Monday 9 June 2008

Backgammon table sold for $6,600

By the close of the auction in Los Angeles, Bonhams & Butterfields clients - private and institutional collectors and members of the trade - had spent more than $1.76-million for fine art and furniture from the Beverly Hills Estate of conductor/composer José Iturbi and Marion Seabury, proceeds benefiting the José Iturbi Foundation. Among the objects that were auctioned there was a unique mirrored backgammon table. It was sold for $6,600. José Iturbi (28 November 189528 June 1980) was a Spanish conductor and pianist. He appeared in several Hollywood films of the 1940s, notably playing himself in the 1943 musical, Thousands Cheer.
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