Amazing--- $60K.. and I'm was sweating paying $400 for a minty Fireside this week. It was fun seeing the Tin Can online and watching the bidding.. I was glued to the screen for the last 3 minutes just wanting to see where it would go. I suspect the seller just moved up to a higher tax bracket.
I have a vague memory that a Moorish Marquetry VV-XVI brought in the $70,000 range a few years ago.
You can see a picture of one on page 135 of Look for the Dog, 2005 revised edition.
Clay
Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume's Laws of Collecting
1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.