Ignazia Favata, Joe Colombo Designer 1930-1971, Milan, 1988, pp. 38-39; Mateo Kries, Joe Colombo Inventing the Future, Weil am Rhein, 2005, p. 147, fig. 90; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Domus Vol. VI 1965-1969, Cologne, 2006, p. 164.
c. 1965Painted moulded plywood, cowhide.58.4 cm. (23 in.) highManufactured by Comfort, Italy.
Estimate£6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
25 Sept 2008, 2pm London
1
Atelier Van Lieshout
‘Family Lamp’
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
2
Georg Baldele
‘Buona Sera’ pendant light
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ♠
Sold for £1,500
3
Vincent Dubourg
Pair of ‘Déambule’ chairs
Estimate £16,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
4
André Dubreuil
Vase
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
5
Stephen Burks
Prototype ‘Light Frame’ ceiling light
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £4,375
6
Mattia Bonetti
Prototype ‘Yo-Yo’ low table
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £43,250
7
Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
‘Cartoon Chair’
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
8
Zaha Hadid
‘Serif 1’ wall shelf
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
9
Choi Byung Hoon
‘L’image Persistante 07-242’ cantilevered chair
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
10
Alessandro Guerriero
Unique ‘Bad Room’ armoire
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
11
Martin Szekely
‘AK’ table
Sold for £46,850
12
Arik Levy
Unique 'Fractal Cloud' ceiling light
Estimate £5,000 - 8,000 ♠
13
Maarten Baas
‘Clay’ chair
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £4,000
14
Pierre Paulin
Prototype “Back-to-Back” chair, for the 2008 edition, designed 1967-1968
15
Prototype “Front-to-Front” chair, for the 2008 edition, designed 1967-1968
16
George Nakashima
Table lamp
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,250
17
Tord Boontje
‘Blossom’, model no. NI74003
Sold for £10,625
18
Wall-mounted cabinet
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
19
James Tower
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000
Sold for £6,875
20
Free-edge ‘Long’ chair
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £37,250
21
Rupert Spira
Graduated set of five bowls
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
Sold for £3,500
22
Finn Juhl
Chair, model no. NV45
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
23
Sheila Hicks with Warren Platner
Maquette, for the Ford Foundation New York
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000
Sold for £16,250
24
Paul Evans
Important and early wall-mounted cabinet
Estimate £38,000 - 45,000 ‡
25
Harry Bertoia
Hemispherical ‘Bush’ sculpture
Estimate £15,000 - 18,000 ‡
26
Double-pedestal desk
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
27
‘Slab’ coffee table
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
28
Ilmari Tapiovaara
Two rare and important cabinets
Estimate £12,000 - 14,000
Sold for £13,750
29
'Conoid' bench
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000
30
Set of 12 bowls
31
Lucie Rie
Tall vase with flaring lip
Sold for £9,375
32
Rare necklace
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800
Sold for £1,250
33
Flaring bowl
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
34
'Potato' pot
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Sold for £875
35
Vase with flaring lip
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
36
Large conical bowl
37
Vase with oval lip
Estimate £1,600 - 2,400
38
Footed bowl
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
39
Large bottle vase
40
Rare large vase with conical, flaring lip
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £20,000
41
Square bodied vase
42
Salad bowl
43
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Important set of six ‘Willow’ chairs, from Miss Cranston’s Willow Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow, Scotland
Estimate £80,000 - 100,000
44
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Early and rare ‘Barcelona’ stool
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000
45
Two lounge chairs, model nos. MR30 and MR40
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
46
Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer
Set of ten door handles with lock plates
Sold for £3,750
47
Poul Henningsen
Table lamp, model no. PH3/2
48
Jean Després
Rare ring
49
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Rare and important armchair
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
50
Gilbert Poillerat
Illuminated dining table
Estimate £45,000 - 55,000 ‡
51
Line Vautrin
Rare pendant
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
52
Compact
Sold for £2,500
53
Tapio Wirkkala
‘Puilikuu’ pendant
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
54
Ado Chale
Coffee table
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
55
Carlo Bugatti
Pair of armchairs
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
56
Sideboard
Estimate £27,000 - 38,000 ‡
57
Unique ‘Vision de Carmoran’ box
Estimate £5,000 - 10,000 ‡
58
‘Hopeakuu’ pendant
59
Nicola L.
