Auction Press

Palm Beach Modern Auctions has received unprecedented press coverage for a boutique auction company. Below are some of the news papers, television programs, magazines and websites that have written/broadcast about our event based auctions over the years and a few of the more memorable clippings.

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Studio 54 Photograph Auction

'All the News That's Fit to Print' The New York Times, National Edition: Florida: Clouds and sun. Scattered showers and storms. Warm. Highs 70s and 80s. A shower this evening. Partly cloudy overnight. Lows 40s to 60s. Weather map, Page B18, VOL. CLXII....No.56,019 (C)2013 The New York Times, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013, Printed in Deerfield Beach, $2.50, Picture of Steve Rubell With the Heading Interview Feb 4/5th, Palm Beach Modern Auctions, Selling Some Old Sparkle From Nights at Studio 54 by Dave Itzkoff: As Steve Rubell saw it, the key to a successful party was populating a room with guests more interesting than you. 'Look at the Top 10 people who were there,' said Bill Hamilton, who was Mr. Rubell's companion in the 1980s. 'If you're one of them, it's a horrible party.' Given that philosophy, Mr. Rubell, the New York night life impresario and a co-founder of Studio 54, the Manhattan club that was the beating heart of the city's disco scene, might be amused to find himself the focus of an auction of art-work and other items he possessed until his death in 1989. This collection, which will be sold on Saturday by Palm Beach Modern Auctions in West Palm Beach, Fla., consists mainly of memorabilia associated with Studio 54 and is as eclectic as the roster of regulars who visited the club at its peak in the late 1970s. It includes works by Andy Warho, Peter Beard and Michael Vollbracht, as well as news clippings and photographs of merrymakers like Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Truman Capote an dLiza Minnelli. Taken as a whole, these mementos also shed new light -- without the glare of paparazzi flashbulbs and unrefracted by mirror balls -- on the celebrated if enigmatic Mr. Rubell, who made the entertainment of others his ultimate priority. 'He really just wanted you to have a good time, period,' Mr. Hamilton said. 'Whatever it cost, he always picked up the bill.' It was an actual portrait of Mr. (Continued on Page 6, From First Arts Page) Rubell, one painted for his 35th birthday by Mr. Vollbracht and depicting him surrounded by the first names of his celebrity clientele, that brought the larger collection to the attention of Palm Beach Modern Auctions. Rico Baca, the company's auctioneer, said he began speaking with Mr. Hamilton about selling the painting, but felt that the one item would not generate enough buzz. When he traveled to New York to meet Mr. Hamilton and examine the wider array of Mr. Rubell's belongings, Mr. Baca said he saw a presentation of Studio 54 take shape that was different from the exclusive playground of hedonism he once avoided. 'I wouldn't even dream of going to stand in the line,' said Mr. Baca, who made visits to New york in the 1970s. 'I'm not oging near the block, it was that notorious, as far as letting people in.' But Mr. Rubell's photographs had 'a certain fun feel to them,' Mr. Baca said. 'It was the it place, it was the in crowd,' he hadded. 'They were all on their game.' Mr. Hamilton was a fashion designer for Carolina Herrera when he started dating Mr. Rubell in 1982 or '83. By Then, Mr. Rubell and the Studio 54 co-owner Ian Schrager had served time in prison for tax evasion, sold the club and moved on to other ventures like the Palladium nighclub and Morgans hotel. (Through a press representative, Mr. Schrager declined to comment for this article.) Mr. rubell allowed Mr. Hamilton to sublet a West Side apartment he had used primarily as a crash pad (while also letting employees and guests sleep there after long nights of revelry). It was there, Mr. Hamilton said, that Mr. Rubell 'saved every single item' he kept from Studio 54, including drink tickets, party invitations (Online: SLIDE SHOW, A look at some memorabilia up for auction: nytimes.com/arts) and its sacred reservation book. 'It woudl list every single person coming,' Mr. Hamilton explained, 'and then next to their name, if they were comped, which meant don't charge them. Or if they're really V.I.P., drinks are on the house.' As he paged through the weeks and saw the club's reputation grow, Mr. Hamilton said, 'The names were getting bigger and bigger: Sly Stallone, Muhammad Ali, Lillian Carter.' Another favorite artifact, Mr. Hamilton said, arrived after Mr. Rubell denied the president of Cyprus entry to Studio 54, mistaking him for the president of the Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn. 'What he got from the president of Cypress Hills Cemetery was a latter,' Mr. Hamilton said, 'and he was furious that, had it been him, he would have been turned away.' As Mr. Hamilton described it, the letter added, 'If I do come, would you let me in?' Though the items in the sale carry great sentimental value, Mr. Hamilton said that after he married in July, 'It was time to clean out and reorganize and simplify life.' Since the sale was posted on the Website of Palm Beach Modern Auctions, the company said it had been contacted by many nostalgic alumni of Studio 54. Among them is Salvator DeFalco, a former bartender at the club, who remembered it as a trading floor for sex and illegal drugs, but also as a last bastion of consequence free celebration before the scourge of H.I.V. and AIDS. 'Everything was free and naive and different,' said Mr. DeFalco, now a bartender in Fort Lauderdale. He added that his months at Studio 54 were 'the greatest time of my life' and described Mr. Rubell -- 'little Stevie' -- as someone whose 'heart was bigger than his pocket.' Top, a painting of Steve Rubell by Michael Vollbracht. Above, from left, Diana Ross, Steve Rubell, an unidentified woman and the designer Halston in a photo from Mr. Rubell's collection. Mr Hamilton supported this recollection as he affectionately described a photograph of Mr. Rubell pleading with a fire marshal not down the club after he flooded its dance floor with candy hearts for Valentine's Day. As Mr. Hamilton put it, 'He just didn't want the party to stop.' A reservation book from Studio 54, which is scheduled to be sold at an auction on Saturday (various handwritten names with letters written next to them). Palm Beach Modern Auctions. — Palm Beach Modern Auctions in the New York Times

