Hammer & Co Est. 1897 · New York

HC-2544 · Live saleroom

The Property of a Gentleman

Silver, Objects of Vertu and Works of Art

Sale details

An auctioneer's rostrum with a gavel resting on the sound block.

A single-owner sale assembled over fifty years and dispersed in one afternoon. Sold 84 per cent by lot and 91 per cent by value, against a pre-sale low estimate of $1.2 million.

The sale sits
Thursday, August 13, 2026
10:00 AM EDT
Expected to close
Thursday, August 13, 2026
2:00 PM EDT
Public viewing
August 9, 2026 – August 12, 2026
Location
Hammer House, New York
Lots
7 lots in 1 session
Aggregate estimate
$83,000 – 126,000

The result

$147,500

Total hammer across 5 sold lots, with 2 passed — 71% sold by lot. Hammer prices are stated before the buyer’s premium.

Demonstration site. Hammer & Co is a fictional auction house; every lot, estimate, bid, result and provenance chain on this site is invented for the purpose of showing the design. No bid placed here is a real bid and nothing here is offered for sale.

The department

Silver & Objects of Vertu

English, Continental and American silver, gold boxes, and the small precious objects that do not belong anywhere else. Marks are read under magnification and photographed for the catalogue.

Rosalind Achebe

Senior Specialist

(212) 555-0196 [email protected] The department