MILLEA BROS SELECT
three day
auction event
auction event
JUN 11, 12 & 13
Our flagship auction.
Twice a year.
Twice a year.
OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION
SELECT: 3-Day Auction Event • Jun 11-13 @ 10am
Day 1 of 3: Modernism | Contemporary Art & Design
Offering a strong collection of Mid-Century and European Modernist furniture, lighting, and design. Highlights include a pair of important illuminated lucite and bronze columns by César and Jean-Claude Farhi, a “Trèfle” table by Philippe Hiquily, a Hervé van der Straeten “Branches” mirror, a “Fausto” stool by Novello Finotti, as well as designs by Karl Springer, Hans Wegner, Paul Frankl, Gilbert Rohde, and Alberto Pinto. Lighting selections feature a Barovier & Toso dome chandelier, a Leon Hugue Art Deco chandelier, Vignelli “Wagneriana” travertine torchiere lamps, and Stilnovo sconces. Modern and contemporary art highlights include prints by Richard Caldicott, David Hockney, Frank Gehry, Richard Serra, and Marc Chagall; works on paper by Ciao Fonseca and Jean-Charles Blais; sculptures by Max Ernst, Tom Otterness, Pedro Friedeberg, Daisy Youngblood, and The Haas Brothers; and paintings by Theophilus Brown, Miles Davis, Georgi Moiseevich Moroz, and Tom Wesselmann. Photography is led by mural-sized works by Ahmet Ertug. The day also includes a spectacular iridescent ammonite fossil specimen, as well as fashion and travel accessories from the personal collection of Sir Elton John, including Louis Vuitton luggage and designer clothing by Hermès and Versace.
Day 2 of 3: Asian Art | American & British Art & Antiques | Antiquities
Highlights from China, Japan, Korea, and India include a pair of large Qing blue & white porcelain jardinières, Kesi silk embroideries, Kangxi-style porcelain scroll weights, Agra School watercolors, and a red lacquer export desk. British and American decorative arts include a collection of 19th c. sterling hunting buttons from the Collection of Lord Torpichen, a Charles Baskerville floor screen commissioned by Vincent Astor, and a George I japanned bureau cabinet from the Collection of Charlene Marshall, along with furniture and lighting by and attributed to Edward F. Caldwell, NY, and a set of four impressive George III giltwood wall sconces in the manner of Thomas Johnson. Art highlights feature illustrations by Maxfield Parrish and Mort Künstler, and paintings by Moses and Raphael Soyer, Charles Burchfield, Philip Evergood, and Edward Bruce. Antiquities include a Pre-Columbian Olmec stone pectoral from the Collection of Dr. Kurt Stavenhagen, Ancient Roman glass vessels, and a large Etruscan-style terracotta acroterion. Also of musical interest is a rare copy of the 1826 first published edition of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, 1st issue, and a Steinway baby grand piano from the personal collection of Mica Ertegun.
Day 3 of 3: Continental Art & Antiques | Impressionist & Modern Art | Tribal Art
Featuring pieces from the Collection of Alberto Pinto, including an Edgar Brandt cobra lamp, Atelier Rayssac side tables, a Camille LeFevre bronze, and a Continental silver-mounted shagreen bowl. Other antique highlights include a palatial Viennese desk from the House of Liechtenstein; a pair of Russian ormolu candelabra from the Kremlin Palace collections; an Attilio de Luca large .800 silver Centaur cup; and a pair of Spanish Colonial silver-mounted throne chairs. Art highlights include an Edgar Degas etching, paintings by Moses and Raphael Soyer, a Paul Gauguin woodcut, and an Oskar Kokoschka crayon drawing from the Collection of Alexander Dobkin, as well as a rare group of Fulco di Verdura miniature gouaches with Astor provenance. Photography includes works by Brassaï, Cameron Jamie, Michael Eastman, and Philippe Halsman. The session concludes with notable African and Oceanic works from an Old Massachusetts Collection, including a rare Teke Peoples bronze prestige collar, a West African Berber ceremonial set, an Asmat Peoples Gope spirit board, and a Yup’ik Inuit shaman’s mask, ex Christie’s.
