CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.- Sotheby’s two-day auction of The Collection of Patricia Kluge concluded this evening bringing $15,158,227, exceeding pre-sale expectations (est. $9/14 million). The historic sale was the first on-site house sale conducted by Sotheby’s in North America in over 20 years, and more than 2,000 people attended the week-long public exhibition at Albemarle House, Mrs. Kluge’s 45-room English country manor. Collectors, interior designers, and dealers from all over the globe participated in the two-day auction, which comprised the contents of the house, including English furniture and decorations, Chinese paintings and works of art, Books, Sporting Guns, Jewels, Lighting and Decorative Objects, and Mrs. Kluge’s collection of designer gowns. The sale was 88.5% sold by lot with 61.5% of the sold lots achieving prices above their high estimates. The $15.2 million achieved over the past two days brin