The various-owners auction at Sotheby's on October 10 in New York City provided an imperfect measure of the health of the market for Americana.
Live bidding is what generally gives a sale momentum.
Moreover, much of the property offered was just of average quality. Only a few stellar lots brought very competitive bidding and strong prices. It sold on the phone to Atlanta, Georgia, dealer Deanne Levison for a client, underbid by a woman in the salesroom who said she was bidding as an agent for someone in her family. Sack also sold it years before to Colonel Edgar and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. In the five catalog pages devoted to a description of the sideboard and to a biography of William Lloyd, one learns that 30 labeled pieces of furniture by William Lloyd are extant.