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Toomey & Co., Chicago, IL, held an Art & Design sale on March 8, 2020. The diverse sale included furniture, ceramics, glass and lamps. Following are a couple of interesting results.

Lot # 109 was a nice Grueby 9″ vase with 5 handles. Estimated to sell for $4,000 – $6,000, it realized $10,625, including buyer’s premium.

The sale included several Handel table lamps. Lot #286, a Venice scenic, was the best of the group. It sold near its low estimate, realizing $5,000, including buyer’s premium, against an estimate of $4,000 – $6,000. The Handel lamp market has been in a prolonged slump. This particular lamp would have sold for closer to $15,000 at the peak of the market more than a decade ago.

For the complete results of the sale, click here.

Freeman’s, Philadelphia, PA, held a Design sale on March 31, 2020, mostly with Meissen porcelain, furniture and four Tiffany lamps. The top result of the lamps was lot #27, a 21″ diameter Nasturtium on a rare root and Favrile ball base. Its final price of $206,250, including buyer’s premium, approximately quadrupled its low estimate of $50,000. Nice!

For the complete results of the sale, click here.

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Funny thing about self-isolation. I haven’t spent a lot of time on business. I’m doing lots of home improvement projects that I’ve procrastinated for years. But I do try to spend some time listing new items. Haven’t made nearly the progress I was hoping. So what I’m doing here is posting a few group shots of items that I have for sale. They should be listed individually, and may be soon, but for now this will have to do.

First up are a gorgeous group of Tiffany Favrile vases. I have more than shown, but I managed to unpack these and take a photo. You can’t see much detail, so if you see something you like, email me and I’ll send you detailed photos and prices.

Lots of folks collect Tiffany desk sets, especially Grapevine and Pine Needle. I’ve been meaning to list each item separately, but hope this group photo will suffice for now. There are some rare items here, so let me know what interests you.

Most of the items in this group photo of Tiffany Studios Pine Needle desk accessories are available. Let me know what interests you.

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Sothebys New York held a Design sale on March 31, 2020 with some spectacular results for Tiffany Studios lamps and objects. Many items sold for many times their high estimates. The only way I can figure it out is that a lot of wealthy people were self-isolating and very bored. What’s more fun than sitting at a computer and bidding at an auction? I was floored by some of the prices. The sale totaled $4,027,500 for the 236 lots that were offered.

Lot #58, a Tiffany Moorish chandelier that was estimated to sell for $10,000 – $15,000, sold for an astonishing $300,000, including buyer’s premium. Wowza! Had to be two wealthy bidders with more cents than sense. Kudos to the consignor, who should go out and buy a lottery ticket with that kind of luck.

Lot #36 was a fairly rare Tiffany Favrile glass lamp with a reddish, 9″ diameter shade and matching red enameled base. It dates from the 1920s as do all of the items with enameling that were signed by Tiffany Furnaces. It did exceptionally well, selling for $35,000, including buyer’s premium, against an estimate of $4,000 – $6,000.

The top lot of the Tiffany leaded lamps was #27, an attractive 24″ diameter Peony Border floor lamp. It sold for $137,500, including buyer’s premium — within its estimate of $100,000 – $150,000.

Lot #22 was a Tiffany 10″ diameter Favrile glass counterbalance floor lamp. It sold for $27,500, including buyer’s premium — about three times its high estimate of $8,000. I guess the bidders hadn’t visited my website, because I have a Favrile glass floor lamp for sale that is better and considerably lower priced. If someone prefers a counterbalance base, no problem. I have one that I can easily switch. Click here to view it.

For the complete results of the sale click here.

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