The Miami Herald H3 $2.00 110TH YEAR, NO. 128 ©2013 MiamiHerald.com 11 SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2013 FINAL EDITION WEST PALM BEACH HOSTESS: Performer Electra holds up a compilation disco album from Studio 54 at an auction Saturday. DISCO FEVER Hundreds of very rich bidders drive up the price of nostalgia at Saturday's auction of Studio 54 memorabilia. BY GLENN GARVIN ggarvin@Miami Herald.com WEST PALM BEACH - The record albums may have been vinyl and the photos Polaroid, but the prices at Saturday's auction of memora- bilia from the storied 1970s New York disco Studio 54 were strictly the stuff of naughty- oughty hedge funds and real-estate bubbles, as Sal De Falco learned to his sorrow. De Falco, who was a bartender at Studio 54 back in the good (or bad -- we'll get to that later) old days, was prepared to spend as much as $400 for a photo of his 19-year-old self partying with Di- ana Ross back in the day. ‘I really, really want it,’ he confided minutes before the photo hit the auction block. ‘The… TURN TO AUCTION, 6B MiamiHerald.com/photos See more photos from the auction PHOTOS BY MARSHA HALPER/MIAMI HERALD STAFF DELIGHTED: Sal De Falco, left, and partner Claude Tant laugh when a photo of DeFalco partying with Diana Ross at Studio 54 fetches a $1,500 bid at the auction. Club memorabilia auctioned • AUCTION, FROM 1B …auction booklet says the ex- pected price is between $300 and $600, but I can't really go beyond $400. I've been a bartender my whole life. I'm not a rich man.’ Alas, he was surrounded by people who were. When the $1,000 opening bid for DeFalco's photo (yeah, some people would refer to it as Ross' photo, but they aren't writing this story) was called out, the room was si- lent except for the sound of a heart cracking in two. Even auctioneer Rico Ba- ca was moved by DeFalco's plight. ‘Don't you think he should buy it?’ Baca be- seeched the crowd. But in a battle between Compassion and Cash, you can probably guess who won. An anony- mous Internet bidder even- tually got the photo for $1,500. This story may even- tually have a happy ending, though. DeFalco held onto a lot of his own Studio 54 memorabilia - you can see some of it at the monthly Studio 54 parties at Club Boom in Wilton Manors, where he pours drinks and he could probably stage his own auction. ‘My employee jacket alone is worth thousands,’ he whispered, slightly in awe of his own clothes. Inflated prices were the rule of the day at the auction of thousands of items from the estate of former Studio 54 co-owner Steve Rubell. Most of them went for sums well over the price range suggested by Baca's auction house Modernauctions. A Polaroid of Rubell and disco diva Grace Jones snapped by Andy Warhol? $10,000. An invitation to the club's 1981 New Year's Eve party? $1,500. (To be fair, it came with a complimentary drink ticket.) A collection of six record alburns from the Stu- dio 54 DJ booth? $450, which impressed even Baca. ‘Who has one of those turntables at home?’ he wondered aloud. The prices were driven in part by photographic collec- tors, beguiled by a Hall of Fame of 1970s glam-trash ce- lebrity snapshots that ran from Cher to Stallone, from Bianca to Belmondo, from Kennedy kids to Capote. ‘This is actually pretty in- expensive,’ said Tommy Morrison, a 31-year-old Palm Beach collector who spent $7,000 on photos in the first hour just warming up for his real target, a shot of Rubell, Warhol, Brooke Shields and Calvin Klein inside the club. ‘These are classic images you can't find anywhere else. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.’ How the classic images themselves would feel about Morrison's plans for them - he's going to decorate a bathroom with the photos - is debatable. In any event, he landed his prized photo for $1,800, a little bit less TURN TO AUCTION, 7B Wealthy bidders drive up prices of Studio 54 memorabilia, AUCTION, FROM 6B than he expected to pay. But it wasn't a shutterbug who bought the Studio 54 guest book (full of lists of which celebrities got in free, which ones had to pay a cov- er, which ones didn't get in at all, and other red-hot 1978 gossip) for $6,000. (‘Some- body wants to burn this book,’ Baca cracked.) Or Rubell's old phone book (complete with numbers on which to call Jackie Onassis and numerous other dead celebrities) for $6,500. Many of the 400 people who attended the auction - their number triples when bidders follow by telephone or the Internet - were still in a disco daze over disco days. ‘We're here for senti- mental reasons,’ said Jackie Friedman of Miami Beach, who spent countless nights on the Studio 54 dance floor with her husband, Stanley. ‘We're here to reinvent the None was more acquisi- tive than an online bidder known only as No. 975, who in the first hour and a half grabbed dozens of items at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars. past.’ Studio 54 opened in 1977 in a cavernous old CBS tele- vision studio from which Captain Kangaroo once in- structed baby-boomer kids on the importance of vege- tables and toothbrushes. At Studio 54, the now-grown- up kids learned about Bee Gees, blow, and the joy of promiscuous sex in a pre- AIDS world. ‘There was sex in the bal- conies and basement, and there was cocaine just about everywhere,’ said De Falco! ‘I was young and naïve when I went to work there, and then I was thrown into this scene of celebrities and drugs and sex. But I was 20 years old and willing to do anything.’ Everybody who was any- body went to Studio 54, and anybody who went there was instantly somebody. Merely getting through the door past the infamously discriminating Rubell - he The buzz grew steadily. Was some disco icon like John Travolta or Rod Stew- art trying to reassemble the artifacts of his youth? The truth turned out to be more prosaic: 975 was the number once refused admission to the king of Cyprus ‘because he looked like somebody from Queens’ conferred celebrity status. ‘Much more glamorous than actually being in the place was getting in,’ said the cross-dressing Fort Lau- derdale artist Electra, a vet- eran of Studio 54 first as a partier and later as a per- former, doing celebrity imi- tations. She was working as an auction hostess Saturday, wearing a kianna jumpsuit, a white afro wig and her clas- sic 1974 roller-disco skates. ‘Seeing and being seen was so much a part of that era,’ she recalled. ‘Once you were inside, a lot of it was just like any other club. But you were inside.’ It was clear that a lot of people wanted to get back inside Saturday as bidders mercilessly ran up prices on old Studio 54 programs, posters and even birthday- cake candles. assigned to all Internet bids. ‘It's not just one greedy per- son,’ Baca said. The sigh that swept the room might have been relief, but it sounded more like disappointment. — Palm Beach Modern Auctions in the Miami Herald

