When the final hammer fell on Tuesday’s British & European Furniture, Decorative Arts & Paintings sale, 620 lots had passed through the auction block, with several hours of spirited bidding online, on the phones, and in the saleroom. The auction totaled more than $1.035 million, with 83% sold by value. European, American, and Chinese silver enjoyed a 100% sell-through rate, as did a collection of nearly 30 polychromed Venetian figures, from the collection of a Virginia gentleman. Highlights from the day’s proceedings include Lot 43, a Soviet porcelain group titled “On Guard: Boy Directing Border Guards to Spies,” from the Lomonosov State Porcelain Manufactory, Leningrad, 1937, which soared past its presale estimate of $3,000-6,000, eventually selling for $20,000. A palatial Italian Renaissance carved marble and walnut doorway
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