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Islamic Artifact Sells for $5.58 Million

October 7, 2008 by Marion Maneker

Christie’s London Sale of Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Proves

Someone Still Has Some Money.

It’s been a bad week for the financial markets and its still only Tuesday. But in London, a rare Fatimid carved rock crystal ewer that was discovered in a regional auction, sold for $5.58 million dollars during Chrisie’s Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds auction. The entire sale grossed £10.4 million ($18 million). The top ten lots, including the ewer, accounted for $11 million of the sale.

Rare Islamic Artifact Goes for nearly $5.6 million (International Herald Tribune)

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Filed Under: Auction Results Tagged With: Christie's, Islamic, London

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