NEW YORK POST GULFSTREAM & AQUEDUCT SELECTIONS THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013 / Breezy, 40 / Weather: P. 28 NATIONAL EDITION www.nypost.com $1.85 Stars who partied at Studio 54 -- and whose photo is now up for auction include (clockwise from lower right) Rod Stewart, then-Post writer Lisa Robinson, Alana Stewart, Tina Turner, Cher and Valerie Perrine. VIP COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS VIP PASS: There was no shortage of celebs who nabbed one. Says former Rubell assistant Myra Scheer: ‘My first week there, Steve gave me the call list, and the names on there were cary: Mick Jagger, Richard Gere, Liza, Halston. It was overwhelming, and it was magic.’ Estimated Value: $300 to $600 (lot of two) PARTY PHOTO: A key part of the Steve Rubell collection are the dozens of shots documenting the endless celeb- rity parade. ‘The photos just have this energy that captures the mood, this thing that was happening,’ says Rico Baca, co-owner of the auction house. Here, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner and Cher are each wrapped up in a private conversation. Stewart stopped by when- ever he was in town; then-doorman Marc Benecke recalls the night ‘he was leaving, and he lifted up the rope and said, 'Why don't you let all these nice people in?' I didn't want to, but Steve was shaking his head, like, 'Let Rod do it. Luckily it was very late at night and there were only 20 people there instead of 220.’ Estimated Value: $300 to $600 (lot of six) The last days of DISCO A trove of Studio 54 memorabilia will be auctioned off Saturday, revealing a heady glimpse of decadent 1970s New York By CHRIS ERIKSON n 1977, Steve Rubell was a kid from Brooklyn who studied finance at Syracuse and managed a few restaurants. Then he and his college pal Ian Schrager opened a club on West 54th Street, and Rubell's life took a drastic turn. Soon, the spot, dubbed Studio 54, was a sensation, and for the next few years Rubell was host of the era's most white- hot party. The club's A-list throngs, coke- Studio 54 in 1978 fueled nightly bacchanalia and relentless disco beats, defined late '70s Manhattan. By 1981, Rubell and Schrager had been imprisoned for tax evasion, and Rubell died in 1989. But he left behind a cache of photos and other memorabilia that will be auctioned Saturday by Palm Beach Modern Auctions of Florida. The collection is a time capsule offer- ing a window into that heady time and place. Read on for a sampling, and the memories of those who were there. STEVE RUBELL PRINT: For all his power, Rubell was ‘a mensch,’ says his former assistant Myra Scheer, who, with former club doorman Marc Benecke, now talks about Studio 54 weekly on the ‘Marc and Myra Show’ on SiriusXM. ‘He just found what he did best, and what he did best was host people. Studio was his living room, and he just happened to have an amazing living room.’ Estimated value: $300 to $600 TURN PAGE FOR MORE! SECRETS OF STUD . ant Myra Sch assist FROM COVER PHOTO OF DIANA ROSS AND RICHARD GERE: Ross was a regular when she was in town, and she had incredible charisma - she could walk through the crowd and just part the seas.’ says Steve Ru- bell's former Ex-doorman Mare Benecke recalls that Ross ‘loved to go in the DJ booth and sit up there; sometimes her the mike and d give she'd belt out a cou- ple bars of a tune. While actors and musicians were a big part of the club's mix, ‘it was not just the entertainment world,’ says Scheer. ‘It was the Prince of Saudi Arabia's brother, it was Vladimir Horow- itz. Harry King, the hair styl- ist, said the shot that captured Studio for him was Moshe Dayan with Valerie Perrine.’ Estimated value: $300 to $600 paired with two other shots Steve would Ross is one of the stars in Rubell's address book up for auction (estimated value: $1,000 to $1,500). RESERVATION BOOK: For the first year of the club, Rubell and partner lan Schrager wrote in this ledger a daily list of who was coming that night and who was entitled to VIP treatment. ‘Td get a typed copy to use out- side, but basically that book was the guest list in its raw form,’ says ex- doorman Benecke. ‘When somebody called up it would get written down in there -- how many people, whether the admission would be comped, if people were supposed to get tables. Despite the prevalence of boldface names streaming through the door,’most paid,’ he says. Estimated value: $2,000 to $3,000 ture particbell assistant VALENTINE'S PARTY INVITE While every night was an event, New Year's Eve, Halloween and Val- entine's Day were Rubell and Schrager's ‘signa- former Scheer. ‘The way they decorated each th party was magic. It was like everything that you ever had in a party as a kid magnified,’ says Scheer, who recalls one Valen- tine's party where enter- ing guests passed a row of ‘beautiful women playing harps.’ Estimated values $300 to $600 for invite plus drink ticket MAGAZINE COVER AND RUBELL POLAROID: The photo was snapped by Andy Warhol, a constant presence at the club who often had a camera in tow. ‘Andy and Halston, they would come easily four nights a week,’ says Benecke. ‘He'd take shots and put them in his pocket. and the next day he'd bring them to the Factory and look through them. He was kind of doing his own archive of Studio 54.’ A number of other Warhol polar- oids are included in the auction Estimated value: $4,000 to $6,000 for photo and Interview cover signed by Warhol Andy Warhol Interview Magazine PHOTO OF STERLING ST. JACQUES HOLDING CAROLINE KENNEDY: Both Caroline and brother John-John made the scene: Scheer recalls the pair as ‘real- ly cool kids’ who always insist- ed on paying. The first time I saw John Kennedy Jr. I didn't know who he was, but he stood out to me because he was just stunning.’ she says. Inside Studio 54. you just saw everyone Vollbracht ‘You'd see Diana Ross one moment, Betty Ford the next.’ But what stands out in Vollbracht's memory is the multi- tude of hopefuls who never made it past the velvet rope. ‘I think of those sad people waiting for blocks and blocks - thousands of fac- es s of people thinking they were going to make it inside, and you knew none of them had a cold chance in hell of getting in.’ Estimated value: $300 to $600 for two photos MICHAEL JACKSON AND LIZA MINNELLI PRINT: Jackson didn't show up often, but when he did he knew how to make a splash, recalls Benecke: ‘He'd actu- ally drive his limo in through the backstage doors and onto the dance floor. It was quite an entrance.’ Estimated values $300 to $600 for group of five photos PAINTING: This 8-foot painting by il- lustrator and clothing designer Michael Vollbracht was commis- sioned for Rubell's 35th birthday. ‘He was a very small man physically, so that's why he's surrounded by all these big names.’ says Vollbracht. who speaks of the club reverently. ‘I was quite something,’ he says. ‘It was only in existence for four years. and it defined my generation.’ Estimated value $10,000 to $20,000 MEMBERSHIP CARD: In theory, such cards entitled holders to ‘special courtesies, substantially reduced en- trance fees and private entertainment divertissements. In reality, says door man Benecke, they were an experi ers couldn't resist letting unauthor ized friends borrow them. Estimated value: $300 to $600 for a lot that includes some letters, invitations and other items — Palm Beach Modern Auctions in the New York Post

