Antiques sell well
Prices at R. G. Bell’s antique auction on Wednesday were up about 10 per cent on the previous auction last Noivember.
Mr R. G. Bell said it was a good sale in spite of grumblings about the shortage of money, and there was ; spirited bidding by the 250 (people present. The auction ! lasted from 10.30 a.m. to 4.45 p.m. 1 The highest price paid [was $2lOO for an emerald | ring. Items of unusual interest were an 1830 French movie disc, which showed 'animated cartoons, and four clay pipes that used to sell for one penny each, which sold for a total of $l6. Other leading prices were: a flat grand piano, $1350; six imahogany chairs, $1200; a French credenza, $1300; five Imahogany chairs, $1000; and , a 70-year-old chandelier, I $5OO.
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Press, 9 April 1977, Page 12
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