Famed architect and designer Thierry Despont’s estate showcased at Roland NY April 6

Thierry Despont mixed metal sculpture, estimated at $10,000-$15,000 at Roland NY.

GLEN COVE, N.Y. — Roland NY will present a very rare auction opportunity when it offers the highly anticipated collection from the estate of world-renowned New York architect and designer Thierry Despont on Saturday, April 6. The complete catalog is now open for review and bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

Despont (1948-2023) lived in a 10,000-square-foot Tribeca townhouse at 182 Franklin Street that recently sold for $25 million, and Roland’s sale features more than 200 lots of ‘rare and highly curated’ pieces from the late designer’s collection. Included is artwork, furniture, rare books, and sculptures which have never appeared at auction previously.

Architectural Digest called Despont “the designer of choice for titans of industry.” He rose to fame when he worked on the 1986 renovation of the Statue of Liberty’s torch, crown, and stairways. He also oversaw the restoration of the Woolworth Building. In other engagements, he built houses for Bill Gates, Conrad Black, Ralph Lauren, and Michael Douglas.

Choice pieces include a Thierry Despont mixed metal sculpture featuring a moon-form disc on a vise and stand, exhibited at Marlborough Gallery in New York in 2008. It carries an estimate of $10,000-$15,000.

An 18th-century portrait painting of author and poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744), attributed to Joseph Highmore (1692-1780), is another top lot. The work has an inscribed label on the verso bearing a date of 1728, with an additional label for art dealers Scott & Fowles, who were in business on Fifth Avenue in New York from 1905 to 1943. It is estimated at $2,500-$3,500.

Likely connected to Despont’s restoration of the Statue of Liberty is Lady Liberty, an abstract of polished Belgian black marble, signed and dated by sculptor Benoit Luyckx (b. 1955-). It is estimated at $1,500-$2,500.

Despont clearly loved mid-century modern furniture. Two key items include a Le Corbusier LC4 easy chair estimated at $1,000$1,500 and a Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Knoll Barcelona daybed with a chrome base and black leather seat, which has an estimate of $1,000-$1,500.

Heiress’ Sefton Manor items to auction for charity at Roland Auctions Aug. 25-26

Pair of 18K gold Tiffany & Co. diamond and sapphire earrings, estimated at $2,500-$3,500 at Roland Auctions.

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GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Items from Sefton Manor, the Tudor Revival-style home in Long Island once owned by cosmetics heiress Lillian Sefton Dodge (1880-1960), are included in the two-day estates sale (Day 1, Day 2) at Roland Auctions on Friday, August 25 and Saturday, August 26. A total of 44 lots come from the property – now the Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf – with proceeds going to the charity. Bidding is available via LiveAuctioneers.

Headline items from the consignment include a pair of 18K gold Tiffany & Co. star-form diamond and sapphire earrings, estimated at $2,500-$3,500, plus a 14K gold Tiffany & Co. shell-footed pin tray, estimated at $3,000-$4,000.

Estimated at $4,000-$6,000 is a pair of George III silver chalices by the esteemed London silversmith John Bridge. With a full set of marks for 1824 and weighing 38oz, one is engraved to the foot with a presentation inscription to Lillian Sefton Dodge, dated 1952.

By that time Dodge, the highest-paid woman executive in America during the 1930s, had left the 34-room house she had built with her husband Robert Leftwich Dodge at a cost of £2 million (roughly $2.5 million) in 1923. It became a school for deaf children in 1951 and was used for classes until 2002. Now open to the public, it is famed for its interior metalwork by Samuel Yellin.
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Pair of John Bridge sterling silver chalices, estimated at $4,000-$6,000 at Roland Auctions.
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Martiros Saryan, ‘Village Street Scene,’ a 1907 oil on board, estimated at $5,000-$7,000 at Roland Auctions.
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Undated Juan Luna male nude study drawing, estimated at $1,800-$2,200 at Roland Auctions.
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Pair of late 19th-century Louis XV-style candelabra lamps, estimated at $1,000-$2,000 at Roland Auctions.
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Belle Epoque bronze and onyx jardiniere, estimated at $1,000-$1,500 at Roland Auctions.
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Pair of 18K gold Tiffany & Co. diamond and sapphire earrings, estimated at $2,500-$3,500 at Roland Auctions.
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Selections from famous gallery archive attracted bidders to Roland sale

Chaumet Paris clock and armillary sphere centerpiece, $1,000. Image courtesy of Roland Auctions NY
Chaumet Paris clock and armillary sphere centerpiece, $1,000. Image courtesy of Roland Auctions NY
Chaumet Paris clock and armillary sphere centerpiece, $1,000. Image courtesy of Roland Auctions NY

GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Roland NY Auctions saw strong results for its June-July Estates Sale, held on June 30 and July 1. Absentee and Internet live bidding was facilitated through LiveAuctioneers.

