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Art glass, Arts and Crafts, and Contemporary Offerings
BOSTON, Mass. - July 18, 2001 – Skinner, Inc., a leading full-service
auctioneer and appraiser of antiques and fine art, held an auction of 20th
Century Furniture and Decorative Arts on June 2, 2001 at its Boston gallery.
Art glass, Arts and Crafts, and contemporary offerings led the selections, which
included a Tiffany Studios Bronze and Leaded Glass Daffodil Table Lamp that
sold for $27,600, a Tiffany Studios Bronze and Leaded Glass Tulip Table Lamp
that went for $21,850, and a Tiffany Studios Scenic Leaded Glass Window that
fetched $20,700.
Art glass also included a Tiffany Floriform Glass Vase with Pulled Feather
Decoration that garnered $16,675, a Geometric Acorn Glass and Bronze Hanging
Shade attributed to Tiffany Studios, $10,350, two Tiffany Floriform Vases that
sold for $8,050 each, and a Tiffany Blue Damascene and Bronze Desk Lamp that
also reached $8,050. A LaFarge Jeweled Leaded Glass Window sold for $9,200.
The auction offered a varied selection European art glass as well, highlighted
by a Stevens and Williams Cameo Glass Vase that sold for $10,350, an Oriente
Glass Vase design attributed to Dino Martins for Aureliano Toso, Murano, c.
1950, that realized $8,050, and a René Lalique Molded Glass Grasshopper
"Sauterelles" Vase that reached $7,475. Gallé Cameo Glass included an
Orchid Vase that fetched $8,625, and a Phlox Vase and a Hibiscus Vase that sold
for $8,050 each.
Additional auction highlights included selected art pottery, notably a Marblehead
Pottery Two-Color Vase that garnered $17,250, and a Rookwood Vellum Scenic Plaque,
"Reflections," decorated by Edward Drers that sold for $6,612.50. Furniture
featured a Gustav Stickley Even-Arm Spindle Settle, no. 290, that reached $14,950,
a Gustav Stickley Oak Fall-front Writing Desk, model no. 705, that garnered
$6,037.50, and a set of Eight Brno Chromed Steel and Leather Armchairs, designed
by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1929, that sold for $6,900.
Prices realized at the auction are available at www.skinnerinc.com.
Skinner’s next auction of 20th Century Furniture and Decorative Arts
will be held in Boston on October 27, 2001. For more information, call 978-779-6241,
or fax 978-779-5144.
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