (lot 113, est 70 K€) (SOLD 60 K€ excl, 72 K€ incl)
a NASA modified 500 EL/M Hasselblad (lot 446, est 20 K€) (SOLD 15 K€ excl, 18 K€ incl)
Sale 15, Site visited April 4

Heritage, Dallas, May 17
a saber-toothed tiger skull (lot 41269, est 200 K$) (SOLD 330 K$ incl)
a meteorite (lot 41222, est 55 K$) (SOLD 50 K$ incl)
Sale 6016, Release April 29

Christie's Paris, April 7
The skeleton of an ophtalmosaurus (lot 447, est 180 K€) (SOLD 180 K€ incl)
Discussion
Sale 5560, Release viewed February 7

Sotheby's New York January 24
a weather vane (lot 232, est 3 M$) (UNSOLD)
Sale N08512 Release December 22
Discussion

Heritage, Dallas, January 18
A 93% intact Triceratops skull (lot 41323, est 240 K$) (SOLD 250 K$ incl)
Discussion
A large lizard preserved in amber (lot 41277, est 90 K$) (SOLD 95 K$ incl)
Discussion
Sale 6012. Release December 23

Christie's, New York, January 15
Many examples of scrimshaws including one depicting a female pirate (lot 112, est 5 K$) (SOLD 5 K$ incl)
Discussion
Sale 2129 Release December 30