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TIFFANY STUDIOS POINSETTIA FLOOR LAMP SELLS FOR A RECORD
$321,100 AT DOYLE NEW YORK ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2004
Auction Showcased Furniture, Decorations and Paintings of the Belle
Epoque
Including
Property from the Estates of Mary Livingston Ripley and S. Dillon Ripley,
Head of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC
On Wednesday,
September 29, 2004, Doyle New York held an auction celebrating the opulent
grandeur of the Belle Epoque. The sale offered an extravagant array
of furniture, decorations and paintings reflecting the Louis XV and
XVI revivals, Victorian, Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. Featured
in the sale were furniture and decorations from the estates of Mary
Livingston Ripley and S. Dillon Ripley of Washington, DC. Mr. Ripley
was head of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964 through 1984.
TIFFANY
STUDIOS
The auctionís highlight was a magnificent Tiffany Studios Poinsettia
leaded glass and bronze floor lamp with an intensely colored conical
shade measuring 28 1/4 inches in diameter. Consigned by the estate of
Charles Davis White Thompson of Locust Valley on Long Islandís
North Shore, the lamp was fresh to the market and attracted a great
deal of attention from both collectors and dealers. With intense bidding
from bidders in the salesroom and on the telephones, the lamp far exceeded
its pre-sale estimate of $150,000-200,000 and sold for $321,100, establishing
a new world auction record for a Tiffany Studios Poinsettia lamp.
Additional
lamps by Tiffany Studios consigned by another estate included a leaded
glass and bronze Poinsettia table lamp that sold for $38,838
and two patinated bronze and Favrile glass Linenfold table lamps
that fetched $17,925 and $15,535. Also featured was a Tiffany Favrile
glass exhibition vase, circa 1916, measuring 4 7/8 inches in height,
which sold for $13,145.
Over the
last year, Doyle New York has offered a large quantity of exquisite
lamps, glass and metalwork by Tiffany Studios from a number of estates
and collections. These include an extensive collection of objects by
Tiffany Studios that was sold at Doyle on February 26, 2004 and featured
two rare enamel over copper ginger jars that sold for $101,575 and $77,675.
For more information on the February 2004 auction, click
here.
THE
ESTATES OF MARY LIVINGSTON RIPLEY AND S. DILLON RIPLEY
The auction also offered property from the estates of Mary Livingston
Ripley and S. Dillon Ripley. Highlighting the Ripley Collection was
an extensive gilt and enamel decorated glassware service by the Austrian
firm of J. & L. Lobmeyr that sold for $26,887.50. Each piece in
the set was decorated with charming figures in 18th century costume
and rocaille ornament. Also attracting spirited bidding was an elegant
Steinway gilt-wood baby grand piano in the Louis XV style that brought
$22,705. For more information on the Ripley Collection, click
here.
PAINTINGS
Complementing the furniture and decorations were an array of paintings
and sculpture by American and European artists. The 1933 oil on canvas
Portrait of Seated Woman by Russian artist Boris Dmitrievich
Grigoriev was the object of strong competitive bidding from the salesroom
and the telephones, and sold for $83,650. Also a favorite with bidders
was an oil on canvas entitled Garden Party by French artist Adrien
de Boucherville, which sold for $47,800.
AUCTION
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 10am
NEXT
AUCTION
February 2005
INFORMATION
Malcolm Mac Neil, 212-427-4141, ext. 218, decorative.arts@DoyleNewYork.com
CATALOGUE
Subscriptions Department, 212-427-4141, ext. 257, subscriptions@DoyleNewYork.com
View
the catalogue online.
MEDIA
CONTACT
Louis LeB. Webre, Vice President, Marketing and Media, 212-427-4141,
ext 232, louis@DoyleNewYork.com
Images and interviews are available upon request.
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