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Bid for

glory

Christie’s adds pre-sale pop

to the Rockefeller collection

Gearing up to be the sale of the century,

this May, Christie’s will ofer the Peggy

and David Rockefeller collection for

auction in New York. Liberally sprinkled

with headline-grabbing Picassos and

Monets, the collection is a vast haul

of not just ine art but also furniture,

ceramics, silverware and various

examples of domestic inery, with all

proceeds of the sale going to charity.

To spike the interest of younger

collectors – perhaps priced out of the

ine art sales but daring enough to match

a Louis XV walnut bergère with an ‘LC2’

chair – Christie’s enlisted the help of

American photographer Stephen Kent

Johnson and our US editor Michael

Reynolds. Kent Johnson charged up

the ring lash while Reynolds applied

his expert touch with inely turned

legs and plumped upholstery to add

a revelatory lustre to everything from

a George III mahogany wine cooler to

a 200-year-old monogrammed hooded

spider phaeton buggy.

The Collection of Peggy and David

Rockefeller auction, 7-11 May, Christie’s

New York, christies.com

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV WALNUT

BERGÈRES ($2,000-3,000),

A GEORGE I WALNUT SETTEE

($2,000-3,000) AND A

DUTCH TAPESTRY CUSHION

($300-500), ALL PART OF

THE PEGGY AND DAVID

ROCKEFELLER COLLECTION

PHOTOGRAPHY: STEPHEN KENT JOHNSON PRODUCER: MICHAEL REYNOLDS WRITER: NICK COMPTON

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