Celebrity Watches Up for Auction This Weekend As Antiquorum Teams Up With RM Auctions Inc., at Monterey's Annual Sports Car Auction MONTEREY, CA, AUGUST 18-19
15 August 2000
Celebrity Watches Up for Auction This Weekend As Antiquorum Teams Up With RM Auctions Inc., at Monterey's Annual Sports Car Auction MONTEREY, CA, AUGUST 18-19
MONTEREY, Calif. - Antiquorum, the world's leading auctioneer of fine
collector's watches, has teamed up with RM Auctions Inc., North America's
largest catalogue collector car auction house, and is introducing for the first
time ever a watch auction as part of RM's annual sports car auction this weekend,
August 18-19 in Monterey, CA.
Antiquorum is offering over 100 watches from prestigious manufacturers
such as Rolex, Cartier, Patek Philippe, Breguet, Audemars Piguet, and Vacheron
& Constantin. On the celebrity front are two wristwatches once owned and
previously worn by NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon and U.S. Golf Open Champion,
Tiger Woods. Gordon's watch, a gentleman's Rado, estimated $2,000-2,500, was
a gift from his wife Brooke and is engraved on the clasp "I love you, Brooke."
Woods' watch, a Tudor Prince Date with red dial and red leather band is
offered for sale with a certificate of warranty issued under the golfer's own
name. Estimated $3,000-4,000, Antiquorum experts anticipate both celebrity
watches to fetch well above pre-sale estimates.
The watch sale also features many jeweled, complicated, and sports
wristwatches for both men and women. One of the highlights is a set of
2 Souscription 18K gold watches by Breguet, No. 27, estimated $90,000-100,000.
Included in this set is a minute-repeating, astronomical wristwatch with
perpetual calendar, phases and ages of the moon, and an astronomical
self-winding pocket watch with date, phases and ages of the moon, and power
reserve indication. Also certain to capture the attention of car lovers is a
unique, platinum Girard-Perregaux gentleman's "Ferrari" wristwatch with one
minute tourbillon regulator, split-seconds chronograph, registers, and minute
repeater. The most sophisticated wristwatch made by Girard-Perregaux with the
Ferrari logo on the dial, this collector's delight is expected to fetch above
its pre-sale estimate of $130,000-150,000. Another highlight is a Patek
Philippe & Cie, Geneve, Ref. 3939H, minute-repeating chronometer in 18K pink
gold with one minute tourbillon regulator, estimated $170,000-190,000.
All watches, along with the cars will be auctioned LIVE on the web-site of
Antiquorum (http://www.antiquorum.com) where bidders can register online to
leave absentee bids or to bid in real time during the auction.
During the 2-day event, Antiquorum will also offer the public a sneak
preview of highlights from its New York, September 28th sale of Important
Jewelry & Rare and Exotic Gemstones, including an unusual collection of
jewel-sculptures. Antiquorum's Founder and Chairman, Osvaldo Patrizzi,
renowned author, and hailed as the world's most knowledgeable watch expert
will also be signing copies of his newly released books, Collecting Rolex
Wristwatches and, Collecting Patek Philippe Wristwatches (Guido Mondani
Editore).
The Monterey Sports Car Auction is the third collaborative auction between
Antiquorum and RM Auctions Inc., this year.
WHERE: DoubleTree Hotel at Fisherman's Warf, Monterey, CA
PREVIEW: Friday, August 18, 9:00a.m.- 6:00p.m.
WATCH AUCTION: Saturday, August 19, 3:00p.m.-5:00p.m.