Past Auction

Doyle+Design

Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 10am EDT |
New York
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Sale Total Surpasses Expectations Amid Competitive Bidding

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  • Successful Doyle+Design Auction on March 15, 2023
  • Strong Prices for Modern & Contemporary Furniture, Art, Silver & Design
  • Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions

NEW YORK, NY -- Determined bidders drove exceptional prices at Doyle's popular Doyle+Design auction on March 15, 2023. This highly-anticipated sale showcased a wide range of Modern and Contemporary furniture, art, silver and design by prominent designers, makers and artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
Highlighting the sale was an iconic Dahlia chandelier by French-born designer Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte that achieved $47,250, far surpassing its estimate of $20,000-30,000. The chandelier was from a group of futuristic lighting by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte from the Estate of a Miami Collector. Read an essay by Specialist Roger Ward.

Karl Springer
Also performing far over expectations was a group of over fifty lots of furniture and design by Karl Springer from the Estate of a Park Avenue Lady. Among the top lots were a set of four table lamps covered in Springer's signature shagreen that soared over their estimate to a stunning $13,860, and a pen shell veneered desk that realized an equally exceptional $12,600. In all, the Karl Springer pieces in the sale totaled an outstanding $171,549, almost doubling the estimate range of $56,700-$90,900 with an impressive 98% sold. Read an essay by Specialist Roger Ward.

Burhan Dogancay
Topping the fine art offerings was the watercolor Western Heart from 1973 by Turkish/American artist Burhan Dogancay that achieved $18,900, more than doubling its $6,000-9,000 estimate. Dogancay developed a fascination with the ever-changing nature of urban walls throughout New York City. Like French artist Jacques Villegle, Dogancay took great inspiration from the layers of torn and overlapping the posters and advertisements pasted across the walls of construction sites in Manhattan. With Western Heart, Dogancay creates abstracted images sourced from the detritus of the city.


We Invite You to Auction!

Consignments are currently being accepted for future auctions. We invite you to contact us for a complimentary auction appraisal. Our specialists are always available to discuss the sale of a single item or an entire collection.

For information, please contact:
Furniture and Design: Todd Sell, 212-427-4141, ext 269 or Design@Doyle.com
Art: Angelo Madrigale, 212-427-4141, ext 249 or Paintings@Doyle.com
Prints: Cynthia Klein, 212-427-4141, ext 246 or Prints@Doyle.com

Consignments are currently being accepted

To have your property evaluated for possible consignment in the next auction, please contact:

Todd Sell
212-427-4141, ext 269
Todd.Sell@Doyle.com

Milan Tessler
212-427-4141, ext 266
Paintings@Doyle.com

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Louis LeB. Webre
SVP, Marketing & Media
212-427-4141, ext 232
Louis@Doyle.com

  • Collection of Boling Cheng
  • Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Leon E. Rosenberg
  • Estate of a Mill Neck, New York Collector
  • Estate of Betty Roemer
  • Estate of Carl Lesnor
  • Estate of Steven and Anne Ausnit
  • Property from a Prominent Corporate Collection
  • Property from a Society Hill Collection
  • Property from the Estate of a Miami Collector
  • Property from the Estate of Charles Gillman Currier
  • Property of a Florida Lady
  • Property of an Upper East Side Gentleman
  • The Alice Kwartler Collection
  • The Estate of a Park Avenue Lady
  • The Estate of Elizabeth Bailey, Reston, Virginia
  • The Estate of Sandra Gusky Krakoff, Palm Beach and Boston
  • The Flower Family Collection
  • The Margolis Collection
  • The Margolis Collection

A Selection of Auction Highlights

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