PSYCHIC JEANE DIXON’S LEGENDARY CRYSTAL BALL SELLS FOR $11,950 PSYCHIC JEANE DIXON’S LEGENDARY CRYSTAL BALL SELLS FOR $11,950
Celebrity psychic Jeane Dixon’s legendary crystal ball sold for $11,950 yesterday at Sloans & Kenyon’s auction of property from her est
News-Antique.com - Jul 29,2009 - PSYCHIC JEANE DIXON’S LEGENDARY CRYSTAL BALL SELLS FOR $11,950
DIXON ESTATE AUCTION TOTAL DOUBLES EXPECTATIONS
STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWD FILLS AUCTION GALLERY
July 27, 2009 – Celebrity psychic Jeane Dixon’s legendary crystal ball sold for $11,950 yesterday at Sloans & Kenyon’s auction of property from her estate. In addition to Dixon’s crystal ball, the auction included antique furniture, decorative arts and silver, paintings and sculpture, rugs, vintage clothing, as well as documents, memorabilia and religious artifacts from the estate of Jeane Dixon (1904-1997), who was the reigning astrologer and psychic of the 20th century, best known for predicting John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
DIXON ESTATE AUCTION TOTAL DOUBLES EXPECTATIONS
377 of the 378 lots in the catalogue session sold for $312,349.10, doubling the low end of the pre-auction estimate of $154,455-231,205. All 159 lots sold in the non-catalogue session grossed $8,574.13. The auction’s top lot was a Continental Gilt Brass-Mounted Bas Relief Cast Composition Wishing Well, estimated at $800-1200, that sold for $22,107.50; an ornate 18th Century Italian Baroque Carved Gilt-wood Palace Mirror, estimated at $2,000-4000, attracted bidders from Europe and Italy, and sold to a European bidder in the audience for $14,340. The auction’s surprise lot was a Charles X Ebony Inlaid Satinwood barrel-back Armchair with massively carved lion’s head hand-holds, estimated at $500-700, which sold for $11,053.75 and attracted seven phone bidders,
STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWD FILLS AUCTION GALLERY
438 bidders registered for the auction; bidders participated by phone and absentee bid and internet bidding via Artfact Live! from Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Phillipines, Lebanon, Germany, Australia, and Canada, as well as the United States.
TOP LOTS
Lot 1241 CONTINENTAL GILT BRASS-MOUNTED BAS RELIEF CAST COMPOSITION WISHING WELL, 19th century. Est. 800-1,200
$22,107.50
Lot 1245: ITALIAN BAROQUE CARVED GILT-WOOD PALACE MIRROR, 18th century. Est. 2,000-4,000
$14,340
Lot 1371: JEANE DIXON'S CRYSTAL BALL
$11,950
Lot 1225: CHARLES X EBONY INLAID SATINWOOD BARREL-BACK ARM CHAIR. Est. 500-700
$11,053.75
Lot 1304: BERNHARD OSTERMAN (Swedish, 1870-1938). TEMPTATION. Est, 4,000-6,000
$10,157.50
Lot 1302 JOHN LINTON CHAPMAN (American, 1839-1905). CLAUDIAN AQUEDUCT. Est. 3,000-5,000
$8663.75
Lot 1246: ITALIAN BAROQUE CARVED AND GILT-WOOD MARBLE-TOP PALACE CONSOLE TABLE Est. 3,000-5,000
$8365.00
Lot 1243: VICTORIAN ELABORATELY CARVED MAHOGANY MIRRORED-BACK CONSOLE ETAGERE Est. 1,500-2,500
$5975.00
Lot 1303: HYPPOLYTE FRANÇOIS MOREAU (French, 1832-1927). IMPRUDENCE. Est. 5,000-7,000
$6572.50
Lot 1095: RUSSIAN ICON OF VLADIMIR MOTHER OF GOD. 19th century. Est. 400-600
$5975.00
Lot 1064: LARGE TIFFANY GOLD FAVRILE VASE FROM THE 1915 PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION IN SAN FRANCISCO, Est. 6,000-9,000
$4,780.00
Lot 1368: NAPOLEON III GILT, FLORAL TOLE-DECORATED, AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL-APPLIED CAST IRON TESTER BED. Est. 3,000-5,000
$4,481.25
(All prices include 19.5% buyer's premium.)
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Sloans & Kenyon Auctioneers and Appraisers is Metropolitan Washington DC's premier auction house; estate catalogue auctions of fine art and antiques are held approximately five times each year. The company is the successor firm to Washington's C.G. Sloan & Co., which was established in 1853. Sloans & Kenyon recently has sold property at auction from the National Press Club, U.S. Capitol Historical Society,
