Furniture and Ceramics Sell for Way Over Estimate
Tor Wolfenstein sofa, made by Ditzingers, Sweden, c.1940, maple with pink velvet upholstery, 30 in. h. by 77 in. w. by 30 in. d., $37,800.
An amazing recent sale of a single collection at Sotheby’s in New York drew extraordinary prices for furniture, art, jewelry and ceramics by renowned artists and designers of the past century. Many of the items—collected by the late Washington, D.C.-area businesswoman and philanthropist Michelle Smith—sold for double, triple or more over their auction estimates. One […]