A woman paid just $15 for an unusual necklace at a Brooklyn flea market; years later she learned it was an Alexander Calder work, and the forgotten piece sold at Christie’s for $267,750
- The forgotten piece, a silver wire and cord necklace made around 1940, was consigned to Christie’s and sold in the auction house’s First Open sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art in 2013 for $267,750, including buyer’s premium.
- Christie’s results show the necklace, catalogued as “Untitled (Necklace),” achieved the high en
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- The forgotten piece, a silver wire and cord necklace made around 1940, was consigned to Christie’s and sold in the auction house’s First Open sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art in 2013 for $267,750, including buyer’s premium.
- Christie’s results show the necklace, catalogued as “Untitled (Necklace),” achieved the high en
Sources: Times of India