Offering a strong collection of Mid-Century and European Modernist furniture, lighting, and design. Highlights include a pair of important illuminated lucite and bronze columns by César and Jean-Claude Farhi, a “Trèfle” table by Philippe Hiquily, a Hervé van der Straeten “Branches” mirror, a “Fausto” stool by Novello Finotti, as well as designs by Karl Springer, Hans Wegner, Paul Frankl, Gilbert Rohde, and Alberto Pinto. Lighting selections feature a Barovier & Toso dome chandelier, a Leon Hugue Art Deco chandelier, Vignelli “Wagneriana” travertine torchiere lamps, and Stilnovo sconces. Modern and contemporary art highlights include prints by Richard Caldicott, David Hockney, Frank Gehry, Richard Serra, and Marc Chagall; works on paper by Ciao Fonseca and Jean-Charles Blais; sculptures by Max Ernst, Tom Otterness, Pedro Friedeberg, Daisy Youngblood, and The Haas Brothers; and paintings by Theophilus Brown, Miles Davis, Georgi Moiseevich Moroz, and Tom Wesselmann. Photography is led by mural-sized works by Ahmet Ertug. The day also includes a spectacular iridescent ammonite fossil specimen, as well as fashion and travel accessories from the personal collection of Sir Elton John, including Louis Vuitton luggage and designer clothing by Hermès and Versace.
Day 2 of 3: Asian Art | American & British Art & Antiques | Antiquities
Highlights from China, Japan, Korea, and India include a pair of large Qing blue & white porcelain jardinières, Kesi silk embroideries, Kangxi-style porcelain scroll weights, Agra School watercolors, and a red lacquer export desk. British and American decorative arts include a collection of 19th c. sterling hunting buttons from the Collection of Lord Torpichen, a Charles Baskerville floor screen commissioned by Vincent Astor, and a George I japanned bureau cabinet from the Collection of Charlene Marshall, along with furniture and lighting by and attributed to Edward F. Caldwell, NY, and a set of four impressive George III giltwood wall sconces in the manner of Thomas Johnson. Art highlights feature illustrations by Maxfield Parrish and Mort Künstler, and paintings by Moses and Raphael Soyer, Charles Burchfield, Philip Evergood, and Edward Bruce. Antiquities include a Pre-Columbian Olmec stone pectoral from the Collection of Dr. Kurt Stavenhagen, Ancient Roman glass vessels, and a large Etruscan-style terracotta acroterion. Also of musical interest is a rare copy of the 1826 first published edition of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, 1st issue, and a Steinway baby grand piano from the personal collection of Mica Ertegun.
Day 3 of 3: Continental Art & Antiques | Impressionist & Modern Art | Tribal Art
Featuring pieces from the Collection of Alberto Pinto, including an Edgar Brandt cobra lamp, Atelier Rayssac side tables, a Camille LeFevre bronze, and a Continental silver-mounted shagreen bowl. Other antique highlights include a palatial Viennese desk from the House of Liechtenstein; a pair of Russian ormolu candelabra from the Kremlin Palace collections; an Attilio de Luca large .800 silver Centaur cup; and a pair of Spanish Colonial silver-mounted throne chairs. Art highlights include an Edgar Degas etching, paintings by Moses and Raphael Soyer, a Paul Gauguin woodcut, and an Oskar Kokoschka crayon drawing from the Collection of Alexander Dobkin, as well as a rare group of Fulco di Verdura miniature gouaches with Astor provenance. Photography includes works by Brassaï, Cameron Jamie, Michael Eastman, and Philippe Halsman. The session concludes with notable African and Oceanic works from an Old Massachusetts Collection, including a rare Teke Peoples bronze prestige collar, a West African Berber ceremonial set, an Asmat Peoples Gope spirit board, and a Yup’ik Inuit shaman’s mask, ex Christie’s.
PREVIEWS
Plan your conquest in advance! Our doors will be open for preview on Monday, Jun 9, from 11am to 7pm; Tuesday, Jun 10, from 11am to 5pm; Wednesday, Jun 11, from 9am to 5pm; Thursday, Jun 12, from 9am to 5pm; and Friday, Jun 13, from 9am to 10am.
LOCATION
Join us in person at Millea Brothers’ auction gallery or tune in to the live online broadcast.
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Estate Finds, Online Only
Every 6 weeks or so
Every 6 weeks or so
Our previous ABC
A 3-Day Auction Event
Mar 26-28, 2025
Mar 26-28, 2025
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ABOUT US
Michael and Mark Millea have been close creative collaborators since they first shared Legos and magic markers as kids. Forty years later, after conducting countless appraisals, and selling thousands of objects, Mark and Michael’s passion and knowledge of the art and antiques market has grown—but what truly sets Millea Bros. apart is the unique creative sensibility they’ve honed together for so many years, and the artists’ eye they bring to every aspect of their business.