LaVerne Coffee Table and Scarpa Furniture Group for Cassina Top Neue Auctions' FPosted by Dinesh Kumar on March 7th, 2022 A bronze coffee table by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, titled Eternal Forest, sold for ,060, and a Soriana leather furniture seating group by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Cassina brought ,990 in an online Winter Fine Antiques & Art auction held February 19th by Neue Auctions. They were the two top earners of the more than 300 lots that came up for bid. The LaVerne coffee table, 47 ½ inches in diameter, was cast with an allover tree pattern patinated in silver, and had a brass and green patina. It was raised on a shaped base and signed by LaVerne, the Mid-Century Modern designers. The Scarpa for Cassina furniture seating group comprised two lounge chairs and two side chairs, made from leather with stainless steel details. “We had a fabulous auction of fine antiques and art, curated from local estates and collections, and many new record prices were hit all day long,” said Cynthia Maciejewski of Neue Auctions. She added: “Our next big online auction will focus on English Georgian and Regency furniture, French provincial furniture, rustic wares in pewter and ceramics, Asian art, including a selection of Chinese Export porcelain and China Trade paintings, paperweights, paintings and prints and two bronze sculptures by Frederick William MacMonnies. That will be on Saturday, March 26.” To learn more about Neue Auctions, visit https://www.neueauctions.com Like it? Share it! More by this author |