SARASOTA, FLA. — Sarasota Estate Auction conducted a two-day auction, August 16-17, comprising more than 900 lots of fine art, design, jewelry, fashion, furniture, movie ephemera, silver, Asian antiquities and a lifetime collection of Sèvres urns. Selling on Sunday, day two, was an antique Tiffany & Company Japanesque sterling silver and mixed metal pitcher that claimed the highest price for either day. The hand-hammered pitcher had copper-toned koi fish on its body, swimming among an engraved bed of seaweed. This piece was produced in the late Nineteenth Century and bore a “Tiffany & Co Makers” mark with the number “256” on its underside. Sarasota Estate Auction’s Mia McDermott reported, “There was a lot of interest on this piece prior to the sale. We had an internet bid of $6,500 leading up to auction day. There were four [live] bidders and multiple bidders online once we started the lot.” When all was said and done, the pitcher sold to a LiveAuctioneers bidder based in New York for $40,690, including buyer’s premium — a significant improvement on its $5/6,000 estimate! Further results from this sale will be featured in an upcoming issue.