Karl Lagerfeld Sketches Press

WWD Lagerfeld Fashion Sketches The late designer's work is more than 50 years old. By Sharon Edelson on April 11, 2019

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Hollywood MOVIES TV BUSINESS STYLE POLITICS TECH CULTURE AWARDS VIDEO Fashion & Beauty Travel Real Estate Rambling Reporter Dining Cars STYLE Karl Lagerfeld's Early Fashion Sketches to Be Auctioned 10:03 AM PST 1/2/2014 by the Associated Press Karl 64 AP Photo/Pat Carter One of the few signed drawings by Karl Lagerfeld at the Modern Auction house in West Palm Beach, Fla.

InStyle Snag a Piece of Fashion History: Karl Lagerfeld's 19 Sketches Up for Auction By Kelsey Glein Jan 07, 2014 @ 8:45 am

INDEPENDENT The late fashion designer was known to frequently throw his sketche Sabrina Barr@fabsabs Sunday 7 April 2019 17:56 | A selection of original sketches by the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld are expected to sell for thousands when they're auctioned in Florida later this month. The archive of 125 original sketches and portfolios have been privately owned since the 1960s. They were drawn by Lagerfeld while he was working as a couturier at the House of Tiziani in Rome during the early stages of his career. The collection is especially rare as the former Chanel creative director was known to frequently throw his sketches away.

GLAMOUR 1960s Archive of Karl Lagerfeld Sketches foi Taylor Will Be Auctioned in Palm Beach on) It might be hard to imagine it, but once upon a time, Fashion's resident old-school BAMF Karl Lagerfeld was an aspir on a team of industry hopefuls. This week, 300 1960s-era sketches Featuring early works by Lagerfeld will be up for Auctions-along with drawings, photos, and letters from one of his favorite clients, the legendary Elizabeth Taylor. of Roman couture house Tiziani, which was founded in 1963 by American designer Evans Richards and was a favorite including Taylor, Doris Duke, Gina Lollobrigida, and Principessa Borghese. Karl Lagerfeld worked at Tiziani from 1963 was maintained by the founder of Tiziani, Evan 'Buddy' Richards, passed down through consecutive estates and is ab Baca of Palm Beach Modern Auctions says. ‘It contains Lagerfeld sketchbooks—some showing entire ready-to-wear individual sketches by Lagerfeld and other Tiziani designers, hundreds of photos of couture shows, and several signe Prom Elizabeth Taylor to Tiziani.- This Tiziani gown with a feathered cape is a featured piece--and will be sold alongs By Danica Lo January 6, 2014

