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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 824763, member: 5066&quot;]I pause now to post a recent clock sale that sold in June at Bonham&#039;s London that reached 2.5 million USD, YIKES!</p><p><br /></p><p>Reposted from Jack Plane&#039;s Blog:</p><p><br /></p><p>A table clock, known as the ‘Q (queen) Clock’, made for Queen Mary II by English master clockmaker Thomas Tompion sold for £1,935,063 (AU$3,561,195.85/US$ 2,454,836.67) at Bonham’s <i>The Clive Collection of Exceptional Clocks</i> sale in London yesterday, Wednesday the 19th of June.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]193133[/ATTACH]</p><p>Silver-mounted, quarter-repeating miniature table clock by Thomas Tompion, circa 1693. (Bonham’s)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]193134[/ATTACH]</p><p>Regarded as the Father of English Clock Making, Thomas Tompion (1639-1713) created some of the finest clocks ever made. The silver-mounted, quarter-repeating miniature table ‘Q clock’ was made in 1693 along with a ‘K Clock’ Tompion made for Mary’s husband, King William III.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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