By Richard Brewster, on 28-Apr-2015

A Poltronova Glove sofa, knocked down for $8000, (hammer) was the highest furniture money earner at Leonard Joel’s Modern Design Furniture auction on April 23.

Other strong highlights were the Charles and Ray Eames lounge chair and ottoman, which went under the hammer for $7000, and a Poul Kjaerholm PKO chair for $6000.

A Poltronova Glove sofa, knocked down for $8000, was the highest furniture money earner at Leonard Joel’s Modern Design Furniture auction on April 23.

A Poltronova Glove sofa, knocked down for $8000, was the highest furniture money earner at Leonard Joel’s Modern Design Furniture auction on April 23.

The auction featured an international collection including designer pieces never offered on the Australian auction market and, while many of the pieces achieved prices better than their auction estimate, only 59 per cent of the items sold by volume.

Other good prices included $4200 for the Clement Meadmore Calyx floor lamp and $4000 for a Niels O. Moller design extension dining table.

Two Vico Magistretti Maralunga sofas brought $4000 each while an Alva Aalto auto trolley was knocked down for $2200.

The highest selling item was a Vespa Fender Light 125 scooter, reminiscent of the one that featured in the 1950s film Roman Holiday starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, which sold for $9750.

About The Author

Richard Brewster has been writing about the antiques and art auction industry for almost 20 years, first in a regular weekly column for Fairfax's The Age newspaper and also in more recent times for his own website Australian Auction Review. With 45 years experience as a journalist and public relations consultant, in 1990 Richard established his own business Brewster & Associates in Melbourne, handling a wide range of clients in the building, financial, antiques and art auction industries.