Here's how our eBay race from last week turned out.

In first place was England, with the later Birmingham longcase clock, which sold at $2550. This was the safe bet, a handsome reliable clock.

In second place was the United States, with a good Connecticut 8 day looking glass clock, which sold for $1625. This is a lot of money for this clock, based on the rarity of movement or maker.

In third place was the Swiss clock, the standard mid 20th century Atmos clock by LeCoultre.  This was a clock that went way down in resale price with the advent of eBay, because they turned out to be not nearly as rare as people assumed.  The $590 price represents a comeback, perhaps reflecting an emptying of the attics of the world.

Poland, or Silesia, came in 4th with the nice Becker R-A selling for $355.

The other clocks were also-rans. They didn't meet reserve or minimum price and were disqualified in the race.

The odd French desk clock got a lot of bids, and reached $660, but didn't meet the sellers reserve, which we don't know. This was a nice clock, but comps are hard to come by on this odd a duck. Clearly the vendor thought it worth more.

The others didn't get a single bid, with the vienna at $500, the Japanese schoolhouse clock at $120, the German Winterhalter bracket clock at $1825.

As for the voting, we didn't get enough votes to be statistically significant. With France and Switzerland tied, Switzerland wins, with the French clock unsold.

We'll return in the Fall, to finish up the 18th century in our clock history survey.

Previously:

Monastic alarms and the beginnings of clockmaking
De Dondi's remarkable astrarium
Early tower clocks
Gothic iron clocks
Rennaisance clocks
Early english lantern clocks
Huygens and the pendulum
Fromanteel's English pendulum clocks
Huygens in Paris
Clement and the recoil escapement
Edward East and the golden age
Thomas Tompion
Daniel Quare
Joseph Knibb
Golden age recap
The balance spring
Paris - Louis Quatorze
Paris - La Regence
Graham - Compensation
18th century in the Netherlands
18th century in the Germany
Ellicott and 18th century England
eBay clock race