Christie's HK Auction Preview at Ferrari Dealer Showroom!
Apr 29, 2012,11:03 AM
It's been a while since Christie's did
preview in Japan for its watch auction. The auction itself is
to be held on May 29 in Hong Kong and some of the pieces were displayed
at Ferrari dealer (Cornes) in Tokyo (gong to Osaka tomorrow).
The display included jewelry as well and it appeared that the Ferrari
clientele (who Ferrari shop staff fully attended) were showing interest
in those jewelries. The collaboration seemed to be
working. For watches, some of the Ferrari owners or clientele
were showing interest, too. Watch nuts were not so paid
attention, though. But many thanks to Cornes, we could see,
touch, and handle (and even hear) some of the masterpieces.
The e-Catalog is not ready yet, so let me show you some of the pieces
for the May 29 Auction:
(Note: showing photos here
including some of the serial numbers are permitted by
Christie's)
Showroom on the ground floor
with many, I mean, many serious business going on (they sell 6 per week on
average! - where is the economic slump???). When I came back to Tokyo, I noticed that I see a few Ferrari of Lamborghini everyday - much more often than in New York...... I don't know if it's good or bad.....
On the
second floor.
Christie's and Ferrari collaboration
Now the
watches:
Breguet
Christophe Claret Dualtow Night
Eagle
RM003
HD3
Vulcania
And
rotating video (just for fun ):
HW Opus 1,
piece unique dial color.
Maitres Du Temps
Chopard LE of 35
Cartier
Rolex
(this must be my first time to take and show Rolex photo )
Franck
Muller
AP
Jules Audemars WG/ diamond Minute Repeater Tourbillon
Chronograph
Breguet WG/ Diamond/ Sapphire "Marine"
Chrono
Patek
5131 Cloisone
Vintage PP 2481 (?)
PP
5075 (Black Goat)
PP
5075 (Green Goat)
PP
Grand Complication showcase:
5207 - Extremely nice!
5074
5004
5004
5016
5020
There
were many more, but these are just tiny part of the highlight of what
you will see in the auction.
Again, many thanks to
Mr. Sam Hines, Ms. Yuko Fukagawa of Christie's and Cornes. We
are looking forward to more of these preview held here.
Ken
This message has been edited by KIH on 2012-04-29 11:14:53
It's been a while since Christie's did preview in Japan for its watch auction. The auction itself is to be held on May 29 in Hong Kong and some of the pieces were displayed at Ferrari dealer (Cornes) in Tokyo (gong to Osaka tomorrow). The display included...
Looks like a great auction, I look forward to seeing the Dualtow coming up as always liked this watch and never seen one on the secondary market. Also all the Opus's (Opi?) that are also up for sale. Cheers Andrew
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... otherwise, I would never go there nor do they let me in I wondered, "what do they see in these global warming promotion machines in this era..." Hehehe. Ken This message has been edited by KIH on 2012-04-29 21:45:57
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