Briggs Auctions Fine Estates Auction held on July 30 featured a fine selection of antique and modern furnishings, fine art, fine porcelains, decorative arts and more. This was a well-received auction with a wide variety of items that appealed to a broad range of bidders, said Stephen Turner, the president of Briggs Auction Inc. Strong prices were a good indication the industry is thriving. The highlight of the auction was an antique Chinese covered porcelain bowl, decorated with an enamel dragon design and a double-ring Yongzheng mark, paired with small famille rose covered teapot with a calligraphy mark. The bowl realized $200,000. All prices quoted include a buyers premium. It was part of a collection from a direct descendant of Thomas Alexander Scott (Pennsylvania, 1823-81). It was very exciting, said Turner, and gratifying to see this rare piece of Chinese decorative arts be so competitively fought over by bidders across the globe. The intense interest this small bowl generated almost from the day the auction was posted online showed us that we had an incredibly special piece on our hands. Were very happy not only for the consignors family, but for the bowls new owner as well. Other items from the same collection included two early 20th-century Louis Vuitton monogram steamer trunks, which realized $12,250 and $6,875; a grouping of 10 Sevres porcelain cabinet plates with central floral medallions and various maker marks ($9,375); a grouping of 15 Mintons Aesthetic Movement porcelain plates, each decorated for the Japanese market with raised gold and silver ikebana designs ($6,000); and a rare German horizontal table clock of hexagonal form, ca. early 18th century, signed for Peter Krenckel, who worked as an assistant to Wilhelm Kberle in Eichsttt, Germany ($6,250). The Scott descendant collection also featured a fine assortment of antique sterling silver decorative items, to include a Scandinavian silver peg tankard with an inset Danish Coronation of Queen Caroline Mathilde medal and with a JJE hallmark ($10,625); a fine English sterling silver kettle on stand with 1751 date mark ($4,560); and a fine English sterling silver epergne with an 1818 date mark ($4,500). Mid-Century Modern furniture and decorative arts continue to see strong prices, as a fine George Nakashima end table with unusual triangular-form free-edge top on a Minguren I base, ca. late 1960s/early 1970s, was no exception, changing hands for $8,750. Also, a pair of Modern design floor-standing metal sound sculptures in the style of Harry Bertoias Sonambient sold for $5,000. More traditional styles also did well, including a set of 10 Stickley Colonial Williamsburg Restoration Georgian-style mahogany dining chairs ($3,500); a large 18th-century or earlier Flemish verdure tapestry with bucolic design ($7,500); a fine pair of antique Chinese Export gilt mirrors with reverse-painted crests depicting two figures ($3,250); an American carved wall panel featuring an eagle in relief surrounded by a wreath, cornucopia, and fruit and floral design ($3,250); a Chinese silver and carved pale jade belt hook and plaque fitted as a hand mirror ($5,000); and a more contemporary David Goode signed and numbered cast bronze sculpture titled The Ferryman from the artists The Goblin Collection realized $4,250. Fine art covered a variety of genres and periods, with many pieces achieving great prices, including a James Webb oil-on-panel genre scene harbor landscape ($8,750); a painting attributed to Thomas Chambers (Hudson River School), oil-on-canvas depicting a view of West Point ($6,875); a Harry Leith Ross oil-on-board illustration titled Soda Fountain ($5,280); a Joan Mir etching with aquatint titled Demi-Mondaine a Sa Fenetre ($5,250); a mixed-media illustration-on-panel attributed to Stanley Arthurs of a colonial military procession ($3,600); and a Frank Earle Schoonover oil-on-canvas landscape titled Fall October ($3,250). Internet bidding was done through Briggs Auctions Bid at Briggs platform and via LiveAuctioneers.com. For more information, visit www.BriggsAuction.com.