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The star of the auction was a Georg Jensen Danish sterling silver covered entrée serving dish, designed by Soren Georg Jensen (Danish 1917-1982), Copenhagen, fetching $34,000, well above the conservative $2,000-$3,000 estimate. Simpson Galleries images

Bayou Lair Collection exceeds expectations at Simpson Galleries

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

The star of the auction was a Georg Jensen Danish sterling silver covered entrée serving dish, designed by Soren Georg Jensen (Danish 1917-1982), Copenhagen, fetching $34,000, well above the conservative $2,000-$3,000 estimate. Simpson Galleries images

The star of the auction was a Georg Jensen Danish sterling silver covered entrée serving dish, designed by Soren Georg Jensen (Danish 1917-1982), Copenhagen, fetching $34,000, well above the conservative $2,000-$3,000 estimate. Simpson Galleries images

 

HOUSTON – It was standing room only May 17 at Simpson Galleries 20th Century Design, Fine Art and Antiques auction featuring the estates of Percy and Marjorie Selden and the late B.G. “Jack” Baumgardner. Prices soared as the auction house enjoyed a record number of registered online bidders and a salesroom floor filled to capacity.

LiveAuctioneers.com provided absentee and Internet live bidding.

More than half of the lots sold to online buyers.

One of the biggest draws, the fresh to the market Mid-century modern furniture and silver from the Selden’s Bayou Lair Collection.

Selling to an Internet bidder, this IB Kofod-Larsen (Danish 1921-2003) rosewood and leather Elizabeth lounge chair and ottoman, Model U-56, for Christensen & Larsen, Copenhagen, Denmark, rose to $19,500 as bidding reached a fever pitch.

This eight-piece sterling silver and ebony tea and coffee buffet service with warming plate and tray, for Porter Blanchard, Burbank, Calif., hammered at $35,000 after a spirited floor, phone and Internet exchange. Prices quoted are inclusive of the buyer’s premium.

Rounding out the category this pair of patinated steel and leather Barcelona Chairs, designed by Mies van der Rohe (German 1886-1969) for Knoll, New York, N.Y., sold to yet another online bidder for a whopping $8,500.

Also in the spotlight were the jades and Asian antiques. Exceeding all expectation this Chinese aubergine glazed brush washer, tangluoxi, kangxi underglaze blue six-character mark, skyrocketed to a record $19,500.

Charging past their estimates, a Chinese carved white jade model of a junk, possibly Republic Period (1912-1949) and a Chinese nicely carved dark green jade lidded vessel, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th/early 20th century, fared exceptionally well online realizing $11,500 and $10,000 respectively.

For additional information please contact Simpson Galleries by telephone at 713-524-6751 or email info@simpsongalleries.com.

Click here to view the fully illustrated catalog for this sale, complete with prices realized.