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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4304700, member: 5833&quot;]While I am not surprised the piece exceeded the very low auction house estimate, I am astounded at the hammer price.&nbsp; Fees were probably around 25%, so it fetched some real money.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will not find her on my web site because she is not anyone in particular, there is no story to go with her.&nbsp; These ladies laden with flowers are usually regarded as Flora, although I don&#039;t know that cutters had any such thing in mind.&nbsp; They fit in well with the art nouveau style.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I can say that may account for the high price is that there was probably a gamble on the setting being gold, she&#039;s very well &amp; elaborately cut, the flowers are a change from the usual roses although something I have seen before.&nbsp; Perhaps there was a bidding war.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been saying for at least a couple of years now that the cameo market has become wonky: unexceptional pieces achieve high prices like this one; outstanding ones go underappreciated.&nbsp; This malachite carving of the <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/peace-halting-horses" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/peace-halting-horses" rel="nofollow">Genius of Peace Halting the Horses of Mars</a> just sold for substantially less than this &#039;Flora&#039;, despite the high karat gold mount, the unusual stone and uncommon subject:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]349086[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Go figure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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