A Rolex watch has been sold at auction in Birmingham, UK, for £10,500.
The platinum Oyster Perpetual Day-Date automatic was one of the highlights of 472 items up for sale at Fellows & Sons yesterday (Monday 22nd October).
It puts on a specialist wrist and pocket watches sale every three months: http://www.fellows.co.uk/
Managing partner Stephen Whittaker said: “Top quality watches such as these always attract a lot of attention, which is always good for the other items in the sale.
“You always get some very interesting items and this auction was no exception.”
Some of the other highlights of the sale included:
• An 18th century underpainted horn and gilt metal pair cased pocket watch, which sold for £480
• Two gentlemen’s wristwatches valued at £200 to £300, but which sold for £900
• A Movado gentleman’s 18k triple date manual watch, which sold for £840
• Another Movado gentleman’s steel manual wind chronograph watch, which was valued at £120 to £180 and sold for £420
Fellows & Sons is 131 years old and does its sales in modern auction rooms in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter: http://www.fellows.co.uk.
Thanks to a heavy investment in internet technology, anyone across the world could listen to a live feed of the auction and make live bids for the antique watches.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
• A Fellows spokesman is available for interview. Call Mary-Ann Long on 0121 212 5500. Or email mary@fellows.co.uk
• Pictures are available on request
• Fellows & Sons is one of the UK’s oldest auctioneers, and is based in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, UK. It was established in 1876 and remains a family business. It is rapidly becoming known as one of the UK’s most technologically advanced auctioneers, using the latest digital marketing techniques and internet bidding technology to open up real life auctions to buyers across the world
