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Walter Dorwin Teague Model 566 Bluebird radio, estimated at $1,200-$1,800. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Art Deco radio collection featured in Heritage’s June 6 Design sale

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Walter Dorwin Teague Model 566 Bluebird radio, estimated at $1,200-$1,800. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Walter Dorwin Teague Model 566 Bluebird radio, estimated at $1,200-$1,800. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS – On Tuesday, June 6, Heritage Auctions presents an outstanding collection of design and technology history in its Design Signature® Auction. The event is packed with contemporary glass, Japanese ceramics, furniture and a standout selection of Art Deco radios from an important New York collection. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Herman Miller re-releases 1970s Alexander Girard graphics as posters

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Herman Miller is reintroducing eight of mid-century designer Alexander Girard's Environmental Enrichment Panel graphics from the 1970s as posters suitable for home interiors. Image courtesy of Herman Miller

Herman Miller is reintroducing eight of mid-century designer Alexander Girard’s Environmental Enrichment Panel graphics from the 1970s as posters suitable for home interiors. Image courtesy of Herman Miller

ZEELAND, Mich. – It would be impossible to discuss mid-century design without Alexander Girard (American, 1907-1993). From upholstery to wallpaper, and restaurant interiors to branding for an international airline, Girard’s catalog raisonne was profoundly diverse, and his personal aesthetic — joyful, optimistic, brimming with unusual combinations of color — became indistinguishable from Herman Miller’s when Girard became the founding director of the company’s textile division in 1952. During his 20-plus year tenure, Girard introduced more than 300 textiles, thoughtful objects and furniture, including the genre-defining Environmental Enrichment Panels included in Herman Miller’s Action Office series. To celebrate Girard’s continued legacy and significance to the design community, Herman Miller is reintroducing a series of Girard’s Environmental Enrichment Panel graphics as posters — a format ideal for placement in the modern home.

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Tiffany Studios arrowroot lamp with cattail base, $212,500. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Heritage ‘Pursuit of Beauty’ design series tallies $2M

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Left, Tiffany Studios arrowroot lamp with cattail base, $212,500; Right, George Nakashima 1964 Frenchman’s Cove II dining table, $38,750. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Left, Tiffany Studios arrowroot lamp with cattail base, $212,500; Right, George Nakashima 1964 Frenchman’s Cove II dining table, $38,750. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS – Heritage Auctions events held one week apart brought in nearly $2 million and proved the enduring appeal of early- and mid-20th-century design by American artists and designers, as well as works by their international peers, and continued the super-charged trend for enhancing our homes. Collector favorites Tiffany Studios, Harry Bertoia and George Nakashima topped the sales.

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Two-day Doyle+Design auction brings healthy $1.6M

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Carved Sapele cabinet by Alexandre Noll, $44,100

Carved Sapele cabinet by Alexandre Noll, $44,100

NEW YORK – On December 7 and 8, Doyle held a successful two-day sale in the popular Doyle+Design auction category. This highly anticipated sale showcased a wide range of Modern and Contemporary furniture, silver and design by prominent designers, makers and artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Amid competitive bidding, the two-day sale totaled a successful $1,665,383, surpassing the estimate of $1,056,600-1,635,200 with 88% sold by lot and 100% sold by value. Read more

One of a pair of sycamore Art Deco club chairs, estimated at $1,000-$1,800

Kamelot Auctions delivers fabulous furniture, Oct. 26-27

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Pair of sycamore Art Deco club chairs, estimated at $1,000-$1,800

Pair of sycamore Art Deco club chairs, estimated at $1,000-$1,800

PHILADELPHIA – Kamelot Auctions will hold back-to-back sales in late October, kicking off on Wednesday, October 26 with Design | French | Italian | American and continuing on Thursday October 27 with Interiors: Art Deco and Chic Furniture. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Pablo Picasso, ‘Tete d’Homme Barbu,’ estimated at $80,000-$120,000

