Jones & Horan Has Successful Holiday Online-Only Auction

Diamond, sapphire and platinum Art Deco bracelet sailed over estimates to achieve $4,900.

GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — Jones & Horan’s recent holiday online-only auction featured 161 gift-worthy watches or jewelry items just in time for the holidays. The auction broke the firm’s previous online-only auction records with hundreds of bidders in 15 countries and a total hammer price of $173,600.

Patek Philippe pocket watches led the sale, with the top two lots being a Patek Philippe chronograph achieving $7,100 and a Patek Philippe quarter hour repeater garnering $6,700. A pristine Patek Philippe Chronometro Gondolo hammered at $4,100. A Patek Philippe marked for A.H. Rodanet (Patek’s retailer in France) brought $3,300, and another Patek marked for Palmer, Bachelder & Co, Boston, realized $2,400.

Top lot was this Patek Philippe chronograph selling just over estimates at $7,100.

Franck Muller Master Banker Havana with boxes and papers realized $3,800.

Waltham five-minute repeater in heavy English 18K gold case brought $4,100.

Patek Philippe quarter hour repeater garnered $6,700.

Other notable European pocket watches included a J.M. Badollet minute repeater in 18K that sold at high estimate for $3,600, a Thos Russell & Son 18K gold chronograph with 30-hour winding indicator that hammered at $3,100, an Eardley Norton early gong quarter repeating fusee in 16K gold that achieved $2,800 and a Ulysse Breting pivoted detent chronometer in 18K gold that garnered $2,300.

Jewelry also performed well, with an elegant diamond, sapphire and platinum Art Deco bracelet going over estimates to achieve $4,900. A 1.5-carat diamond and 14K white gold engagement ring realized $3,900, and a gentleman’s 1.6-carat diamond and 14K two-tone yellow and white gold ring reached $3,500. A pair of Tiffany & Co diamond and 14K gold vintage cufflinks exceeded estimates at $900, and a lot of three small 14K gold and gemstone insect pins achieved twice the high estimate at $800. A lot of two collectible roller ball pens, a Pelikan Souveran (Germany) and S.T. Dupont (Paris) also went over high estimate to sell for $400.

Leading the American pocket watch section, a Waltham five-minute repeater in heavy English 18K case hammered at $4,100, a Waltham Riverside Maximus with triple signed “Benedict Brothers, New York” private label in 18K gold garnered $2,600, a Dudley Masonic 12S realized $2,500, and a Seth Thomas Maiden Lane 25J reached $2,300. A bit of a sleeper, an Elgin G.M. Wheeler in massive 8-ounce silver case achieved nearly double the high estimate at $1,200. A Rockford Model 7 with unusual and clever dial with “R.W.Co.” (Rockford Watch Co’s factory initials) written in the smoke of the locomotive image went above estimates to reach $500.

Leading the wristwatches, a Franck Muller Master Banker Havana with boxes and papers sold for $3,800. Other leaders included an IWC Portuguese flyback chronograph with vertical clutch column wheel garnering $3,600, a lady’s Bulgari quartz in 18K gold realizing $2,600, a Vacheron & Constantin ref 39011 in 18K reaching $2,100 and an IWC Fliegeruhr MKXVI, ref 3255, achieving $2,000.

With no buyer’s premium, all prices realized are the hammer price. For information, www.jones-horan.com or 603-623-5314.