A ratty doll, more than 100 years old, with irreversible damage, including a dog-chewed right leg has been sold for almost 67,000 US$ at an auction in the United Kingdom.
As per the the BBC, the 1910 antique doll was sold at auction house Vectis on Teesside. Despite having its foot chewed off by a puppy many years ago, a phone bidder from the US bought it for 67,118.67 US$.
The BBC further highlighted that the “high quality” Kammer & Reinhardt doll was of a rare type that is up for grabs every 20-30 years, according to Thornaby-based Vectis.
The life-like dolls were based on real children and were made for adult collectors rather than young people. Unfortunately, trends changed in post-World War I Germany, and the mass market for such expensive dolls largely vanished.
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According to the seller to spoke to the BBC, the doll was formerly owned by their grandmother and then by their mother.
On its website, the auction company described the doll’s peculiarity: “The doll is one of the world’s rarest in this larger size with fine modelling, intensity of expression, and translucent painting.”
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Shedding light on the the damaged portion of the doll, the auction house writes, “The tip of the index finger is missing from the right hand. Its right leg incurred damage when the family dog chewed his foot away. There are scratches and bite marks on this lower leg. The legs have been re-strung with a new mismatched ball joint at the right knee.”
World’s most expensive ruby auctioned
“Estrela de FURA 55.22″, the largest and most valuable ruby to ever appear at auction, was sold for a whopping $34.8 million, setting a new record at Sotheby’s New York. “Estrela de Fura 55.22” simply translates to Star of Fura in Portuguese.
The marvellos gemstone was offered at a starting price of $21 million, and it was sold for $30 million plus fees and commissions to an anonymous telephone buyer.
The gemstone was cut from a 101-carat rough stone discovered in July last year at the Montepeuz ruby mine in Mozambique, which is owned by the Fura Gems company.
The official website of Sotheby’s shared details about FURA Gems, a company which started its journey in Mozambique in 2017 and currently manages nine ruby mining licenses in the country.
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