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Kluge clock sells for $3.8 million

by Lisa Provence
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published 11:48am Wednesday Jun 9, 2010
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photo-kluge-clock-cropA Chinese clock goes for more than three times its estimate.
PHOTO COURTESY SOTHEBY’S

An Imperial Chinese Qing Dynasty table clock far exceeded its high-end $1 million estimate, and after fierce bidding, sold for $3,778,500 yesterday to a Chinese collector at the Sotheby’s-run auction of the Patricia Kluge collection.

Yesterday’s bidding totaled around $12 million, according to Sotheby’s, coming close to the initial estimates of $13.5 million for the entire collection. Today, 500 more lots go on the block.

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9 comments

  • Jeff D June 9th, 2010 | 3:58 pm

    Hmm, and I need new batteries for my wristwatch.
    Must be nice to be able to waste millions on a rather tacky looking object.

  • Arlen June 9th, 2010 | 9:58 pm

    I hope Patricia sells everything and gets the h### out of Charlottesville.

  • Ed F June 9th, 2010 | 9:58 pm

    Hmmm, do I note a bit of envy Jeff…

  • nbc29fan June 10th, 2010 | 12:33 am

    $3.7 million for a table clock by a Chinese collector…
    While you read this article, how many more people committed suicide in China by jumping out of sweat shop factory windows?!

  • HarryD June 10th, 2010 | 4:40 am

    While you jump on Mrs. Kluge for liquidating, are you not interested in who would have paid that much for a clock- made in China?

    That is the “person of interest”………

  • St. Halsey June 10th, 2010 | 1:20 pm

    Well the clock sale will help our balance of trade

  • Cville Eye June 10th, 2010 | 3:28 pm

    Kluge bought it and now sold it. What’s it to you people? You weren’t going to get any of that money anyway. Go to work!

  • RS June 11th, 2010 | 12:18 pm

    Arlen-You are sooo right. What we want is more poor people to move here. They really do add so much to the community.Yes, more bums & homeless on the streets. What’s not to love.

  • HarryD June 13th, 2010 | 7:47 pm

    and taxes were collected on the spot…………..again

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