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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 10557909, member: 111"]Auction estimates are just that, not uncommon for selling prices to go well beyond the estimates or well below the estimates, a reserve might not be met, or could even just pass without any bids. Would suspect the high bids are primarily due to the rarity of the pieces, a collector will often pay more for something they might never see offered again, though the added provenance of coming from Baggott's or other well-known collections is nice too...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 10557909, member: 111"]Auction estimates are just that, not uncommon for selling prices to go well beyond the estimates or well below the estimates, a reserve might not be met, or could even just pass without any bids. Would suspect the high bids are primarily due to the rarity of the pieces, a collector will often pay more for something they might never see offered again, though the added provenance of coming from Baggott's or other well-known collections is nice too... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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