Lot 80
FOUR GOLD BOXES
Closed3 November 2009
Price Realised
EUR 4,375
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FOUR GOLD BOXES
A rectangular box with square-cut ruby set clasp, Tiffany & Co., circa 1940; a rectangular cigarette case with polychrome enamelled crown in fitted case, by A. Aucoq, Paris; a gold magnifying glass, by Tiffany & Co. and a gold vanity case with mirrored lid, three compartments, to a later diamond set chain (4)
A rectangular box with square-cut ruby set clasp, Tiffany & Co., circa 1940; a rectangular cigarette case with polychrome enamelled crown in fitted case, by A. Aucoq, Paris; a gold magnifying glass, by Tiffany & Co. and a gold vanity case with mirrored lid, three compartments, to a later diamond set chain (4)
FOUR GOLD BOXES
A rectangular box with square-cut ruby set clasp, Tiffany & Co., circa 1940; a rectangular cigarette case with polychrome enamelled crown in fitted case, by A. Aucoq, Paris; a gold magnifying glass, by Tiffany & Co. and a gold vanity case with mirrored lid, three compartments, to a later diamond set chain (4)
A rectangular box with square-cut ruby set clasp, Tiffany & Co., circa 1940; a rectangular cigarette case with polychrome enamelled crown in fitted case, by A. Aucoq, Paris; a gold magnifying glass, by Tiffany & Co. and a gold vanity case with mirrored lid, three compartments, to a later diamond set chain (4)
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).