January 24, 2006
Million-dollar weathervane
A rare American Goddess of Liberty weathervane made by William Henis, Philadelphia mid 19th century, gilt molded copper painted and sheet iron estimated to bring $60,000 - $90,000 broke the record price for a weathervane when it sold January 20 at Christie’s in New York for a hammer price of $950,000. With the 20/12% buyer’s premium the full price came to $1,080,000.Read on in the Maine Antique Digest.
Posted by David on January 24, 2006 8:41 PM
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Pay me a million dollars and I will provide you wind direction information for rest of my life!
Posted by: Charles on January 25, 2006 4:50 PM
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