Lot 219
A RETRO EVENING BAG, BY BOUCHERON
Closed29 April 2009
Price Realised
EUR 3,750
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A RETRO EVENING BAG, BY BOUCHERON
The black silk evening bag with detachable gold compact with pierced engraved front depicting butterflies and flowers, set with rubies, opening to reveal a powder compact and mirror compartment, and a similarly set lipstick holder, circa 1940
Signed Boucheron, the compact numbered 875012
The black silk evening bag with detachable gold compact with pierced engraved front depicting butterflies and flowers, set with rubies, opening to reveal a powder compact and mirror compartment, and a similarly set lipstick holder, circa 1940
Signed Boucheron, the compact numbered 875012
A RETRO EVENING BAG, BY BOUCHERON
The black silk evening bag with detachable gold compact with pierced engraved front depicting butterflies and flowers, set with rubies, opening to reveal a powder compact and mirror compartment, and a similarly set lipstick holder, circa 1940
Signed Boucheron, the compact numbered 875012
The black silk evening bag with detachable gold compact with pierced engraved front depicting butterflies and flowers, set with rubies, opening to reveal a powder compact and mirror compartment, and a similarly set lipstick holder, circa 1940
Signed Boucheron, the compact numbered 875012
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €20,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €20,001 and €800.000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €800.000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. Please be advised that a purchasers inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).