MILLEA BROS. “SELECT” 3 DAY AUCTION EVENT (1061 Lots)
Only the best of what comes our way, hand selected by the brothers for your buying pleasure! Featuring a newly discovered 1924 Paul Klee pencil drawing. With a great provenance and clear ownership history, this striking dadaist Machine drawing from Klee’s Bauhaus period, hung unrecognized in a charitable foundation collection for over 60 years; Contents from the estate of Gilded Age heiress Huguette Clark. One of the famous “Poor Little Rich Girls” that captivated American society in the 1920s, and gained new renown as a self-hospitalized recluse for the last decades of her life, Millea offers an astounding assortment of Fine Art, European Antiques, Rare Musical Instruments, and Clark’s personal paintings once shown to great fanfare in a 1925 show at the Corcoran Gallery Museum; Contemporary Art and Design from the Collection of Dr. Pentti Kouri including Jasper Johns, Dennis Hopper, Mark Handforth, Jean Prouve, and Jacques Adnet. A partner of George Soros, Dr. Kouri amassed a cutting edge collection of Minimalist, Arte Povera, and Pop installation art for a private Museum. Since his untimely death in 2009 over 350 works have sat in storage, and will be auction for the first time at Millea over the course of the year; The complete contents of a Jacques Grange interior featuring custom designed furniture. An early NYC public commission from the designer who built the private art and design collections of Yves St. Laurent, Francois Pinault, and Karl Lagerfeld; also including French Antiques and Modern Furniture from the Collection of a Recording Industry Executive; a Single Owner Collection of Ming-era Chinese porcelains and a rare and important Ming-era painted scroll; and the Modern Art and Furnishings of a Tommi Parzinger Decorated Massachusetts estate.
Day 1: ASIAN | ENGLISH ANTIQUES | SILVER & OBJECTS OF VERTU
Day 2: MODERN ART | DESIGN | AMERICANA
Day 3: EUROPEAN ART & ANTIQUES
PREVIEW HOURS:
Our doors will be open for preview on Tue, Dec 5 from 11am to 7pm, Wed, Dec 6 from 11am to 5pm, Thu, Dec 7 from 9am to 5pm, Fri, Dec 8 from 9am to 5pm, and Sat, Dec 9 from 9am to 10am. Hope to see you!
Start | Premium (%) |
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$0 | 25.00 |
Start | Increments ($) |
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$0 | $10 |
$100 | $25 |
$500 | $50 |
$1,000 | $100 |
$2,000 | $250 |
$5,000 | $500 |
$10,000 | $1,000 |
$50,000 | $2,500 |
$100,000 | $5,000 |
$150,000 | $10,000 |
SHIPPING QUOTES
We recommend that all potential buyers obtain pack/ship estimates prior to bidding. MILLEA BROS. DOES NOT MAINTAIN AN IN-HOUSE SHIPPING DEPARTMENT OR PROVIDE PACK/SHIP QUOTES. All pack/ship questions or quote requests should be directed to DAKS Global Logistics (tel: 484-370-8992, sales@daksglobal.com). Please see "Shipping" for details.
PROPERTY PICK-UP/SHIPPING/STORAGE POLICY
The gallery will open for property pick-up on Monday, December 11 & Tuesday, December 12 from 10:00am to 4:00pm and by appointment after those dates. Purchases will be available for collection at the Millea Bros. auction gallery, located at 607 Myrtle Ave., Boonton, NJ 07005, for up to seven (7) business days following the completion of the auction. All merchandise not removed from the auction gallery by this time will be released to a third-party storage and shipping company, "DAKS Global Logistics" (tel: 484.370.8992, email: sales@daksglobal.com) in King of Prussia, PA and moved to their warehouse facility without further notice to the buyer. From that point forward, "Daks Global Logistics" will coordinate all shipping, delivery and collection arrangements. Daks Global Logistics will store merchandise free of charge for a period of up to (10) business days. After that period a one-time $25 handling fee will be assessed and a daily storage charge of $5 per lot/day will commence regardless of lot size or value. You may, of course, use any shipper you wish and no fees will be assessed, providing your purchases are retrieved from Daks Global Logistics by January 5th, 2018.
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