An online-only Watches, Jewelry & Decorative Arts auction featuring the single-owner lifetime clock collection of Bruce Walsh will be held on Saturday, November 21st, by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd., based in New Hamburg. The 298-lot auction will begin at 9 am Eastern time, with online bidding via LiveAuctioneers.com and the Miller & Miller website (MillerandMillerAuctions.com). Phone and absentee bids will be taken.
The auction is a collector’s dream, filled with luxury watches by makers such as Rolex, Omega and Patek Philippe, fine jewelry and a nice mix of decorative art, including the Bruce Walsh clock collection. Offered will be Pairpoint lamps, silver by Buccellati and Georg Jensen, glass by Lalique, paintings and fine art, Asian objects, silver, carvings, decoys, art glass and art pottery.
Also from the Bruce Walsh collection is an early 20th century German Arts & Crafts grandfather clock in a mahogany case attributed to Winterhalder & Hofmeier, ringing the quarters on eight bells and gongs, 87 inches tall; and a 1920s-era tubular grandfather clock, also German-made, chiming on the quarter on five tubes with a choice of two tunes (both clocks est. $2,000-$3,000)
The expected top lots of the auction are actually in the wristwatches category, which will be led by a beautiful Swiss Omega ‘Pre-Moon’ Speedmaster watch (1962, Ref. 105005-62), in a stainless steel case (est. $12,000-$14,000). The watch features a “DON” (dot-over-ninety) bezel and alpha hands, a caliber 321 movement, and engraved to the previous owner on the caseback.
Also offered will be a Rolex Explorer wristwatch (Swiss-made, 1966, Ref. 1016), featuring a matte ‘frog’s foot’ dial with tritium hour markers, original box and papers, caseback engraved to the previous owner as a service award (est. $8,000-$10,000); and a Patek Philippe 18kt white gold and diamond ladies’ Calatrava wristwatch with pure lines, weighing 59.0 grams gross and bezel and lugs set with 62 well-matched VS quality diamonds, each 0.1 ct. (est. $4,000-$6,000).
Miller & Miller Auctions is Canada’s trusted seller of high-value collections and is always accepting quality consignments. The firm specializes in watches and jewelry, art, antiques and high-value collectibles. Its mission is to provide collectors with a trusted place to buy and sell.
To consign a single piece, an estate or a collection, you may call them at (519) 573-3710; or, e-mail to [email protected]. To learn more about Miller & Miller Auctions and the firm’s upcoming auctions, visit www.MillerandMillerAuctions.com.