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Fragment of Trump's New York penthouse sells at Cotswolds auction

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A 24-carat gold mirrored ceiling fragment from Donald Trump's Trump Tower penthouse sold for £380 at a Gloucestershire auction.

A fragment of 24-carat gold mirrored ceiling from Donald Trump's Trump Tower penthouse in New York City sold for £380 at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in South Cerney, Gloucestershire, on Wednesday. The piece was estimated to fetch between £300 and £500 and was bought by a private collector in Germany. Dominic Winter Auctioneers described it as 'unusual and rare'.

Measuring 77cm by 15cm, the bevelled mirror fragment features a leaf pattern. It is believed to be one of only three surviving pieces from the original commission. The ceiling was produced by a specialist glass studio in California and comprised more than 800ft of mirror coffers. More than 12,000 individually cut leaves were incorporated into the ceiling during a process lasting eight months.

According to the auction house, Trump's penthouse was originally designed in a more contemporary style before being 'subsequently radically redesigned' in the late 1980s to reflect his interpretation of European royal grandeur. Chris Albury, director at Dominic Winter Auctioneers, described the surviving fragment as 'an extraordinary survivor from a hugely ambitious decorative project'.

Fragment of Trump's New York penthouse sells at Cotswolds auction
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In this story: Donald Trump · Dominic Winter Auctioneers · South Cerney · Gloucestershire · Trump Tower · New York City · Germany · California

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