FORTUNE Karl Lagerfeld's Never-Before-Seen Sketches RETAIL - FASHION Karl Lagerfeld's Never-Before-Seen Sketches for Elizabeth Taylor Up for Auction By Laura Stampler April 11, 2019 The late style icon Karl Lagerfeld famously suffered from an overstuffed wastebasket, brimming with his discarded sketches. ‘I throw everything away,’ the German designer told the New Yorker in 2007, predating Marie Kondo's unsentimental war on excess paper. So imagine West Palm Beach auctioneer Rico Baca's surprise when he received a call, weeks after Lagerfeld's February death at 85, telling him a client was ready to part with 125 of the designer's never-before-seen sketches from the start of the Chanel creative director's career-two of which were drawn specifically for Elizabeth Taylor. ‘Auction houses just wait for the phone to ring to get something like this,’ said Baca, of Urban Cultures Auctions, in an interview with Fortune. The rare collection will be on the block at noon EST on April 18, remotely via LiveAuctioneers.com or live at a West Palm Beach, Fla. gallery. Portfolios containing 22 to 44 original sketches are expected to sell between

FASHIONUNITED 125 fashion sketches by Karl Lagerfeld to be auctioned in the US Marjorie van Elven Thursday, 11 April 2019 125 hand-colored sketches from Karl Lagerfeld's early days working for the house of Tiziani, in Rome, will be auctioned by Palm Beach Modern Auctions on April 18. Many of them have original fabric

Barnebys.com Rare Karl Lagerfeld Sketches For Sale Rare Karl Lagerfeld Sketches For Sale 125 unpublished drawings from the late fashion designer's early career have been kept in a private collection for nearly 50 years, but are now heading to auction April 14, 2019 Taylor

Chron Local Apollo 11 Project US & World Sports Business Entertainment Houston Chronicle.com Early Lagerfeld designs up for auction in Florida Associated Press Published 11:15 am CST Friday, January 8, 2014 IMAGE 1 OF 18 One of the few signed drawings that Karl Lagerfeld did hangs on the wall of the Modern Auction house in West Palm Beach, F. A 50-year-old archive of some of Lagerfelds early fashion designs is going up for more WEST PALM BEACH, FI - Half a century after Karl Lagerfeld first drew her in a blue tunic and a plaid buckled coat the woman in a fashion sketch for the House of Tiziani still seema ready to saunter off the page and into the treet Other women in sketches along the same wall at Palm Beach Modern Auctions are drawn in outfits just as chic, but the one by Lagerfeld stands out in a crowd - much as the meticulously groomed head designer and creative director for Chanel does himself Search For Homes There's attitude in her said Rico Baca, buctioneer and co-owner of the auction house. Baca hopes that attitude and the Lagerfeld signature attract buyers to a Jan 11 auction of an archive of sketches for Tiziani desions

James Dean Jacket Press

Rolling Stone FEBRUARY 27, 2018 5 COMET James Dean's 'Rebel Without a Cause' Jacket Goes to Auction Iconic bomber jacket expected to fetch between $400,000 and $600,000 By ELIAS LEICHT The jacket James Dean wore in 'Rebel Without a Cause' goes up for auction this week. Wamer Broskobal/REX Shutterstock James Dean's iconic Rebel Without a Cause bomber jacket is heading to auction at the Palm Beach Modem Auctions in Florida, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The historic garment is estimated to fetch between $400,000 and 5600,000.

Page Six James Dean's iconic 'Rebel Without a Cause' jacket up for auction By Tamar Lapin February 27, 2018 1:16 pm

The Hollywood Reporter James Dean's 'Rebel Without Cause' Jacket Up for Auction 7:53 AM PST 2/27/2018 by the Associated Press Courtesy of Palm Beach Modern Auctions

THE DRIVE THE WAR ZONE MOTORCYCLES REVIEWS James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause Jacket Up for Auction The most valuable piece belonging to the American rebel and heartthrob can now be purchased SY HAYLEY LIND MARCH 2, 2018 MOUS ONLINE

artdaily.com Palm Beach Modern Auctions to offer James Dean's ‘Rebel Without A Cause’ jacket Red jacket screen-worn by James Dean in the 1955 film classic Rebel Without A Cause (Palm Beach Modern Auctions image Right black & white photo issued by Varner Bros. to publicize the film (public domain image). Auction estimate: $400,000-$800,000. Image courtesy of Palm Beach Modern Auctions

