Carlo Mollino’s 1949 table achieved $3,824,000 at Christie’s June 9 sale of important Twentieth Century decorative art and design, establishing a new world auction record for a piece of Twentieth Century furniture. The table’s staggering price was made against a presale estimate of $150/200,000. It was bought by a private collector after a protracted auction battle with another determined bidder in the saleroom at Christie’s Rockefeller. The result almost doubles the previous world auction record of $1,876,000 – also set at Christie’s New York in December 2000 – for “Tardieu,” a chromed metal and lacquer desk by Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, designed in 1929. The overall total of the sales at Christie’s, including important Tiffany, was $10,737,080. A complete report will appear in a future issue.
14 Jun 2005 / 0 Comment
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