It sounds like nothing would fit my large pony… which is probably a good thing. I don’t need to buy anything.
There’s more pictures there than at my mother’s house!
The sale in PA next month is going to be a better bet for cob or pony sizes. I don’t think I’m allowed to go; I’ve filled up more than my allotted barn space for vehicles. 
So who purchased the golden Austrian coach?
And how much did it go for? It is probably worth at least a million.
$145,000.00
If you go to the link in the first post it shows the catalog and the price it went for.
Thank you, I looked through and missed it the first time. Somebody got that cheap considering the work that went into it, the gold alone on it is probably worth more than that.
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It went to someone with a private collector/ museum in NY, apparently it was offered to museums before, but it just takes up a lot of space, and no one has the resources. It was definitely a bargain but realistically was never going to get the 1M it took to restore it.
The stage coach is staying in Ocala, and went to Grandview Clydesdales, it will be featured in one of their buildings, not necessarily actively hitched. But everyone was happy to see it stay “home”.
I think the best auction story was the serious bidding for the guard’s livery at 6K (if you are a 42R there might be a job opening) and the Hansom cab lamps. Buy a spectacular Hansom cab, lose the bidding war for the lamps. To the tune of 17K. Turns out there’s another owner of a Hansom cab out there, and apparently they didn’t have the lamps or the lamps they desired. But now they do. 
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Most went for pretty good prices…but the last Houghton cart went for $35.00. I’ve always loved those high wheel pleasure carts. That one *would have * fit on the top of my car, so it’s a good thing I wasn’t there. The yellow road cart also was within budget, and it was YELLOW!
The restored Brewster went for 3500, and it was exquisite… We were shocked. Although the lamps went for double, so if the buyer was dedicated to keeping them together, it was less of a bargain.
Mostly though, the general consensus was that it was sad. My interaction with Gloria was waving at her when she passed by a few times a year, but many of the people here were her close friends for decades. It was not easy watching her life’s passion being auctioned off.
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It always bugged me that when a carriage came with lamps they remove them as a seperate lot number.
I 100% hear you about watching her passion be auctioned off by her friends and I am sure it was surreal to be there in person; but she could have put the collection in a trust, or donated the collection to a museum and had that stated in her will. She did not make those provisions… unless she did and someone went against her desires.
She enjoyed it while she was alive and she made the decision to have it dispersed.
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Totally agree and there’s something to be said for offering the collection up to fellow enthusiasts, but that didn’t lessen the sadness for those close to her…
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What are the grey horses? percherons?
They are her Andalusians she imported from Spain.
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WOW Very interesting
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I used to work for a man in VA that breed Andalusians and drove them with this coach.
We had 2 breeding stallions, (both imported) and 40 Andi mares and 5 OTTB mares for crosses. Then 10-15 in training to drive/ride and of those in training any given year. 4 where is main team and another 4 were the B team.
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I knew they werent big enough to be a Percheron but didnt even think that they would be PREs! Are you still breeding?
Unfortunately no, I worked for the hobby breeder in the late 1990’s.
I do know who has one of his offspring and its lovely to see her out and about.
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It was a lovely collection to see together in person . I’m
Sorry to see it dispersed. I thought it all belonged to the foundation she had established.
