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7–16 December 2024 | New York

This winter Sotheby's is thrilled to present an exciting series of live and online auctions in New York that cover every area of Design. Our live auction series on December 12-13 celebrates exceptional works of Design and an unprecedented array of masterworks by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Tiffany Studios. This follows Sotheby's record-breaking auction of the Tiffany Danner Memorial Window on November 18.

Over four live auctions feature a curated selection of some of the most covetable and rare pieces on the market, commencing with our bi-annual Important Design auction on December 12. On the following day, December 13, we are thrilled to present an exciting three-auction event celebrating the remarkable artistry of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Tiffany Studios: Tiffany Studios - Artistry in Glass: The Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman Collection , Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios, Featuring Property From The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Doros Collection: The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany Volume IV: Tiffany's Travel and Exploration .

Our sale series continues with two very special online auctions from the visionary Sydell Miller Collection: A Legacy of Beauty: Lalique to Zadora: Objets d'Art from The Collection of Sydell Miller Online Auction , an auction celebrating the collection’s expansive range of ‘objets d’art’, and A Legacy of Beauty: The Collection of Sydell Miller Online Auction featuring exquisite furniture, decorative art, and silver.

All lots will be on view for live auctions. Select highlights will be on view for the Sydell Miller Online auctions. For items not on exhibition at our York Avenue location, please contact the 20th Century Design team to schedule a viewing at our Gantry Point facility.

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Auction Calendar

Highlights

Claude Lalanne, Unique "Hosta et Oiseau" Mirror

Estimate: 800,000 – 1,200,000 USD

Important Design

12 December 2024 | 11:00 AM EST | New York

Claude Lalanne, Unique "Structure Végétale" Console

Estimate: 400,000 – 600,000 USD

Important Design

12 December 2024 | 11:00 AM EST | New York

Jean Dunand, Parfum

Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 USD

Important Design

12 December 2024 | 11:00 AM EST | New York

Jean Prouvé, "Direction" Armchair

Estimate: 70,000 – 90,000 USD

Important Design

12 December 2024 | 11:00 AM EST | New York

Poul Henningsen

Poul Henningsen

Poul Henningsen, "PH Spiral" Ceiling Light Designed for the Headquarters Assembly Hall, Danish Consumers Cooperative Society, Albertslund, Denmark

Estimate: 100,000 – 150,000 USD

Important Design

12 December 2024 | 11:00 AM EST | New York

Shiro Kuramata, "Miss Blanche" Chair

Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 USD

Important Design

12 December 2024 | 11:00 AM EST | New York

Tiffany Studios

Tiffany Studios

A Unique "Wisteria-Laburnum" Table Lamp

Estimate: 800,000 – 1,200,000 USD

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Artistry in Glass: The Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman Collection

13 December 2024 | 11:00 AM EST | New York

Tiffany Studios

Tiffany Studios

"Parrots and Hibiscus" Window

Estimate: 400,000 – 600,000 USD

Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios, Featuring Property From The Metropolitan Museum of Art

13 December 2024 | 1:00 PM EST | New York

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Louis Comfort Tiffany

The Old and The New Mosques, "Ali Hassimin" and "Sultan El Carmel," Cairo

Estimate: 70,000 - 100,000 USD

Comb with Butterflies

Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 USD

Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof

Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof

Large Rose Quartz Charging Elephant, circa 2001

Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD

A Danish Silver Lobster Platter, Cover, and Mazarine, No. 335C, Designed by Johan Rohde for Georg Jensen Silversmithy, Copenhagen, 2015

Estimate: 70,000 - 100,000 USD

Catalogue PDFs

Important Design

Dreaming in Glass: Masterworks by Tiffany Studios, Featuring Property From The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Artistry in Glass: The Seymour and Evelyn Holtzman Collection

The Doros Collection: The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany Volume IV: Tiffany's Travel and Exploration

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