Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces · 13 May 2012

Passement - Important Louis XV Tellurian Orrery Clock Invanté par Passemant Ingenieur du Roy

PASSEMENT - IMPORTANT LOUIS XV TELLURIAN ORRERY CLOCK Invanté par Passemant Ingenieur du Roy au Louvre A Paris. Made circa 1765. Highly important and extremely rare, painted and gilt-wood, two-week going, hour and half-hour striking table clock with Tellurian Orrery showing relative motions of the Sun, Earth and Moon with an option for manual demonstration.

Lot

Antiquorum, May 2012

Hammer result

CHF 92,500

about $99,645 at today's rate

23% below the high estimate
Low estimate CHF 80,000
High estimate CHF 120,000
In USD $86,179 to $129,269

The lot

Auction house

Antiquorum

Sale

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Date

13 May 2012

Lot number

466

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