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Press Release - June 12, 2020
Global Bidding Increase Drives Heritage Tiffany, Lalique & Art Glass Auction Past $1.25 Million
George Woodall cameo glass vase, from West Virginia estate, sells for $118,750 to lead auctionDOWNLOAD DIGITAL PRESS KIT
The auction, which exceeded its pre-auction high estimate of $1.11 million, featured a strong array of lots from private collections, estates and museums, attracted 847 global bidders, and boasted a sell-through rate of 96.5%.
"I was impressed with the number of bidders,” Heritage Auctions Senior Vice President of Special Collections Nick Dawes said, "especially the number of people who were new to Heritage in this auction. They clearly responded well to the variety and attractive estimates on the lots offered.”
Leading the outstanding selection of English Cameo Glass was an Exceptional and Important George Woodall for Thomas Webb & Sons Cameo Glass Vase: The Origin of Painting, circa 1887 (estimate: $100,000-150,000), which prompted multiple bids before climbing past its low pre-auction estimate to finish at $118,750. The vase is one of several lots in the auction from the estate of Dr. Jerry N. Black in Buckhannon, W.Va.
The Birks Museum, at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, produced two other George Woodall highlights that finished among the top lots: a Cameo Glass Plaque: Poetry, circa 1885 and a Cameo Glass Plaque: Music, circa 1890, which had a combined pre-auction estimate of $30,000-50,000 but were bought by a single collector for a combined return of $92,500.
A Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Dragonfly Table Lamp, circa 1910, from a New York estate, prompted more than a dozen bidders before reaching a final price to $57,500.
Of the 64 lots in the auction from the Black estate, 63 sold, and most of those closed near or above their pre-auction high estimates. One of seven lots of Plated Amberina from the estate a Mount Washington Plated Amberina Glass Pitcher, late 19th century, sold for $7,500.
A Lalique Clear and Frosted Glass Cactus Center Table Designed by Marc Lalique, designed 1951 was a popular attraction, drawing bids from several continents, many of which came from new Heritage Auctions bidders, before closing at $41,250.
Another popular lot, from a Dallas, Texas collection, was a Raoul François Larche Gilt Bronze Loïe Fuller Table Lamp, circa 1900, which sparked competitive bidding among 20 collectors before ending at $17,500.
Among the top Lalique lots in the sale were an Enameled Frosted Glass Oranges Vase, circa 1926, which prompted fierce bidding before finishing at $25,000, and a Yellow Glass Archers Vase, circa 1921, a beautiful lot from a New York Estate that drew competitive bids from around the globe before finding a new home at $13,750.
Among the rarest Rene Lalique items ever to appear at auction were three Rapace drinking glasses, offered separately. They sold for a combined $5,625.
Collectors got a glimpse of what lies ahead at Heritage Auctions when Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) The Wave, circa 1988 inspired a dozen bidders before bringing $8,750. Another outstanding opportunity to acquire art by Erté will occur in November, when Heritage Auctions holds its Erté Art & Design Auction online Nov. 21.
Heritage Auctions’ next Lalique & Art Glass Auction will be held Nov. 19-20 in Dallas, and the Erté Art & Design Auction will be held online Nov. 21. For more information or to consign, contact Nicholas Dawes or Samantha Robinson.
Heritage Auctions is the largest fine art and collectibles auction house founded in the United States, and the world’s largest collectibles auctioneer. Heritage maintains offices in New York, Dallas, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Chicago, Palm Beach, London, Paris, Geneva, Amsterdam and Hong Kong.
Heritage also enjoys the highest Online dollar volume of any auction house on earth (source: Hiscox Report). The Internet’s most popular auction-house website, HA.com, has more than 1,250,000 registered bidder-members and searchable free archives of five million past auction records with prices realized, descriptions and enlargeable photos. Reproduction rights routinely granted to media for photo credit.
Steve Lansdale, Public Relations Specialist
214-409-1699; SteveL@HA.com