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The final price listed is the total price paid by the buyer converted to US dollars, according to the currency exchange rate at the time of auction. This price is the aggregate of the hammer price (i.e., the winning bid or sale price at the auction) plus any buyer's premium paid to the auction houses (where levied, and in accordance with the ...
Ohebshalom lives in Kings Point, New York [16] with his wife Yvonne; they have four children: Richard, Sandy, Alex and Stephanie. [1] His son Alexander serves as Vice President at Empire Management. [4] [18] His son Richard is also the CEO and Founder of the real estate development firm, Pink Stone Capital. [8]
Ansonia Clock Company. The Ansonia Clock Company was a clock manufacturing business founded in Ansonia, Connecticut, in 1851 and which moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1878. The company has produced hundreds of different clock models, including Gingerbread, Porcelain, and Crystal Regulator styles. The business shut down in 2006.
Sold through Phillips' Geneva auction house, the watch fetched a final price of US$11.14 million (CHF 11,002,000). [80] This was the first time that a steel-case Ref. 1518 (only four were made in steel) went for auction; in fact, this piece was the first of the four steel Ref. 1518 manufactured, which features a chronograph and perpetual calendar .
Leopold Hoys (1713–1797), German clockmaker, Bamberg, John Whitehurst (1713–1788), English clockmaker, Derby. Jean Romilly (1714–1796), Swiss watchmaker, Paris, pocket watch. Jean François Poncet (1714–1804), Swiss watchmaker of French origin, clockmaker of the court in Dresden and director of the Grünes Gewölbe.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story [ c] Art Deco skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the state of New York.
One of the city's most famous tourist traps surprised a lifelong New Yorker, although she warns against getting the more expensive ticket.
In 1950, the House of Worth was taken over by the House of Paquin. [2] In 1952, the Worth family influence ended with the retirement of great-grandson Roger. [5] In 1956, the house shut down the couture operations. From 1968, House of Worth was owned by Sidney Massin of Massin Furs in Wigmore Street, London] who put it up for sale in 1987 for ...