MEISSEN as investment: successful auction at Christie’s in London

The MEISSEN® collection of the physician Roy L. Byrnes was auctioned at Christie’s in London on 11 May.

The top item was a blue-and-white chinoiserie baluster vase with an Augustus Rex mark that went for 121,500 pounds sterling (GBP), double the estimated figure. A bottle stand from the Swan Service with an estimated value of GBP 15,000 sold for GBP 66,050, and the handled serving dish, bought for GBP 19,100 in 2002 and valued at between GPB 15,000-25,000, actually made GBP 55,250.

A teapot in Böttger stoneware did even better: it was estimated to be worth between GBP 4,000-6,000 and actually went under the hammer for GBP 58,850.

Further information obtainable in German in the Handelsblatt newspaper:

http://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/kunstmarkt-auktionen/porzellan-gute...