Unique 'La Femme' coffee table
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
60
Guy de Rougemont
Illuminated ‘Cloud’ table
61
Astrid Fog
Rare necklace, model no. 120B
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
62
Jean Royère
‘Alexandrie’ daybed
Estimate £24,000 - 27,000 ‡
Sold for £39,650
63
Pair of ‘Hopeakuu’ earrings
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
64
Pierre Cardin
Large pair of wall lights
65
Gijs Bakker
Belt
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
66
Rare and important 'Cloud' dining table
Estimate £55,000 - 65,000 ‡♠
Sold for £67,250
67
Unique ‘4 Oiseaux’ compact
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡
Sold for £3,250
68
Unique ‘La Pêche Miraculeuse’ box
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡
Sold for £4,750
69
Unique ‘Toujours la Sirène’ box
70
Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Unique pair of chairs
71
Unique mirror
72
Unique illuminated vitrine
Estimate £14,000 - 16,000 ♠
73
Louis Sognot
74
Sheila Metzner
Two photographs, 'The Guardian' and 'Mouille Shapes'
75
Serge Mouille
Large three-arm wall light
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
76
Alexandre Noll
Important dining table, from the Collection of Alexandre Noll
Estimate £115,000 - 125,000 ‡
Sold for £169,250
77
Important set of six side chairs
Estimate £90,000 - 100,000 ‡
78
Charlotte Perriand
Set of 20 wall lights, model no. CP1
Sold for £12,250
79
Jean Prouvé
‘Direction No. 352’ office chair
Estimate £27,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £34,850
80
Pierre Jeanneret
Set of eight armchairs, from Chandigarh, India
81
Le Corbusier
Exterior light, from Chandigarh, India
Sold for £22,500
82
Room divider from the Cité Radieuse de Rézé
83
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand
Four bookcases, from the Pavillon Suisse, Cité Universitaire, Paris
84
George Nelson & Associates
Rare 'Marshmallow' sofa
85
Oscar Niemeyer
‘Rio’ rocking chaise longue
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
86
Rare ‘Aran’ lounge chair
87
Poul Kjærholm
Early custom table and ‘PK9’ chair
88
Gino Sarfatti
Floor lamp
89
Joe Colombo
'Sella 1001' lounge chair
90
Gianni Colombo
Four ‘Gea’ lamps
Sold for £8,750
91
Herbert von Thaden
Adjustable lounge chair
92
Verner Panton
‘S’ chair, model no. 275
93
Titina Ammanati and Giampiero Vitelli
Rare 'Mobile Totale' living unit
94
Fabio Lenci
Rare ‘Focus’ table lamp
95
Ettore Sottsass, Jr.
