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A Table as Light as an Airplane Wing
Designer Wendy Andreu battles the elements and metal. Working for Rimowa, she shaped their aluminum into a table ready to take to the skies. Wendy Andreu (née 1990), coffee table prototype, Rimowa aluminum, 2022, 41 x 179 x 114 cm/16.14 x 70.47 x 44.8 in. Estimate: €6,000/8,000 Wendy Andreu will be…
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Auction Review: Marie-Claude Lalique’s Crystal Collection at Lion and Unicorn
Lion and Unicorn recently hosted a live auction of Lalique crystal on October 8, 2023. It was a continuation of Marie-Claude Lalique's personal collection, which featured over 300 Lalique items of jewelry, vases, bowls, perfume bottles, plaques, figurines, drinkware, and more. Marie-Claude Lalique was the granddaughter of renowned glass artist…
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Discovering 18th & 19th-Century Pewter With Bette and Mel Wolf
Lot #118: Marked pewter Queen Anne teapot. Photo from Bidsquare. Pewter is a metal alloy made from tin, antimony, copper, bismuth, and sometimes silver. It has been used to make decorative and service items since the Bronze Age, approximately 3300 BC to 1200 BC! In fact, pewter was the primary…
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A Heavy Metal Favorite: Hartzell's Auction Gallery's The William Carson Iron Collection Sale
Feeling a little rumpled this summer? Then press forward and check out Hartzell's Auction Gallery's The William Carson Iron Collection sale, to be held on July 29th at the company's gallery in Bangor, PA. This sale features pressing irons, trivets, mangling boards, hand-carved seamers, and smoothing implements, as well as…