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Jumbo Lobby Card For “Dracula” Claims Top Lot Honors Heritage Auctions’ Posters Auction Was Nov. 23 And 24 FRIDAY DECEMBER 27, 2019 • VOL. 50, NO. 52
George Nakashima Furniture And Lalique Glass Lead Bodnar’s First Sale Of The New Decade New Jersey Convention And Expo Center In Edison To Host Jan. 4 Auction On Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, Bodnar’s Auction Sales of Edison, N.J., will host its first sale of the new year, and what a sale it will be. Several local estates found to be full of treasures will cross the auction block with no reserves, sold to the highest bidder. It all started with a phone call from an aunt’s estate in Metuchen, N.J., that had several pieces of George Nakashima furniture. The consignor’s aunt was introduced to this important New Hope, Pa., designer in the 1950s and fell in love with the style and material. Bodnar’s will be offering a Nakashima dining room table with his signature dove-tailed top and a set of six wishbone/grass seated chairs, all estimated at $8,000-$12,000. Hanging on the wall with the set comes a free-floating sideboard with his signature dovetail jointing on the top right, which will be estimated at $2,000-$4,000. A pair of Nakashima cushion chairs will also be estimated at $2,000-$4,000, and some Nakashimastyle living room furniture will also be sold.
An extraordinarily rare jumbo lobby card for “Dracula” (Universal) sold for nearly five times its estimate to bring $192,000 in Heritage Auctions’ Movie Poster Auction Nov. 23 and 24. The 14-by-17-inch card is especially unique because it was owned by actor Bela Lugosi, the actor who played the title role in the 1931 classic. The entire sale brought $2,504,814, the highest grossing movie poster auction of the year. “We knew collectors were going to be excited by this particular piece,” said Grey Smith, director of posters at Heritage. “Not A rare jumbo lobby card for “Dracula” (Universal) sold for only is it of unquestionable nearly five times its estimate to bring $192,000. rarity, the fact it came from Lugosi’s private collection makes it pair of Russian Constructivist posters offered in the sale. The a true piece of cinematic history.” A rare Russian poster for one of second was a poster for “October the most effective propaganda 1917 (Ten Days that Shook the films of all time sold for $108,000, World)” (Sovkino, 1928) and sold for beating high expectations. Never $43,200. Constructivism is an artisbefore offered by Heritage, the rare tic and architectural philosophy “Battleship Potemkin” (Sovkino, that started in Russia in 1913 by Continued on page 2 R-1929) Russian poster was one of a
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“Henry Arnhold’s Meissen Palace” Celebrating A Collector Exhibition Honors Late Collector And Great Patron Of The Arts
George Katsutoshi Nakashima (1905-90) was an American woodworker, architect, furniture maker, and one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture design. He is considered among the fathers of the American craft movement. Other mid-century modern material in the auction includes a signed Knoll Saarinen dining table with four tulip chairs, Knoll Saarinen side tables, a swivel egg chair with ottoman, a signed Paul McCobb planters group server, plus other quality Danish furniture. Accessories in this time period will feature a Danish sterling silver flatware set, sterling by George Jenson, a Rosenthal dinnerware set, plus other quality accent pieces and lighting. Continued on page 3
This winter, The Frick Collection presents “Henry Arnhold’s Meissen Palace,” an exhibition of works from the famed European porcelain manufactory along with several Asian examples that inspired such wares. The pieces are drawn from the collection of the late Henry H. Arnhold (1921–2018), whose foundation made a promised gift of more than 100 objects to the institution nearly a decade ago and supported the creation of the Portico Gallery, where the exhibition will be shown. Organized by Charlotte Vignon, the Frick’s curator of Decorative Arts, the show offers a fresh take on this esteemed collection, transforming the gallery into an 18th-century “porcelain room,” and grouping the works on view by color. This type of installation emulates a historic approach and allows visitors to experience these fragile, luxurious objects in much the same way one would have in 18th-century Europe. “In looking anew at these wondrous pieces given to the Frick by the late Henry Arnhold, I have considered his attraction to them alongside the fascination they held for the most famous patron of such objects, Augustus II (1670–1733), king of Poland and elector of Saxony. Reflecting on the ways both men lived with their collections, I wanted to explore the idea that Arnhold was creating his own palace of porcelain. Indeed, he acquired many
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This is one of a pair of “Birdcage” vases, hard-paste porcelain, after 1730, from the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, 20.25-by14-by-14 inches, the Frick Collection, gift of Henry H. Arnhold, 2015. Photo courtesy Michael Bodycomb. objects commissioned by Augustus, which we are including in the exhibition. We hope visitors to the show enjoy looking at these whimsical works through the eyes of both enthusiasts,” said Vignon. An illustrated booklet featuring installation views and a conversation with members of the Arnhold family will be available at the museum. The Frick Collection is located at 1 E. 70th St., New York, N.Y. For further information, readers may visit www.frick.org.
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