Courtesy Eldred's

19th-century tin hose reel

October 2009 Auction Reviews

Sotheby's

Northeast

Christie's

Leslie Hindman

Dreweatts

Couer d'Alene

Pierre Bergé & Associés

Skinner

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EAST DENNIS, Mass.—Top lot: Overcoming missing parts and some peeling of its original red, blue and gold paint, a 19th-century tin hose reel pulled in $48,875, almost 50 times its high estimate of $1,000. Though attributed to toymaker Althof Bergmann in the catalogue, it was created by clockwork maker George Brown.

"In Brief: Eldred's" originally appeared in the October 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's October 2009 Table of Contents.