LANDMARK RESULTS FOR DESIGN AND NORDIC DESIGN AUCTIONS
HIGHEST DESIGN RESULT AT PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY TOTALING £5,012,775/$8,070,568 SELLING 86% BY VALUE AND 76% BY LOT
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR CERAMIC DESIGNER AXEL SALTO ACHIEVING £373,250/$600,933
WORLD AUCTION RECORDS FOR SHIRO KURAMATA, VIGGO BOESEN, PIERLUIGI GIORDANI AND FOR CONTEMPORARY GLASS ARTISTS YOICHI OWIRA AND RITSUE MISHIMA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
London – 27 September 2012 – Tonight Phillips de Pury & Company’s Design & Nordic Design auctions totaled £5,012,775/$8,070,568, with Design selling 90% by value and 88% by lot with Nordic Design selling 82% by value 65% by lot.
The top lot of the evening was a ceramic work by Danish designer, Axel Salto, Important and unique vase in the 'budding' style, 1944 which sold for £373,250 /$600,933 to a phone bidder.
Other highlights from the night include Shiro Kuramata’s, 'Miss Blanche' chair selling for £241,250 /$388,413 and Alberto Giacometti’s, Pair of 'Knuckle' standard lamps which sold for £301,250 /$485,013.
Phillips de Pury continues its world record success of selling collections of Contemporary Ceramics with an important collection of Axel Salto Ceramics.
The active bidding in the room and on the phone banks from international buyers reflected the strength in 20th and 21st century Design and the growth of the Design Market.
“Following a tremendous spring season, this evening’s auctions achieved the highest Design result at Phillips de Pury, further demonstrating the department’s strength in Europe. Outstanding prices were achieved for French Decorative Arts, Italian Design and Contemporary Design. The pinnacle of our Nordic Design section was an exceptional private collection of Axel Salto ceramics, achieving a world record with the sale of Important and unique vase in the 'budding' style selling for £373,250 /$600,933.” Alexander Payne, Worldwide Director of Design, Phillips de Pury & Company
TOP TEN DESIGN LOTS
26 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, Pair of 'Knuckle' standard lamps, £301,250 /$485,013
52 SHIRO KURAMATA, 'Miss Blanche' chair, £ 241,250 /$388,413
9 JEAN ROYÈRE, Pair of rare ‘Ambassador’ chairs, £133,250 /$214,533
22 JEAN ROYÈRE, Rare ‘Ambassador’ sofa, £111,650 /$179,757
40 MARC NEWSON, 'Chop top table', £ 91,250 /$146,913
21 JEAN ROYÈRE, 'Ruban' coffee table, £ 87,650 /$141,117
23 ARMAND ALBERT RATEAU, Table lamp, model no. 1392, £73,250 /$117,933
59 CARLO SCARPA, Set of four, three-armed wall lights, £67,250 /$108,273
119 JEAN PROUVÉ, ‘Direction’ armchair, model no. 352, £51,650 /$83,157
13 JEAN ROYÈRE, Sideboard, £51,650 /$83,157
DESIGN ARTIST WORLD RECORDS
52 SHIRO KURAMATA, 'Miss Blanche' chair, £241,250 /$388,413
79 PIERLUIGI GIORDANI, Double bed, for a private commission, Bologna, £39,650 /$63,837
33 YOICHI OHIRA, Unique vase, £27,500 /$44,275
60 CARLO ENRICO RAVA, Rare console, £22,500 /$36,225
39 VISTOSI, Two rare side tables, £12,500 /$20,125
50 RITSUE MISHIMA, 'Eco' sculpture, £9,375 /$15,094
TOP TEN NORDIC DESIGN LOTS
217 AXEL JOHANN SALTO, Important and unique vase in the 'budding' style, £373,250 /$600,933
200 VIGGO BOESEN, Pair of ‘Little Petra’ chairs, £103,250 /$166,233
208 KAARE KLINT AND EDVARD KINDT-LARSEN, Pair of armchairs, £91,250/$146,913
226 AXEL JOHANN SALTO, Large vase in the 'sprouting' style, £87,650 /$141,117
240 HANS J. WEGNER, Set of eight 'Cowhorn' dining chairs, model no. JH 505, £66,050 /$106,341
229 AXEL JOHANN SALTO, Vase with sprouting fruit and pebble motifs, £63,650 /$102,477
216 AXEL JOHANN SALTO, Unique vase, £58,850 /$94,749
245 FINN JUHL, 'Chieftain' armchair, £58,850 /$94,749
142 ALVAR AALTO, Early group of three ‘Beehive’ ceiling lights, model no. A 331, £56,450 /$90,885
184 JOSEF FRANK, Rare table lamp, model no. M2997, £55,250 /$88,953
NORDIC DESIGN ARTIST WORLD RECORDS
217 AXEL JOHANN SALTO, Important and unique vase in the 'budding' style, £373,250 /$600,933
200 VIGGO BOESEN, Pair of ‘Little Petra’ chairs, £103,250 /$166,233
203 FLEMMING LASSEN, Sofa and a pair of armchairs, £46,850 /$75,429
135 TAPIO WIRKKALA, Rare set of eight 'Nikke' chairs, model no. 9019, £43,250 /$69,633
173 AXEL EINAR HJORTH AND NILS FOUGSTEDT, 'Caesar' table, £37,250 /$59,973
236 RASMUS FENHAHN, Unique handmade 'Hikari I' ceiling light, from the 'Aero' series, £5,000 /$8,050
– END –
Contacts:
LONDON
Alex Godwin-Brown
Communications and Marketing Manager
agodwin-brown@phillipsdepury.com
+ 44 20 7318 4036
NEW YORK
Tiana Webb Evans
Communications Director, New York
twebbevans@phillipsdepury.com
212 940 1207