Kluge clock sells for $ 3. 8 million

Drought threatens Thailand’s rice crop
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Kluge clock sells for $3.8 million
A Chinese clock goes for more than three times its estimate. PHOTO COURTESY SOTHEBY’S An Imperial Chinese Qing Dynasty table clock far exceeded its high-end $1 million estimate, and after fierce bidding, sold for $3,778,500 yesterday to a Chinese collector at the Sotheby’s-run auction of the Patricia Kluge collection . Yesterday’s bidding totaled around $12 million, according to Sotheby’s …

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