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Lot 231
Large Pair of Cut and Beaded Glass Campana Urns on Mirrored Pedestals, Fitted as Lamps, 20th Century
Lot Sold 125,000 USD -
Lot 390
Pair of Ruby Pendant-Earrings
Lot Sold 6,875 USD
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Lot 365 Emile Marie Beaume, Scene from “The Story of the Second Royal Mendicant” (The Thousand & One Nights), oil on canvas
Lot Sold 65,000 USD
Lot 366 Max Le Verrier, “Pluie” Table Lamp, Model No. 958, patinated bronze, frosted glass and marble
Lot Sold 2,750 USD
Lot 367 Art Deco Style Plant Stand, patinated metal and marble
Lot Sold 3,000 USD
Lot 362 An American Limoges-style cloisonné enamel candlestick mounted as a lamp by E.F. Caldwell & Co., Late 19th Century
Lot Sold 5,625 USD -
Lot 276
Pair of Carved and Polychrome Egyptian Revival Armchairs with Indian Silk Upholstery, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
Lot Sold 11,250 USD -
Lot 279
Indian Silver-Veneered Armchair and Footstool, 19th Century
Lot Sold 9,375 USD
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Lot 237 Raymond Perry Rodgers Neilson, Miss Peggy Hopkins Joyce, 1925, oil on canvas
Lot Sold 25,000 USD
Lot 236 A set of three Chinese paintings of Immortals, late Qing dynasty
Lot Sold 4,000 USD
Lot 235 A pair of contemporary zebra print upholstered club chairs with cushions
Lot Sold 5,250 USD -
Lot 356 A Moorish Revival thuya and ebonized wood, metal-mounted and bone-inlaid vitrine cabinet, 20th Century
Lot Sold 75,000 USD
Lot 357 A Canton enamel five-piece garniture, Qing dynasty, late 18th / 19th century
Lot Sold 27,500 USD
Overview
Sotheby’s is honored to present the personal collection of the late celebrity jeweler, Fred Leighton. With an acute eye for fine and unusual objects, Mr. Leighton spent much of his life identifying, and transforming heirloom and period jewels into the coveted baubles of society and celebrity clients alike. An early proponent of Art Deco-style jewelry and decorative arts - which are well-represented in his personal collection on offer - Mr. Leighton’s fascination with various periods reinvigorated the market for antique pieces that had fallen out of style.
Reflecting his diverse tastes in jewelry, Mr. Leighton’s domestic interior was a delightful convergence of genres: Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Victorian and Asian. He and his family lived amongst Leighton’s eclectic objects: an Edgar Brandt “Altesse” console adorned with a Buddha, deco crystal urns set behind welcoming arm chairs covered in zebra-style fabric, and Egyptian revival chairs placed in conversation with a 19th Century Mughal silver throne – a piece that, as his wife, Glorya Leighton, once recounted to People Magazine - “Fred loves to sit in it”.
This collection represents the last group of objects and jewels to be personally curated by Mr. Leighton. It is a reflection of his passion for the eclectic and a celebration of his eye for beauty.
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