A First Look at the Lavish Pieces Up for Auction From Joan Rivers’s Manhattan Penthouse Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Christie’s1/8Lot 1
French silver and silver-mounted desk accessories, comprising a Cartier silver model of a shopping bag, inscribed “Joan’s Trash Bag” and “Happy Birthday With Love Early and Jean Pierre, 1973”; a Bulgari silver letter opener; a pair of Z. Barraclough & Sons mother-of-pearl opera glasses; a gilt-metal lorgnette; a small silvered-metal, black enamel and crystal-encrusted magnifying glass; a silver-plate bookmark with black silk tassel, inscribed “Fell Asleep Here”; and an Hermès red leather currency holder.
Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
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A Russian white painted and parcel gilt armchair, late 18th century.
Estimate: $8,000–$12,000
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An Italian gilt walnut banquette, late 18th century.
Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
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A French ormolu-mounted black and gilt-japanned encoignure, 20th century.
Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
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A gilt metal palm tree form four-light candelabrum, 20th century, modeled as a palm tree from a rocky base, with four removable arms.
Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Photo: Courtesy of Christie’s6/8Lot 136
An assembled royal crown derby porcelain Imari part dessert service, late 19th or first half of the 20th century, iron-red crowned monogram marks, various date cyphers.
Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Photo: Courtesy of Christie’s7/8Lot 161
A pair of Louis XVI cream and pink painted and parcel gilt bergères, probably North European, circa 1780, each with shaped ribbon-tied padded back, arms and seat covered in pink striped silk.
Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Photo: Courtesy of Christie’s8/8Lot 194
A group of eight English and continental porcelain models of birds, 20th century.
Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
