NEW YORK, NY.- Christies Modern Collector: Design and Tiffany Studios online sale totaled $2,000,628. The inaugural series of online sales was 93% sold by lot and 177% hammer above low estimate, and achieved the highest total of any online Design sale at Christies. The sale attracted global participation with bidders from 21 countries.
The sale achieved strong results for Tiffany Studios, including the top lot of the sale, the Laburnum Table Lamp, circa 1918, which achieved $214,200, and Daffodil Table Lamp, circa 1903, which sold for $81,900.
Additional exceptional prices were achieved for Claude Lalannes Dahlia necklace, which realized $113,400, over 18 times its high estimate and set a new record for a necklace by the artist, and a Galle Monumental Glycines Vase, circa 1920, which sold for $47,880, more than five times its high estimate.
Headlining the sale were two private collections, including Property from the Former Collection of Marcello Mastroianni, which was 100% sold by lot and 378% sold against low estimate, and Property from the Collection of Dr. Thomas Chua, which was 100% sold by lot and 224% sold against low estimate.
Victoria Tudor, Head of Sale, Design, Christies, commented: The market is clearly robust with these results, with competitive bidding for private collections including prolonged duals for lots such as the Claude Lalanne 'Dahlia' necklace and the Olaf Hult fire screen.
NOTABLE RESULTS | MODERN COLLECTOR: DESIGN AND TIFFANY STUDIOS | 11 MARCH
TIFFANY STUDIOS
'Laburnum' Table Lamp, circa 1918
Price realized: $214,200
CLAUDE LALANNE (1925-2019)
'Dahlia' Necklace
Price realized: $113,400
TIFFANY STUDIOS
'Daffodil' Table Lamp, circa 1903
Price realized: $81,900
DAUM
'Libellules et Nénuphars' Table Lamp, circa 1899
Price realized: $50,400
PAIR OF CONSOLE TABLES
20th Century
Price realized: $44,100
OLOF HULT (1892-1962)
Fire Screen, circa 1925
Price realized: $40,320
TIFFANY STUDIOS
'Black-Eyed Susan' Table Lamp, circa 1910
Price realized: $44,100
WENDELL CASTLE (1932-2018)
Two 'Sizzle' Tables, designed 1998
Price realized: $27,720
GALLÉ
Monumental Glycines Vase, circa 1920
Price realized: $47,880