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Roland readies mid-summer Estates Sale for June 30-July 1

Oil on board male nude study by Yun Gee, estimated at $8,000-$12,000. Image courtesy of Roland Auctions NY
Oil on board male nude study by Yun Gee, estimated at $8,000-$12,000. Image courtesy of Roland Auctions NY
Oil on board male nude study by Yun Gee, estimated at $8,000-$12,000. Image courtesy of Roland Auctions NY

GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Roland Auctions will present its June-July Estates Sale on Friday, June 30 and Saturday, July 1. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Chinese jade galleon, abstract artworks sailed to success at Roland

Large Chinese jade model of a galleon, $3,125. Image courtesy of Roland Auctions NY
Left, large Chinese jade model of a galleon, offered in the June 2 session, $3,125; Right, a 1945 oil on board geometric abstract by Albert Eugene Gallatin, offered on June 3, $7,500. Images courtesy of Roland Auctions NY
Left, large Chinese jade model of a galleon, offered in the June 2 session, $3,125; Right, a 1945 oil on board geometric abstract by Albert Eugene Gallatin, offered on June 3, $7,500. Images courtesy of Roland Auctions NY

GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Roland Auctions NY enjoyed a successful June 2-3 Multi-Estates sale, which featured Contemporary and fine art as well as a huge selection of decorative arts, gold and silver jewelry, 20th-century Modern, antique and vintage furniture, textiles, rugs, collectibles, Asian art, silver and lighting. Absentee and Internet live bidding was facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.

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David Simpson abstract, Minas Avetisyan painting performed well at Roland

Untitled David Simpson painting, $5,937. Image courtesy of Roland NY
Untitled David Simpson painting, $5,937. Image courtesy of Roland NY
Untitled David Simpson painting, $5,937. Image courtesy of Roland NY

GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Roland Auctions NY‘s April 29 Estates Auction featured hundreds of lots of fine art, decorative arts, antique and vintage furniture, textiles, silver, jewelry, rugs, collectibles, Asian art and lighting.

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Diamonds, chandeliers bolster successful estates auction at Roland

Neoclassical-style gilt bronze chandelier, $5,000

 

Neoclassical-style gilt bronze chandelier, $5,000
Neoclassical-style gilt bronze chandelier, $5,000

GLEN COVE, N.Y – Roland Auctions‘ April 1 Multi-Estates Auction turned out to be its most successful auction of the year thus far, with the strongest sellers in the categories of jewelry, decorative art, fine art and silver. The house sold slightly more than 80% of the lots to post an overall total of $394,000.

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Roland to auction art from Phyllis Lucas Gallery in series starting March 3

Salvador Dali after Raphael, ‘Le Mariage de la Vierger,’ estimated at $800-$1,200. Image courtesy of Roland Auctions NY
Salvador Dali after Raphael, ‘Le Mariage de la Vierger,’ estimated at $800-$1,200. Image courtesy of Roland Auctions NY
Salvador Dali after Raphael, ‘Le Mariage de la Vierger,’ estimated at $800-$1,200. Image courtesy of Roland Auctions NY

GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Roland Auctions NY is collaborating with the iconic Phyllis Lucas Gallery in New York City, kicking off with a sale titled The Phyllis Lucas Gallery Collection – Part I, taking place on Friday, March 3 at 11 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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From art boxes to antique science books, Roland’s Feb. 4 auction delivers

Maitre verrier covered art glass box by Kyohei Fujita, estimated at $2,500-$3,500
Maitre verrier covered art glass box by Kyohei Fujita, estimated at $2,500-$3,500
Maitre verrier covered art glass box by Kyohei Fujita, estimated at $2,500-$3,500

GLEN COVE, N.Y. – An extremely rare two-volume set of books by Thomas Martyn (1760-1816) titled The Universal Conchologist, and a Japanese maitre verrier art glass box by Kyohei Fujita will both appear in Roland Auctions‘ Multi-Estates Auction on Saturday, February 4. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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