Unusual 1968 Cartier Paris Bamboo Lady's Watch Soars At Auction
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With a low estimate of $8,000, this rare ‘bamboo-style’ 1968 Cartier Paris lady’s wristwatch unexpectedly soared at today’s Important Watches auction at Sothebys NewYork. Part of the third tranche of our ‘Shapes of Cartier’ collection, the unusual timepiece sold for a final price of $140,800 after a bidding war.
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AI GeneratedThis transcript documents the live auction of a Cartier Paris wristwatch (Lot 28). The bidding process was highly competitive, involving a mix of in-person, phone, and online bidders, ultimately driving the price from an opening bid of $7,000 to a final sale price of $110,000.
Lot 28, same collection, Cartier, Paris.
The bamboo, New York retailed.
For this wristwatch, we can open with quite a bit
of interest here at seven, five, 8,000,
five, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,000.
I'm not done yet.
30, 40, $50,000 tied in the book here with me
at $50,000 already, twice, at $50,000.
With the absentee bidders, 55 online.
Thank you for breaking the tie at $55,000.
With the online bidder at $55,000 now, at 55,000.
At 55,000, against the phones.
That's with the online bidder at 55,000.
60,000, thank you, Joey, at $60,000.
At 60,000, 65, online answers back at 65.
Not yours, Joey, at $65,000.
70,000, thank you, at 70,000.
Not yours now, at 70,000.
Now it is at 75,000 with the online bidder again
at $75,000, at 75.
Say 80 next, at 75, still with the online bidder
against the phones, 80 with Joey at 80,000.
Back on the phones at $80,000, 85, at 85,000.
Against you, Joey, at 85,000.
At 85,000, at 85, thank you, at 90,000.
Back with Joey's bidder at $90,000 and 95,
still going online at 95,000, at 95, at $95,000.
Online, Joey, at 95, will you say 100?
95,000, thank you, at $100,000.
Joey's bid, 110, online at 110,000, at $110,000
against all the phones, against the room, of course,
at $110,000, at 110, at 110,000, shall I sell?
Someone new want to jump in, at $110,000 then,
I'm selling, fair warning, at 110,000.
Sold, $110,000 to Paddle706, thank you so much.