Other Auction Press

AUCTIONS EXCHANGE RATE Key results and fascinating finds from the latest sales around the world BY SAMUEL COCHRAN BREBIS, CIRCA 1993, BY FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE Sold at Phillips de Pury & Co., ‘Design’ (New York, December 12, 2012) These days it's pretty much a given that any of Lalanne's famous sheep will spark spirited bidding, so strong is the demand for the sculptures, iterations of which are owned by such tastemakers as Reed Krakoff and Daniel Romualdez. ‘Like Tiffany's lamps, these pieces are as much of a design commodity as you can get,’ says Phillips design specialist Meaghan Roddy. This particular work came from an edition of 250 epoxy- and-bronze ewes, whose prices run lower than those of the wool-covered versions first conceived in the 1960s. Estimated at $80,000-$100,000, it achieved $160,000, the sale's top bid. = 1954 DALIA CHANDELIER BY FONTANA ARTE Sold at Wright, ‘Italian Masterworks’ (Chicago, December 13, 2012) Crafted of crystal and brass, this 51’-dia, fixture-the top lot-was the second of two identical chandeliers, each estimated at $20,000-$30,000. Both were from the collection of Loris Manna, a Gio Ponti scholar whose enviable hoard of Italian designs formed the bulk of the sale. While the first went to a phone bidder for a respectable if unremarkable $34,000, this one became the focus of intense competition between that same buyer and another enthusiast, also bidding by phone. The former, intent on having a pair, eventually won out, snagging the piece for a hammer price of $74,000. UNTITLED 1981 WORK BY ANDY WARHOL Sold at Palm Beach Modern Auctions, ‘Studio 54: Steve Rubell & Important Modern’ (West Palm Beach, Florida, January 19, 2013) Bearing cutout dollar signs, this 20’-dia. metal sculpture was given to the Studio 54 co-owner by Warhol in 1981-the year Rubell was released from prison after serving time for tax evasion. Thought to be unique, the piece was up for auction with dozens of Rubell's other effects. Design dealer Jim Elkind of Manhattan's Lost City Arts bought it for $44,000, within the $30,000-$50,000 estimate. ‘I thought it would go for at least $80,000,’ Elkind says. ‘Had the sale been in New York, it would have gotten a true Warhol price.’ — Palm Beach Modern Auctions in Architectural Digest

Forbes Celebrating Brazil And Its Modernist Furniture Victoria Villeneuve, Houzz Editorial Staff When you pull up a seat to watch the Aug. 5 opening of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, you could hardly do better than an original Mole chair, with its plump calfskin cushions, adjustable leather straps and lustrous jacaranda frame. In his new book, Brazil Modern: The Rediscovery of Twentieth-Century Brazilian Furniture (The Monacelli Press), Aric Chen contends that the Mole and its midcentury cohorts, a sampling of which are highlighted below, deserve a place among the country's other icons, such as Copacabana, samba, the Amazon and the nut. Brazilian Homes Score With Modern Style and Fun

tucson.com The Smart Collector: Final sale pri vintage bar cart rolls well past pre estimate By Danielle Arnet Tribune Content Agency Jun 16, 2019 Estimated at $1,000 to $2,000, the rolling 20th-century bar cart, probably of Italian design, sold for $7,000 last month. Palm Beach Modern Auctions WHAT: A sleek, polyhedral rolling bar cart, unmarked but in the style of celebrated midcentury Italian designers, sold at Palm Beach Modern Auctions for $7,000 (including buyer premium) last month. The result, more than three times the high estimate, demonstrates that good design, well executed, is timeless.

The Charlotte Observer Auction of Farrah Fawcett archive includes one of late star's strangest mementos BY MARK PRICE FEBRUARY 27, 2018 09:16 AM UPDATED FEBRUARY 28, 2018 10:41 AM Antentch Farrah Fawcett's wrist cast is up for auction Saturday: Starting bid $7,500. PALM BEACH MODERN AUCTIONS, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA Just weeks after a North Carolina man successfully auctioned off a paper cup once used by Elvis comes news of another unusual celebrity memento up for bids: the plaster cast off actress Farrah

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