Download PDF PHILLIPS de PURY& COMPANY’S MOST SUCCESSFUL DESIGN AUCTION TOTALS $7.1 MILLION
DESIGN AUCTION INAUGURATES COMPANY’S NEW FLAGSHIP AT 450 PARK AVENUE
WORLD RECORDS SET FOR LINE VAUTRIN, SERGE MOUILLE, FLAVIO POLI AND POUL
HENNINGSEN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York – Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce its highest total for a Design auction,
demonstrating its continued strength selling French, Italian, American and Scandinavian 20th-century
design. Results totaled $7,101,812 (including premium).
Simon de Pury, Chairman:
“The outcome of these sales demonstrates that our pioneering belief in design is paying off. Our new
flagship space on 450 Park allowed us to show the outstanding works, painstakingly selected by
Alexander Payne and his great team, in optimal conditions.”
Alexander Payne, Worldwide Director of Design:
“This is an extraordinarily busy week of design and decorative arts auctions in New York and in Europe.
Today’s robust results were realized by aggressive bidding from international clients, both in the
saleroom and on the telephone. We were thrilled to inaugurate our new galleries at 450 Park with a
tightly curated auction highlighting important works from the last 120 years.”
The Design auction comprised of 214 lots offered, selling 74% by value and 73% by lot. Price including
premium: $7,101,812.
Top Ten Lots:
Lot 57 Flavio Poli
Important and monumental chandelier, from the Hotel Bristol, Merano, Italy, $434,500
Lot 14 Emile-Jacques
Ruhlmann Rare “Elephant armchair, $290,500
Lot 43 Charlotte Perriand
Unique monumental “Bahut” sideboard, $266,500
Lot 44 Harry Bertoia
Important unique monumental “Bush” form, $266,500
Lot 7 Serge Mouille
Unique and important six-arm ceiling light, $230,500
Lot 38 Robert Mallet-Stevens,
Unique desk, for Roger Gompel, Director of the Paris-France Society, $218,500
Lot 4 Poul Henningsen
Exceptional large wall light, for the Scala cinema and concert hall, Árhus Theater,
Árhus Denmark, $212,500
Lot 34 Line Vautrin
Rare “Solaire” mirror, $194,500
Lot 25 Harry Bertoia
Large “Bush” sculpture with integrated welded fountain form interior, $170,500
Lot 3 Jean Royére
Rare armchair, $178,500
Artist Records:
Lot 4 Poul Henningsen
Wall light, $212,500
Lot 7 Serge Mouille
Ceiling light, $230,500
Lot 23 Paul Hankar
Tabouret, $21,250
Lot 33, Jacques Biny,
Table Lamp $12,500
Lot 34 Line Vautrin
Solaire mirror, $194,500
Lot 52 Shoji Hamada
Hakeme jar, $60,000
Lot 57 Flavio Poli
Chandelier, $434,500
Lot 90, Raymond Fernand Loewry,
Discovery flatware service (set of 77), $20,000
Lot 96 Pozzi and Verga
Side chairs (pair), $6,250
Lot 97 Pozzi and Verga
Side chairs (pair), $6,250
Lot 109 Ernesto Radaelli
Lounge chairs (pair), $11,250
Lot 110 Piero Fornasetti and Studio Ponti Fornaroli Rosselli
Cittá di carte modular bookcase, $60,000
Lot 111 Pier Luigi
Colli Sideboard, $21,250
Lot 125 Cesare Lacca
Coffee table $43,750
Lot 129 Barnaba and Piero Fornasetti
Black and white trumeau 47,500
Lot 131 Christophe Gevers
Chandelier (from The Crédit Communal de Belgique Auditorium Bressels,
Belgium), $40,000
Contacts:
London
Giulia Costantini
Head of Communications
gcostantini@phillipsdepury.com
+ 44 20 7318 4010
Fiona McGovern
Communications Assistant
FMcGovern@phillipsdepury.com
+ 44 20 7318 4010
New York
Anne Huntington
Communications Manager
ahuntington@phillipsdepury.com
+1 212 940 1210