Antique Clocks Stood the Test of Time at Auction
On Monday 2nd April Fellows held their highly anticipated auction of English & Continental Clocks.
Lot 615 was a particularly interesting piece to feature in the sale, as it was produced by the makers of perhaps the most internationally recognisable timepiece of all time - the clock atop the Big Ben tower.
A bidding war quickly emerged with the final hammer price reaching a staggering £11,000.
Lot 699 – a 19th century combination steam-powered clock and barometer - was also a firm favourite. Looking like a convoluted contraption that one might expect to find alongside similarly bewildering apparatus in a cluttered scientific laboratory, this intriguing brass automaton sold for five times its lowest estimate at £5,000. |