Nakashima, Tiffany and Picasso share the stage at Freeman’s, Oct. 25-26

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Left, George Nakashima Minguren I coffee table, estimated at $150,000-$250,000; right, Pablo Picasso, ‘Tete d’Homme Barbu,’ estimated at $80,000-$120,000

Left, George Nakashima Minguren I coffee table, estimated at $150,000-$250,000; right, Pablo Picasso, ‘Tete d’Homme Barbu,’ estimated at $80,000-$120,000

PHILADELPHIA — In back-to-back auctions this month, Freeman’s presents a distinguished collection of 20th-century furniture and design and modern and contemporary painting, sculpture and works on paper by the likes of George Nakashima, Pablo Picasso, Tiffany Studios, Roy Lichtenstein and Lynn Chadwick.
Modern and Contemporary Art, taking place at 11 am Eastern time on Tuesday, October 25, is led by Pablo Picasso’s Tete d’Homme Barbu, a playful, imaginative drawing from the artist’s recovery from surgery in the South of France in 1966; it is estimated at $80,000-$120,000. Design, which will be held at 11 am Eastern time on Wednesday, October 26, features the sale of three extraordinary Tiffany Studios windows from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Meriden, Connecticut, including a Passionflower, Iris, and Mock Orange landscape window offered at an estimate of $200,000-$300,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Laura Donefer, ‘Amulet Basket,’ estimated at $10,000-$15,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Dynamic studio glass grabs attention at Heritage, Sept. 29

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Laura Donefer, ‘Amulet Basket,’ estimated at $10,000-$15,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions


Laura Donefer, ‘Amulet Basket,’ estimated at $10,000-$15,000. Courtesy Heritage Auctions

DALLAS – Rare is the contemporary art movement that evolves and innovates as nimbly as studio glass. Given the medium’s roots in historic Venetian practices, today’s glass artists in America and beyond continue to forge breathtaking new methods and aesthetics in this dynamic material. In its Thursday, September 29 Design Signature® Auction, Heritage Auctions offers a rich collection of contemporary studio glass works by more than 140 artists. These are emergent superstars and the industry’s most celebrated artists who mentored them. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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George Nakashima walnut credenza, est. $30,000-$50,000. Image courtesy of Doyle New York and LiveAuctioneers

Doyle assembles powerful lineup for June 8 Design auction

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George Nakashima walnut credenza, est. $30,000-$50,000. Image courtesy of Doyle New York and LiveAuctioneers


George Nakashima walnut credenza, est. $30,000-$50,000. Image courtesy of Doyle New York and LiveAuctioneers

NEW YORK – On Wednesday, June 8, starting at 10 am Eastern time, Doyle will host the next sale in the popular Doyle+Design auction category. This highly-anticipated sale showcases a wide range of Modern and Contemporary furniture, art and design by prominent designers, makers and artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Make room for modern-design masterpieces at Hindman, May 25

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Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Chan cabinet, est. $25,000-$35,000

Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Chan cabinet, est. $25,000-$35,000

CHICAGO – Hindman’s May 25 Modern Design auction will offer a dynamic selection of works spanning the 20th and 21st centuries, highlighted by a striking selection of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne furniture and a pair of double-sided screens by Piero Fornasetti. Contemporary and experimental designs by Tejo Remy and Niels van Eijk for Droog, John Chamberlain and Dan Johnson are also included. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Heritage’s Jan. 27 Design sale delivers prizes by Wright & Nakashima

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Frank Lloyd Wright, copper table for Oklahoma’s Price Tower, est. $12,000-$18,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

Frank Lloyd Wright, copper table for Oklahoma’s Price Tower, est. $12,000-$18,000. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS – For its first Design event of the year, Heritage Auctions is offering a first-rate selection of pieces by an international cast of design superstars. The star-studded lineup for the Design Signature® Auction on Jan. 27 includes celebrated American architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Gehry, Bruce Goff and William Wesley Peters, whose featured offerings include rare furniture from some of their most important projects. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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