FAMOUS PORTLAND VASE
HIGH BIDDING‘AT CHRISTIE’S. RESERVE NOT REACHED, , (British omclai Wireless.) (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) RUGBY, May 2. There was a dramatic surprise at Christie’s sale room to-day, when the famous Portland vase was put up to auction. In 35 seconds .the bidding had reached ,29,600 guineas. It was then understood by the big crowd that the vase had been sold. A woman wanted to know the name of the purchaser,, as she said the British public were keenly interested in the sale of the vafee. The auctioneer did not reply, and only later was it made known that the vase had been withdrawn. Buyers from Africa and the Continent had been keen bidders against the British buyers. ■
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20708, 4 May 1929, Page 13
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