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The Wemyss Ware Buyer’s Guide: 5 Classic Pieces You Need in Your Collection

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In 2004, a world auction record was set for Weymss Ware, when a Scottish collector bid almost £70,000 (around $86,715) at a Sotheby’s auction for two sleeping piglets produced by the original Fife pottery. Far topping that this year, however, was a Weymss Ware painted tabby cat – it reached a selling price in January of £18,000.

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'The Golconda Blue' Could Make Auction History at Christie's Geneva This May

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In today’s gemological terms, they are classified as Type IIa — the highest quality grade for diamonds. carat “De Beers Blue” at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2022. ” This historic offering follows in the footsteps of other blue diamond milestones, such as the $57.54 million sale of the 14.62-carat