In the first auctions the category to take place at 30 Berkeley Square, Phillips April Design Sales totalled £8,641,000 (comfortably in the middle of their estimated total of £6.7-9.9m ) selling 87% by value and 77% by lot.
The exhibition attracted three times as many visitors compared to the previous Design auctions in September 2014.
On 28 April Phillips will present the first Design Auction held in 30 Berkeley Square featuring over 250 lots with a pre-sale low estimate of £6.7m/$10m/€9.3m and a pre-sale high estimate of £9.9m/$14.7m/€13.8m.
Rarely do concept cars get a curtain call — and even more rarely do they still seem fresh. But the designer Marc Newson‘s Ford 021C, introduced at the Tokyo auto show in 1999, is back. It is on display as part of “Transport,” an exhibition of Mr. Newson’s designs at the Gagosian Gallery on West 21st Street in Manhattan.
New York
On the 3rd of March 2015 Phillips will host a Contemporary Art & Design auction from 6pm at 450 Park Avenue, New York. Viewings for the auction begin on the 23rd of February 2015 and are open until the day of the auction. This sale brings together a small selection of artwork and design - a format pioneered by Wright in their 'Living Contemporary' sales.
On June 11th 2013 at 11 am Phillips will present there summer design auction featuring 115 lots. The collectible design objects will be on view from the 5th of June at 450 Park Avenue, New York City.
Phillips is proud to announce highlights from the upcoming April Design auction, featuring 267 lots with a combined pre-sale low estimate of £3.9m and a pre-sale high estimate of £5.6m.
Marc Newson is one of the most accomplished industrial designers of our time. A self-confessed control freak, Newson's innovative perspective has been applied to everything from cutlery to spaceships.
ESTIMATE $300,000-$500,000
PROVENANCE Private Collection, New York; Christie's, Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, New York, May 16, 2007, Lot 3; Sebastian + Barquet, New York
All prices exclusive of shipping and VAT.
Estimated shipping time 8 - 12 weeks.
All prices exclusive of shipping and VAT.
Estimated shipping 8 - 12 week.
Lot 263 in Christie's Sale of Important 20th Century Decorative Art and Design, 8 December 2009, New York.
Number 1 from an edition of 8.
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Lot 46 in Phillips de Pury & Company's MUSIC Sale, 21 November 2009, London
Manufactured by Colber, Italy. Four chairs with paper labels to underside “colber/ITALY” (8).
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Lot 63, Phillips de Pury & Company Design Auction, 15 October 2009, London
Number one from the edition of ten. Underside with metal label impressed with 'Wingless/Micarta char/Marc Newson/ 1 / 10.' Exhibited at the Gagosian Gallery, New York.
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