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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. The big figure sales haven’t faltered, with rare Wemyss pieces selling in excess of $2,000 at auction.

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Rare Stradivarius Violin Sells for Over $11 Million

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million in 2010 , the highest auction price for any instrument at that time. The auction record set by Molitor was soon surpassed, howeverthe Lady Blunt sold for $15.9 Beware of any sale claiming to be a true Stradivarius. The Molitor, made in 1697the very beginning of the Golden Period sold for $3.6 million in 2011.

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