Check this out!  A Qing Dynasty table clock was sold for $3.8M at a Sotheby’s auction this week.  This auction was held at the country estate of Patricia Kluge in Charlottesville.

The clock, one of the top showcase pieces sold Tuesday for a price more than triple the $1 million estimated top value after a heated telephone bidding session. A Chinese collector jumped in with an offer of $1.2 million for the nearly 200-year-old gilt-brass-and-enamel timepiece, then cast the winning bid of $3.78 million several minutes later.

This clock was dated back in the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795).  It’s definitely a masterpiece, I wonder what it would look like in my dining room……