More than 1,200 lots pushed Heritage Auctions` winter Fine & Decorative Art Auction past $1.8 million Dec. 8-10 in Dallas. The auction`s theme focused on The Holiday Table, which presented full dinner and stemware service sets from private collections. Nearly 1,700 bidders participated during the three-day event. `In our first, of what certainly will be a tradition, The Holiday Table brought a fresh take and appeal to a broad range of bidders,` said Karen Rigdon, Director of Silver and Decorative Arts at Heritage Auctions. Auction highlights were diverse and, in many cases, well exceed expectations. An oil on canvas by Lowell Nesbitt titled Three Iris on Blue, 1978, sold for $40,000. An iconic piece of Wall Street history, Charging Bull, a rare prototype for New York`s iconic Wall Street Bull sold for $37,500. The 14-inch bronze is one of 10 known that artist Arturo Di Modica produced as he was solving the engineering feat to create the n
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