Christie's (New York)

(29.5 cm), [136] pp., colour illustrations. 119 lots. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Collection of Renaissance and Baroque sculptures, clocks and works of art, beautifully presented, with an unusual number of full-page photographs and comparative illustrations. 85 lots sold, for a sale total of $11,454,875. The top lot was a bronze figure of Hercules Pomarius by Willem Danielsz. Van Tetrode that fetched $2 million. A German gilt striking and automaton lion clock by Philipp Miller (c. 1580-1590) realised $965,000 and a German gilt striking and astronomical table clock from Augsburg, 1560-70, sold for

$725,000. ¶ Unmarked copy.