Apfelicious! | The Iris Apfel Sale (Day 1) 2025-10-15 Auction - 391 Price Results - Millea Bros Ltd in NJ
Sarah Wiley, "Iris Apfel" portrait pillowEmilio Pucci Velvet tote, orange comboWilliam Edwards, Australian silver mounted Emu egg
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Boonton, NJ, United States
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Apfelicious! | The Iris Apfel Sale (Day 1)

Millea Bros Ltd

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Millea Bros. proudly presents Apfelicious! • The Iris Apfel Sale, a special three-day, single-owner auction celebrating the life and legacy of Iris Apfel — style icon, tastemaker, and fashion-world firecracker. As the final trove from her personal collection, the sale includes the remaining contents of her two New York City apartments, her Palm Beach residence, and several personal storage units. Apfel’s legacy comes vividly to life in this concluding chapter of her remarkable collection. On offer is a dazzling mix of vintage and contemporary fashion, costume jewelry, couture, and accessories, alongside an eclectic array of furnishings, artwork, and decorative objects. Highlights include Iris’s collections of Native American clothing, accessories, and Kachina dolls; Chinese textiles ranging from rank badges to robes and fans (many exhibited at the Newark Museum’s Dragon Threads, 1992); French and Continental furniture and decorative arts; Venetian hand-painted furniture and porcelains; Haitian art; Northwest Coast masks and textiles; and bolts of sumptuous Old World Weavers fabrics and trims. Also featured are textiles, area rugs, and pillows, together with portraits, memorabilia, and even Iris-branded merchandise. Many of the fashion pieces were famously exhibited in Rara Avis: Selections from the Iris Barrel Apfel Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005–06. The auction is a vibrant, Apfelicious homage to Iris’s signature "more is more" aesthetic. From statement jewelry to mod chairs, feathered frocks to leopard-print throws, every item reflects her joyful disregard for convention and her lifelong passion for mixing high and low, old and new, wild and refined.
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(2) Whimsical owl handbags: (2) Whimsical owl handbags, 21st. c. (1) Rara Avis by Iris Apfel, bold hard case black and white with gold design, chain strap, 7"squ, (1) Helping Hands woven tote, 11"h, 10"w Provenance: The Iris
1001: (2) Whimsical owl handbagsEst. $100-$150
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Nice pair Louis XVI style painted caned bergeres: Nice pair Louis XVI style painted caned bergeres, 19th/20th c., carved and cream painted, with drapery swag detail to backs, loose seat cushions, unmarked, 31"h x 28"w x 19"d Provenance: The Iris
1002: Nice pair Louis XVI style painted caned bergeresEst. $400-$600
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Baccarat (attrib), (2) cameo glass vases: Baccarat (attrib), (2) cameo glass vases, Early 20th c., France, bookmatched pair, ruby glass with gilded details, on textured citron green ground, one marked "3" on underside, 12"h x 3.75"squ
1003: Baccarat (attrib), (2) cameo glass vasesEst. $300-$500
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Frida Kahlo: Fashion as the Art of Being: Frida Kahlo: Fashion as the Art of Being, Assouline, 2016, inscribed and signed by author Susana Martinez Vidal, plus gift inscription, hardcover in slipcase, 14"h x 11"w Provenance: The Iris Apfel
1004: Frida Kahlo: Fashion as the Art of BeingEst. $150-$250
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Venetian style carved giltwood "Grotto" table: Venetian style carved giltwood "Grotto" table, Mid 20th c., Italy, rectangular black marble top on double dolphin-form base, 21"h x 28"w x 20"d Provenance: The Iris Apfel Collection
1005: Venetian style carved giltwood "Grotto" tableEst. $500-$700
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Group (5) Meissen style porcelain monkey figures: Group (5) Meissen style porcelain monkey figures, Late 19th c., Germany, incl. Ernst Bohne & Sons, pair porcelain monkey sweetmeats, leaning on tree trunk candy dish, stamped "EBS" with anchor mark
1006: Group (5) Meissen style porcelain monkey figuresEst. $300-$500
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Antique Louis XVI style caned settee: Antique Louis XVI style caned settee, 19th/20th c., carved and painted wood frame, with curved caned backrest, upholstered seat, approx. 36"h x 59"w x 28"d Provenance: The Iris Apfel Collection
1007: Antique Louis XVI style caned setteeEst. $400-$600
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Chinese carved giltwood and painted coffee table: Chinese carved giltwood and painted coffee table, 19th/20th c., square top with floral vine decoration, pierced panel apron, 16.5"h x 30.75"squ Provenance: The Iris Apfel Collection
1008: Chinese carved giltwood and painted coffee tableEst. $300-$500
