Sold at Austin Auction Gallery
(82) Towle El Grandee Sterling Flatware Service
- Price realized
- $2,745
- Pre-sale estimate
- $2,250 – $3,250
- Hammer price
- $2,250
- Category
- Silver & Vertu
- Sold
- November 19, 2023
- Sale
- November Spectacular 3-Day Auction Event - Day 3
Lot description
(lot of 82) American sterling silver flatware service, Towle Silversmiths, in the "El Grandee" pattern, designed by Richard Gavette (American, 1930-2018), including: (8) hollow handle knives, 9.5"l, (8) hollow handle steak knives, 9"l, (8) forks, 7 7/8"l, (8) salad forks, 6 7/8"l, (8) cocktail/ seafood forks, 5 5/8"l, (8) dessert/ oval soup spoons, 6 5/8"l, (8) teaspoons, 6 1/8"l, (8) iced tea spoons, 8 1/8"l, (1) hollow handle master butter knife, 7"l, (2) cold meat serving forks, 9 1/8"l, (1) pickle fork, 5.75"l, (1) lemon fork, 5 5/8"l, (3) tablespoons, 8 5/8"l, (2) pierced tablespoons, 8 5/8"l, (1) tomato server, 8 1/8"l, (1) gravy ladle, 7 1/8"l, (1) cream ladle, 6"l, (1) sugar spoon, 6 1/8"l, (1) bon bon spoon, 6"l, (2 piece) hollow handle steak carving set, 10.5"l, (1) hollow handle pie/ cake server, 10 7/8"l; no observed monograms, 109.76ozt total (weighable silver only), housed in fitted flatware box, approx 6.5"h, 16"w, 11.5"d Start Price: $1,200.00
This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.
