Bronze ostrich sold at auction for £1.8 million
Bronze ostrich sold at auction for £1.8 million Sam Russell, PA 22 April 2021, 4:16 pm A sculpture of an ostrich by Renaissance artist Giambologna has sold at auction for more than £1.8 million – 15 times its pre-sale estimate. The bronze bird was sold to a UK-based private buyer in the room at the Cheffins Fine Sale in Cambridge on Thursday. It went for £1,824,540, dwarfing the pre-sale estimate of £80,000 to £120,000 and setting a new house record for the auctioneers. Giambologna (1529-1608) was a Flemish sculptor who worked in Italy. The ostrich sculpture was at one point owned by H...
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