NEW YORK – Capo Auction Fine Art and Antiques recently hosted their “Autumn in New York” auction on Sept. 20. With New Yorkers back in town from the summer, the crowded room was full of their regular customers, dealers and collectors. All items were available through www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

Many bidders competing for the featured Mid-Century Modern furniture and other high-profile items including two different model Steinway pianos.

The two exquisite pianos brought heated bidding online, in the room and on the phones, setting the tone for a very fast-paced auction. The Steinway Model O piano, serial number 203730, circa 1920, sold $25,200, while the Steinway Model C grand piano, serial number 2485, made in 1856, sold for $11,400.

Capo Auction also featured an outstanding selection of Mid-Century Modern furniture, with an Edward Wormley two-tier table, inset with three Tiffany Studios tiles, height 23.5 inches, width 29 inches, depth 23 inches, selling for $3,000, while a Harvey Probber upholstered bench having rectangular upholstered seat on square legs joined by a box stretcher, height 19 inches, width 5 feet 10 inches, depth 19 inches, sold for $2,880.

Other pieces were from a collection designed in 1958 for the lobby and reception areas in the Royal Hotel, in Copenhagen, including a purple Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair, Fritz Hansen label, which sold for $3,300 and a dark red Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair, Fritz Hansen label, selling for $2,760.

In other areas, Capo offered a Mary Bauermeister (German/American, b. 1934) ink, shaped wood, paint, glass, plastic and mirror assemblage in a box, 1968, which sold for $6,600. A gold and enamel bangle, 14K yellow with a white and cobalt blue enameled flower and with emerald and ruby accents, sold for $5,400.

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

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