NEW YORK – Capo Auction Fine Art and Antiques in Long Island City recently hosted their February’s Finest auction on Feb. 28 with both antique and mid-century modern furniture taking much of the spotlight.

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Various decorative items, bronze sculptures, fine art, silver and jewelry also did very well at the February sale. As always, the crowded New York auction house was packed with their regular customers, collectors and dealers from around the New York area, with a great deal of bidding also online and on the phones.

Highlights included the Hans Wegner Papa Bear chair and ottoman with original green wool upholstery. This mid-century modern set was designed in 1951-1953 and sold for $9,000.

Also selling high were a set of six hall chairs, each with a modified heart-shaped back with inset armorial decoration and panel seats. These sold for $10,200.

Capo Auction also sold a beautiful Italian Baroque cabinet, with rectangular top and molded edge, over two drawers and a two-door cabinet, 50 inches high by 5 feet 11 inches wide by 28 inches deep. It realized $2,400.

In the fine art arena, Capo Auction offered a set of three bronze and paint figures by Lena Cronqvist (Swedish, b. 1938). Each signed, dated (2000) and numbered AP 1/1, the set sold for $9,000. A bronze, an untitled abstract, by Jean Arp (German-French, 1877-1966), 6 1/4 inches high, sold for $1,320.

In other areas a 14K gold bangle with alternating rubies and diamonds, 11.2 grams, sold for $1,680, while a pair of Chinese silk embroidered rank badges, both a Phoenix bird, 15 3/4 inches overall, sold for $960.

For details contact Capo Auction at 718 433-3710.

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