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New York, NY, United States
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2022 Perfume Bottles Auction
An extremely rare 1912 Rene Lalique bottle once featured on The Antiques Roadshow will highlight the Perfume Bottles Auction on Saturday, April 30th, in conjunction with the International Perfume Bottle Association's 35th Annual Convention. Named "Oreilles Epines" or "Ears with Thorns", the bottle is one of only three similar designs that Lalique created with decorative lobes projecting from the sides, requiring an especially complicated manufacturing technique of Lalique's own invention.
Art Deco design is repeated throughout the auction, led by the 1928 Julian Viard platinum striped black bottle for Janey La Fumee Defendue; a 1928 skyscraper-shaped bottle for Saks Fifth Ave. We Moderns; and a rare 1926 Lucien Gaillard Pour Rever for Violet where the sleek black bottle and eccentric label appear printed on its box cover as held by a woman drawn in Modigliani style. An exceptionally rare 1924 bottle and box for Neige des Cevennes, Sous les Neiges (Under the Snow), its surface a molded snowy mountain range with a unique pearly finish, leads a significant amount of commercial bottles in boxes including: the 1923 Boue Soeurs Sylviette; two 1920 Baccarat bottles for Fioret in boxes hung with Lalique disks on tassels; and four 1920s Richard Hudnut bottles with figural stoppers by Julien Viard found unopened in their wrappers.
An important 1920s Sue et Mare boudoir lamp of Czechoslovakian glass flowers and French wrought iron glows among a diverse selection of colorful crystal Czechoslovakian bottles, many in jeweled gilt metal holders, highlighted by a rare small scale Heinrich Hoffmann "Aztec" bottle in jeweled mounting with black parrot stopper; and an impressive amethyst bottle with double intaglio stopper in elaborate jeweled mounting with Cleopatra image.
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Bid Increments
PriceBid Increment
$0$10
$100$25
$500$50
$1,000$100
$3,000$250
$5,000$500
$10,000$1,000
$20,000$2,500
$40,000$5,000
$50,000$10,000
Buyer's Premium
- 25%
Terms & Conditions
Terms of Sale. All items will be sold to the highest bidder as determined by the auctioneer. In the case of a disputed bid, the auctioneer shall have sole discretion in determining the purchaser.
Bidding increments:
$10 until $100 is reached $500 until $10,000 is reached
$25 until $500 is reached $1,000 until $20,000 is reached
$50 until $1,000 is reached $2,500 until $40,000 is reached
$100 until $3,000 is reached $5,000 until $50,000 is reached
$250 until $5,000 is reached $10,000 until $100,000 is reached
Estimates and reserves. Price estimates are an opinion reflecting the range in which the price may fall. Many items in the auction have a reserve, or a confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold. The reserve price is normally well below the low estimate and is never allowed to be higher than the estimates.
Buyer's Premium. A buyer's premium of 25% will be added to the hammer price of all lots, to be paid by the buyer as a part of the purchase price.
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Condition of Lots: It is the buyer's sole responsibility to be knowledgeable about the condition of the property before bidding. In each lot we have endeavored to offer items in good, original condition, and any negative aspect has been noted, but some exceptions apply. It could be possible there are tiny chips around the opening where the stopper enters the bottle, on the edge of the stopper plug, or on the base of the bottle. Typically, boxes and labels of commercial bottles will show varying signs of age and usage, and could be frayed, weak or discolored. From manufacturing, some Czechoslovakian bottles and stoppers may not fit snuggly or display perfect symmetry. Therefore, while we have examined and attempted to describe the condition of each lot of this auction as accurately as possible, as in all auctions, the lots here are sold as is and therefore we highly encourage you or an agent to examine the items you intend bidding on prior to purchase. Catalog descriptions, condition reports, and bill of sale are a statement of qualified opinion and not a representation or warranty.
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