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Italian tole peinte potted flower group: Italian tole peinte potted flower group, 19th/20th c., (4) bouquets in barrel style planters, two marked with "Made in Italy" stickers to undersides, one fitted as a lamp and mounted on round white
1009: Italian tole peinte potted flower groupEst. $600-$800
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Pair Louis XVI style marble top porte potiche: Pair Louis XVI style marble top porte potiche, 19th c., in the manner of Francois Linke, each painted, carved with laurel wreath and drapery swags, with two different raised inset marble tops, 18"h x
1010: Pair Louis XVI style marble top porte poticheEst. $500-$700
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Dutch School, oil on roundel panel: Dutch School, oil on roundel panel, Dutch School (18th/19th c.), Still Life, with fruit, flowers, and monkey, on round wooden panel, no visible signature, 16"dia. Provenance: The Iris Apfel
1011: Dutch School, oil on roundel panelEst. $300-$500
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Palais Royal opaline egg box on nest: Palais Royal opaline egg box on nest, Late 19th c., France, hinged light green glass egg box, mounted in gilt metal nest stand, 10.25"h x 9.25"w x 4.5"d Provenance: The Iris Apfel Collection
1012: Palais Royal opaline egg box on nestEst. $300-$500
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Louis XV style Scalamandre "Leopardo" daybed: Louis XV style Scalamandre "Leopardo" daybed, 19th/20th c., painted frame with foliate scroll carvings, raised on tapered legs, leopard print velvet upholstery, unmarked, 32"h x 42"w x 98"l
1013: Louis XV style Scalamandre "Leopardo" daybedEst. $800-$1,200
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Antique Louis XVI style bergere a cremaillere: Antique Louis XVI style bergere a cremaillere, 19th/20th c., reclining wing chair with nicely carved beechwood frame, ribbon crest and apron, taupe upholstery, 48"h x 27.5"w x 23.5"d Provenance: The
1014: Antique Louis XVI style bergere a cremaillereEst. $300-$500
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After Grimm, Pompadour engraving, 1774: After Grimm, Pompadour engraving, 1774, Carington Bowles, London, after the original drawing by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, "Be not amaz'd Dear Mother--It is indeed your Daughter Anne", mezzotint and
1015: After Grimm, Pompadour engraving, 1774Est. $100-$150
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Louis XV style cream painted secretary bookcase: Louis XV style cream painted secretary bookcase, Mid 20th c., in two parts, upper case with chicken wire front doors, the slant front opens to interior fitted with small drawers, approx. 92.5"h x
1017: Louis XV style cream painted secretary bookcaseEst. $300-$500
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Set (17) Chinese Export porcelain dinner plates: Set (17) Chinese Export porcelain dinner plates, 20th c., iron red ground decorated with vase, basket, birds, butterfly, bat, and flowers, unmarked, 10.5"dia Provenance: The Iris Apfel Collection
1018: Set (17) Chinese Export porcelain dinner platesEst. $200-$300
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Native American beaded hide shirt and leggings: Native American beaded hide shirt and leggings, 20th c., Plains, possibly Cheyenne or Sioux, gray hide shirt and leggings, with fringe, beaded panels, metal hairlock tassels, with matching neckpiece,
1019: Native American beaded hide shirt and leggingsEst. $500-$700
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Native American "Ghost Dance" shirt: Native American "Ghost Dance" shirt, 20th c., blue painted hide, with bird and circle designs, adorned with bells and fringe, 31"l x 62.5"w Provenance: The Iris Apfel Collection
1021: Native American "Ghost Dance" shirtEst. $200-$300
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(2) Pairs Native American beaded leggings: (2) Pairs Native American beaded leggings, 19th/20th c., possibly Sioux, one adult size, multicolor beading on buckskin with fringe, later cloth backing and eyelet hooks, name in ink on interior,
1022: (2) Pairs Native American beaded leggingsEst. $300-$500
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Cree beaded hide scout jacket, ex Sotheby's: Cree beaded hide scout jacket, ex Sotheby's, 20th c., button front hide jacket, adorned with beadwork to upper back and ends of sleeves, old Sotheby's lot sticker tag no. "269", 28"l (excl. fringe) x
1023: Cree beaded hide scout jacket, ex Sotheby'sEst. $300-$500
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Antique Louis XV/XVI style carved walnut commode: Antique Louis XV/XVI style carved walnut commode, Late 19th/20th c., loose variegated rouge and gray veined marble top, nicely carved flowering trellis drawer fronts, on cabriole legs, 32"h x 29"w x
1024: Antique Louis XV/XVI style carved walnut commodeEst. $500-$700