Feb. 9, 2026 Sale of 226 Vintage Jewelry Lots Yields Partial Results

A February 9, 2026 online sale of 226 vintage and estate jewelry lots closed with only partial published results, and the reporting notes that smaller estate and vintage lots achieved realized prices above pre-sale estimates. The catalog mix called out Victorian pieces, Bakelite, and mid-century dress jewelry, but no comprehensive hammer total or full lot-by-lot realized figures were included in the material supplied.

The sale date and lot count are explicit in the reporting, yet the most concrete market signal available is qualitative: smaller estate and vintage lots outperformed expectations. Without the published full results there is no way to quantify how many of the 226 lots sold, the total sale value, or the margins by which bids exceeded pre-sale estimates.

Separate LiveAuctioneers catalog excerpts supplied with the materials offer color on individual lots that practitioners and collectors will recognize. An Oscar de la Renta piece is described as, "Strung with five strands of black garnets beads, centered on a carved chalcedony bird with two polki-cut diamonds Yellow gold Approx. 18.50." Designer and signed studio names recur: Ted Muehling appears in two entries - "Two brooches Each a polished and hammered feather Gold-plate and anodized niobium Signed Muehling to each example 6.375 x 0.375 in and 3.75 x 0.375 in; Gross weight 3.8 dwts This" - and a second Muehling group lists a 'Scallop' shell brooch and 'Chip' earrings in oxidized bronze and plated silver.

Museum‑aware provenance also appears in the excerpts. A William Spratling silver necklace and ring is noted as being "from the collection of Sandraline Cederwall, author of Spratling Silver, published by Chronicle Books in 2000." Two Cartier entries describe a compact travel clock in Black Teflon and cabochon coral with a 60 x 41 mm case sold with a signed box, and a "C de Cartier" diamond and platinum ring set with a round brilliant-cut diamond, "Signed Cartier, numbered Ring size 4.50; Gross weight 2.7 dwts Sold with signed box and guarantee."

Other catalog fragments include an Arman "Paint tube" necklace dated 2001 with "seven colored enamel paint tubes" and an inner circumference of 17 in, a Hector Aguilar "Armadillo" silver necklace and earrings dated 1943-1948 composed of graduated discs joined by velvet ribbon, and a diamond and gold engagement ring set with a round brilliant-cut diamond flanked by baguette-cut diamonds in 14k yellow and white gold, ring size 5.25; gross weight 1.5 dwts. Several entries end with truncated shipping or condition notes such as "This work will ship from" or trailing fragments, and no realized prices appear in the supplied excerpts.

Materials also included a separate Sotheby’s events and contacts listing for February–March 2026 with multiple regional dates - for example, "23 February 2026 Bordeaux" and "23–24 February 2026 Geneva" - and named specialists such as Quig Bruning, Frank Everett, and Catharine Becket. Those listings do not establish a link between Sotheby’s and the Feb. 9 online sale in the supplied material.

The immediate takeaway for buyers and consignors is narrow but specific: the supplied reporting identifies stronger-than-expected demand for smaller estate and vintage lots in this 226‑lot online offering. To understand scale and winners, the missing catalog-level realized prices, buyer’s premium and sold/unsold counts must be obtained; until then the Feb. 9 sale stands as a qualitative market signal rather than a fully documented transaction.