Some of the most formidable designers and makers of the twentieth century — many of whom we have handled — include: Louis Comfort Tiffany, René Lalique, Gustav Stickley, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Eileen Gray, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Jean Leleu, Jean Prouvé, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, Charles and Ray Eames, Florence Knoll, Eero Saarinen, Hans Wegner, Kaare Klint, Finn Juhl, Barbro Nilsson, Harry Bertoia, Isamu Noguchi, Paul Evans, George Nakashima, Edward Wormley, Tommi Parzinger, Piero Fornasetti, Gio Ponti, Nicolò and Ercole Barovier, Fulvio Bianconi, Carlo Mollino, Marc Newson, William Morris, Dale Chihuly, Peter Voulkos, Karen Karnes, Toshiko Takaezu, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, George Nelson, and Vladimir Kagan.
Studio Job – Job Smeets
Four panel screen, from the Perished Collection (2006)
Macassar ebony with laser-cut bird’s eye maple marquetry
Sold for $31,200
René Lalique
Amber glass serpent vase
Sold for $27,000
René Lalique
Art Deco ceramic vase
Sold for $8,506
Judy Kensley McKie
Panther Table (1989)
patinated bronze, glass
Sold for $68,750
Jacques Adnet
Modernist desk for Hermes (c. 1960)
Sold for $10,625
Hans Wegner
Cowhorn chairs
teak, cane
Sold for $21,975
Samuel Marx
Parchment and Wood Desk (c. 1940)
Manufactured by Quigley & Co.,
Sold for $19,800
Donald Judd
Chair 84–10 (1990)
wood
Sold for $15,625
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Modernistic chrome Atmos mantle clock, 200/300
Sold for $9,100
Angelo Lelli
Arredoluce, Triennale (c. 1960)
three-arm brass floor lamp
Sold for $5,070
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Glove Box Nightstands for Widdicomb
Sold for $3,125
After Alexander Calder Tapestries
clockwise from top left: Trois Spirales, Le Sphere et Les, Spirales, Les Vagues, La Tache Bleue (1975)
Sold for $72,500
Pablo Picasso
Grand vase aux femmes voilées (Sold in 2003)
Terracotta vase painted with white, red, and black engobe
Sold for $67,000
All children are born artists, the problem is to remain an artist as we grow up.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Bull (1955)
ceramic glazed pitcher
Picasso Edition Madoura
Sold for $30,000
Pablo Picasso
Vase Au Decor Pastel (1953)
terracotta vase
Picasso Edition Madoura
Sold for $12,500
Pablo Picasso
Tomette l'hibou Ceramique (1956)
spotted owl sculpture on brick color ceramic floor tiles, with black paint decoration
Sold for $46,800
Pablo Picasso
Chouette (A.R. 602) (1969)
white earthenware ceramic vase, partially engraved, with colored engobe and glaze
Sold for $21,250
Sigvard Bernadotte
Sterling silver pitcher for Georg Jensen, model 1010
Sold for $9,425
Tiffany & Co.
Sterling silver turtle tray
Sold for $10,725
Jean-Puiforcat
Sterling silver bowl
Sold for $19,800
Georg Jensen
Pair of sterling silver candlesticks
Sold for $13,750
Georg Jensen
Sterling silver oval center piece bowl
Sold for $15,623
Gorham Sterling Silver
Flatware service for 12 in the Mythologique pattern
Sold for $16,800
In a small apartment in Kew Gardens, Queens, partially hidden under piles of vintage modern furniture and wrapped in yellowed pages of the New York Times from the 1970s, these four Tiffany lamps were a part of an incredible trove that eventually sold for well over $500,000. The turtleback tile hanging lantern (pictured lower left) was the most rare and unusual of the group
— it alone sold for $117,000
Tiffany Studios
Geometric, high dome leaded glass floor lamp
Sold for $32,500
Tiffany Studios
Bronze and Favrile glass Dragonfly table lamp
Sold for $71,875
Tiffany Studios
Hanging Peony shade chandelier
Sold for $43,750
Tiffany Studios
Leaded glass Poppy shade table lamp with a Tiffany's Double Scroll and bronze base
Sold for $63,000
Color is to the eye what music is to the ear.
Louis C. Tiffany
Le Corbusier
Brown leather and chrome armchairs
Sold for $7,500
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Modern armchairs for Widdicomb
Sold for $9,900
Warren Platner
Pair of lounge chairs and ottoman for Knoll
Sold for $5,375
Hans J. Wegner
Papa Bear chair and ottoman (c. 1959)
Sold for $10,075
Kaare Klint
Set of 12 Barcelona chairs, model 3758A & 3758 for Rud Rasmussens Snedkerier Denmark (1927)
Sold for $37,700
BDDW
Leather clad metal credenza
Sold for $11,050
Paul Evans
Metal patchwork side cabinet (c. 1960s)
Sold for $14,400
George Nakashima
Credenza for Widdicomb
rosewood top and handle, burlwood doors
Sold for $5,200
Parzinger Originals
Sculpted wood Wavy commodes (1950)
Sold for $9,375
Tiffany Studios
Gilt bronze 13 piece assembled desk set (1950)
Sold for $25,200
Lettera 32
Philip Roth's Olivetti typewriter with case (1963)
Sold for $22,750
David Shaner
Pillow pot stoneware
Sold for $1,875
Louis Vuitton
Steamer trunk
Sold for $8,100
Samuel Yellin
7 wrought iron panels, 1 handle, and misc. pieces
Sold for $13,800
Ercole Barovier
Crumpled form vase for Barovier i Toso white and aubergine striped glass
Sold for $2,470
Tiffany Studios
Favrile glass paperweight vase with daffodil decoration
Sold for $20,400
Albert Cheuret
Pair of Art Nouveau/Art Deco silvered bronze and alabaster tulip form table lamps (c. 1925)
Sold for $9,600
René Lalique
Glass figure
Sold for $25,250