SOAP DISH: This mixed-metal soap dish by Gorham has brass inside, copper outside and applied lilies, crabs and frogs of copper and silver. The 4-inch-wide piece sold for $1,035 at a James Julia

SOAP DISH: This mixed-metal soap dish by Gorham has brass inside, copper outside and applied lilies, crabs and frogs of copper and silver. The 4-inch-wide piece sold for $1,035 at a James Julia auction in Fairfield, Maine.