Hammer & Co Est. 1897 · New York

Published in full

Past results

A house that publishes only its successes is publishing an advertisement. Every settled lot appears here, including the ones that did not sell.

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.

Total hammer
$147,500
Across 5 sold lots
Paid by buyers
$187,325
Hammer plus buyer’s premium
Sold by lot
71%
2 passed, published below
Above high estimate
3
Of 5 sold

The record

Every settled lot

Hammer prices are stated before the buyer’s premium; the last column is what the buyer actually paid the house.

Every settled lot, with hammer price and total paid
Lot Description Department Estimate Hammer Paid Date
HC-2544 · 86 A silver-cased pocket chronometer English Watches & Clocks $3,000 – 5,000 Passed August 13, 2026
HC-2544 · 71 A fine Persian rug Persian Carpets & Textiles $9,000 – 14,000 $26,000 $33,020.00 August 13, 2026
HC-2544 · 58 A bronze bust after the Antique Italian Old Master Paintings $5,000 – 8,000 $7,000 $8,890.00 August 13, 2026
HC-2544 · 44 A Regency mahogany library table English English & European Furniture $6,000 – 9,000 $11,500 $14,605.00 August 13, 2026
HC-2544 · 31 A gold-mounted hardstone snuff box Continental Silver & Objects of Vertu $8,000 – 12,000 Passed August 13, 2026
HC-2544 · 19 A pair of cast silver candlesticks London Silver & Objects of Vertu $12,000 – 18,000 $15,000 $19,050.00 August 13, 2026
HC-2544 · 7 A silver two-handled cup and cover London Silver & Objects of Vertu $40,000 – 60,000 $88,000 $111,760.00 August 13, 2026

Every figure on this page is fictional and is printed to show how the house publishes a season, not to record one. No real sale record is quoted and no real collection is named.

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