Harrisburg Artifact Auction: Day 1 of Part 2
Tuesday October 08, 2013 at 6:38 pm
By Jamie Serra

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Today marked the first day of round 2 for Harrisburg's Artifact Auction.

Out of the 506 scheduled items, 410 were actually sold. The bidding took place online and our unofficial estimates place today's total hammer price sales at $89,010.00. The estimated high total for today's items was $186,640, and the estimated low value was $124,470.

Pursuant to Guernsey's Terms and Conditions for the Auction bidders are charged a 25% buyers premium, in addition to paying New York State and local sales taxes of 8.875% for the County of New York.

Although the total value of today's items did not reach the sale prices seen throughout the first half of the Harrisburg Auction, there were a number of items that sold for between 1,000 and 7,000 dollars.

The following is a list of the top items sold at today's auction:

Lot 8177: Research Papers from the Estate of Robert Farrington Elwell, an artist from the 1900's - $7,000.

Lot 8079: A Cased Colt Single Action Revolve went for $5,500.

Lot 8342: Remnants of a Revolutionary War Ship, The Royal Savage sold for $5,000.

Lot 8468: A pair of Indian Photographs - $3,750.00.

Lot 8081: A Winchester 1873 Rifle sold for $2,500.00.

Lot 8423: Savage Ale Advertising Sign maxed out at $1,200.

Lot 8261: 1876 Sioux Campaign Terry & Miles Order - $1,200.

Lot 8080: Colt Single Action Army Pistol - $1,200.

Lot 8421: City Marshal Badge - $1,000.

Part 2 of the second round will begin at 7 am Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, October 9th, 2013.

Interested participants may take part in the action by visiting proxybid.com or liveauctioneers.com.

 
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