Post auction sale until July 21 Dear clients, We would like to remind you of our post auction sale of auctions 133A 'Bauhaus - German Design' and 133B 'Design'. Many rare and beautiful items are available until Friday, July 21, 2017. Yours, Askan Quittenbaum Post auction report 133A 'Bauhaus - German Design' 174 lots of German Design were on offer on the first day of the auction. In the Bauhaus chapter, designs by women were most popular. It started with the 'Frankfurt Kitchen' by Austrian-born Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, which could be sold for €23,300 (lot 4). Marianne Brandt, head of the metal workshop of the Bauhaus in 1928/29, designed the '720' ceiling light together with Hin Bredendiek for Körting & Mathiesen in 1929 (lot 44). It was knocked down for €1,036. Her table clock for Ruppelwerke, made around the same time, received the same amount of money (lot 47). The works of potter Eva Zeisel Stricker are becoming more and more popular. Her tea set, composed of round and rectangular shapes, c1928, was highly coveted (lot 9). It will travel to Italy for €2,072. The 'Fiuma' set received €893 after all. ...read more Post auction report 133B 'Design' With a total revenue of almost EUR 300,000, the second day of this year's June auction came to a solid conclusion. From 1900 to 2012, Germany, Italy, France, Scandinavia, USA – this year Quittenbaum created another extensive selection of international design. Shortly after of the auction began a few designs from the early 20th century were requested. The armchair 'Calvet' designed by Antonio Gaudí started at EUR 2,000. In the end due to the interest of multiple bidders, the nutwood-chair sold to a German customer for more than EUR 3,700. The start price of Eileen Gray's Sofa 'Monte Carlo' also quickly double. The elegant combination of chrome and black leather earned more than EUR 2,000. ...read more |
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