‘Asteroid’ table lamp
Sold for £5,250
96
Xavier David and Dante Bandini
‘Infinito in Scatola’ or ‘Conversazione ‘Aleph' table lamp
97
Gianfranco Fini in collaboration with Fabrizio Cocchia
'Azimuth' floor lamp
98
Ufo Group
‘Dollaro’ table lamp
99
‘MGM’ table lamp
100
Alessandro Mendini
'Spaziale' chair
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
101
‘Paramount’ table lamp
102
Andrea Branzi
Unique ‘Sugheri XI’ centerpiece
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
103
Unique ‘Bandiera’ desk, from Le Centre Culturel Français, Turin, Italy
Sold for £11,250
104
Ettore Sottsass and Chris Redfern
Prototype 'Nine-O' chair
105
Greg Lynn
Unique ‘Blobwall’
Estimate £14,000 - 17,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
106
Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang
‘[C]space DRL TEN’ pavilion
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £55,250
107
Front Design
Prototype ‘Sketch Chair’
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
108
Rare and early tea and coffee service
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
109
Medium ‘Rock’ table
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £14,375
110
Large ‘Rock’ table
111
Prototype small ‘Rock’ table
112
Max Lamb
Unique ’Nanocrystalline Copper Chair’
Estimate £11,000 - 17,000 ‡♠
113
Ron Arad
‘After Spring’
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £109,250
114
Matali Crasset
‘Transplant #6’ sculptural vase
115
Marc Newson
Pair of ‘Embryo’ chairs
116
Ingo Maurer
Prototype ‘Lüster’ ceiling light
Estimate £13,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
117
'This Mortal Coil'
Sold for £32,450
118
Patrick Schumacher and Zaha Hadid
‘VorteXX’
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £145,250
119
Hella Jongerius
Four bulbous vases, a unique installation
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000 ♠
120
Johanna Grawunder
Prototype ‘Spot’ table
121
Philip Michael Wolfson
‘Zig Zag’ cabinet and headboard
122
Sol LeWitt
123
Fred Baier
Rare ‘1/2 Cube + Cone - Cylinder’ table
124
Agenore Fabbri
‘Nastro di Gala’ bench
125
Oliver Vogt and Hermann Weizenegger
Prototype ‘Sinterchair®’, version 1.1
126
Four tall vases, a unique installation
127
Prototype ‘West’ chandelier
128
Shiro Kuramata
Set of six ‘Apple Honey’ chairs
129
‘Wicker' chair
130
Mixed ‘Banquette’ chair
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
131
‘Splits’ bench
Sold for £31,250
132
'Blo-Void 6'
Estimate £58,000 - 65,000 ‡♠
Sold for £106,850
133
Edmund de Waal
Three tall lidded vessels
134
'Mendel’s Shelf', an installation
135
Large lidded vessel
Sold for £6,000
136
Three cylinders
137
Six cylinders
Sold for £7,750
138
Rare table lamp, model no. 594
139
Gio Ponti
Pair of wall-mounted chests
140
Wall light
141
Side table
142
‘Diamond’ flatware service for 12
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
143
Fulvio Bianconi
Two wall lights
144
Rare and important vase
145
Julio Le Parc
Rare ‘Continuel- Lumière' wall light
146
Studio Venini
‘Pallotta’ ceiling light
147
Rare floor lamp
148
Angelo Lelii
Rare ceiling light
149
150
Small plate
151
Ludovico Diaz de Santillana
‘Grata’ table lamp
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
152
‘Cintinuel-Lumière au Plafond/Galassia’ ceiling light
153
Fontana Arte
Two-tiered coffee table, model no. 2341
154
Max Ingrand
Ceiling light, model no. 1933
155
Pair of ceiling lights, model no. 1990
156
Estimate £10,000 - 12,000
157
Unique pair of monumental inset wall lights
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000
158
Carlo Mollino
Coffee table, model no. 1114
Estimate £75,000 - 95,000 ‡
159
Ceiling light, model no. 2077
Estimate £14,000 - 18,000
160
Occasional table
Sold for £38,450
161
Pierluigi Giordani
Sofa
Estimate £9,000 - 14,000 ♠
162
Pair of lounge chairs
163
Stilnovo
Pair of chandeliers
164
Lounge chair
165
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
166
Pair of large wall lights
Sold for £8,125
167
168
Pair of wall lights, model no. 211
169
Franco Albini and Franca Helg
Rare sideboard, model no. MB48
170
Unique bed with pair of bedside tables
Estimate £20,000 - 24,000
171
Pair of wall lights
172
Mirror
173
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000
174
Carlo Scarpa
Rare and important chandelier
Estimate £16,000 - 20,000