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Auction at De La Espada
De La Espada is holding a two-day auction on discontinued furniture and floor models. The auction started today at 10:00 am, and ends on Thursday, May 29th at 4:00 pm. You can place a bid or take their buy it now option. Prices often start at 50% off the full retail price.
Access the auction here.
Sotheby’s Auction of Important 20th Century Design
Sotheby’s auction house is holding an auction of important 20th Century design. Included are the George Nakashima Mira Chairs, from 1972. They’re expected to fetch between $3,000 - $5,000.
Other represented designers include: Arne Jacobson, Tiffany Studios, and Hans Wegner to name just a few.
The auction is being held in New York on June 14th at 10:00 AM. To order a catalog, or find out more information, contact Sotheby’s.
Arne Jacobsen, Rare Drop Chair, ca. 1958
Piero Fornasetti, Citte di Carte Two-Tier Trolley, ca. 1950
Paul Frankl, Puzzle Desk, ca. 1925
Photos via Sotheby’s
Arts and Crafts Auction
I came across an interesting article in The Economist about an upcoming auction at Sotheby’s in London. If you’re a fan of the Arts and Crafts, and Gothic Revival Movements, here’s a chance to at least view one of the world’s most extensive collections.
The auction, scheduled for March 8th, is called The Best of British Design from the 19th and 20th Centuries - Paul Reeves. You can read the entire article here. But I’ll quote the basic details:
Rock and Rollers and hippies have long had a soft spot for the decorative appeal of William Morris’s Gothic Revival, with its fair-haired maidens in flowing robes and its air of medieval mysticism. So it is not surprising that when Paul Reeves decided in 1973 to break out of designing avant-garde clothes for David Bowie, Led Zeppelin and The Who, he started selling Arts-and-Crafts furniture to some of the most famous musicians of the day, including George Harrison and Roger Daltrey.
Mr Reeves has organized a week-long selling exhibition and an auction at Sotheby’s next month. They will show just what a good eye he has, and how crucial he has been in encouraging furniture collectors to buy British design from the Gothic Revival onwards, a turning point in western architecture and interior design. About 120 items from Mr Reeves’s personal collection will be for sale at fixed prices. Another 120 pieces from other collectors—many of whom originally bought them from Mr Reeves—will be sold at auction.
You can view the collection at Sotheby’s online catalog. It’s an amazing collection.