Koller Geneva (G44) - Applied Art - Auctions 16/17 May 2009 Highlights

		G44/351 RENE LALIQUE Chalice, 1902. Opaline glass and silver. H 19 cm. CHF 18 000 / 25 000 EUR 11 700 / 16 300 Sold for CHF 21 960 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.

		G44/262 DAUM NANCY Lamp, circa 1900. Clear glass with mottled pink and green floral and dragonfly decoration. H 52.5 cm. CHF 20 000 / 30 000 EUR 13 000 / 19 600 Sold for CHF 36 600 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture.
The single-owner collection of Art Nouveau and Art Deco glassware in Koller Geneva's 17 May auction was an unqualified success, with a packed salesroom of collectors and professionals from Japan, Belgium and the USA. Some lots, such as an enamel-decorated baluster vase by Camille Fauret (lot 456, sold for CHF 7 700 / EUR 5 100), had as many as twelve telephone bidders vying against the salesroom. Classic works by Gallé, Daum and Lalique sold as well as or even better than before last autumn's financial crisis, such as the beautiful table lamp by Daum with dragonfly decoration (lot 262) that sold for CHF 36 600 / EUR 24 150, or the rare silver and opaline glass chalice by René Lalique (lot 351) that sold to the Lalique Museum opening soon in Alsace, for CHF 21 960 / EUR 14 500. Art Deco vases by Schneider were extremely popular in this sale, confirming a recent trend, for example the pure lines of a 1925 floral-engraved baluster vase (lot 274) that sold to a fortunate collector for CHF 9 760 / EUR 6 400. The Art Nouveau / Art Deco sale garnered in total CHF 497 000 / EUR 328 000, selling at 72% by lot and 106% by value.