Bonhams, the worldwide
auction house has announced a new sale category to their monthly calendar.
“Period Art & Design” will hold inaugural auctions in San Francisco and Los
Angeles on November 20th. These sales will include every category
from furniture, decorative arts, silver, rugs, books and jewelry. In addition,
the auction catalog for these sales will feature interviews with interior
designers or important community figures discussing design trends and relevant
topics
The sale for December will
include property from the estate of Katherine Elkins Boyd who passed away in
2009. She is most famously known as the daughter of legendary interior designer
Francis Elkins, who is a Bay area favorite.
This is exciting news for
the San Francisco design community, as many of the lots have very reasonable
estimated prices (everything is slated to be in the $500-$5000 range). I’m sure
there will be competition amongst some of our peers over these great pieces.
Looking at the catalog
online I found some interesting finds:
An Italian Olive Burl
veneer square coffee table c.1970s.
Italian mid Century Yellow
glass ewer / Mid 20th Century.
Biedermeier partially ebonized Birch wood vitrine on Stand. Second quarter 18th Century.
“Tree Lined House in Autumn” by Mary DeNeale Morgan 1868-1948.
Bonhams / San Francisco
is located at 220 San Bruno Avenue. Their phone number is 415-861-7500. You can
visit their web site here.
David Hansen
All images used are
from Bonhams web site and online catalog.
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1 comment:
It should be exciting and interesting, I love to peruse auction catalogs and as always am amazed at some of the fine things that can be had for so little-why would anyone want something too shiny and new? pgt
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