Palm Beach Modern serves up Tupperware’s corporate art collection, Dec. 3

Rico Baca and Wade Terwilliger, co-owners of Palm Beach Modern Auctions, are seated in front of the Richard Mayhew painting. The work was acquired by Tupperware Brands in 1975 and is being seen for the first time outside their campus since then. Image courtesy of PBMA

LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. – When Palm Beach Modern’s auctioneer Rico Baca set foot on the Tupperware Brands campus, he knew he was there to look at art that could be sold to the advantage of both firms. What he didn’t expect was the magnitude and importance of the corporate collection, which will be auctioned this Saturday, December 3, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.

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Asian art stuns at Roland’s $2M sale of fine collections

Imperial pale celadon Mei Ping vase, $187,500
Imperial pale celadon Mei Ping vase, $187,500

GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Roland Auctions NY hosted a highly successful two-part auction on May 20 and 21, which totaled $2 million, marking Roland’s highest-grossing sale so far this year. The sale focused largely on Asian art, Asian decorative items, and antiquities, and also offered a selection of high-end jewelry, contemporary art, Dale Chihuly glass pieces, Peking rugs and contemporary furnishings.

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