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6 hidden gems turning heads at tefaf new york 2641687

TEFAF New York is currently running at the Park Avenue Armory through May 13, 2025, drawing large crowds with its cross-category approach spanning fine art, jewelry, design, and antiquities. The article highlights six standout pieces from the fair, including Judy Kensley McKie's animal-motif furniture at Delorenzo Gallery, Zaha Hadid's 'Liquid Glacial' coffee table at David Gill Gallery, and Indigenous Australian artist Mantua Nangala's dot paintings at Salon 94. Other notable works include Camilla Moberg's glass sculpture 'Goldie' at Galerie Maria Wettergren, Etienne Henri Martin's mid-century lounge chairs at Demisch Danant, and Robert Cottingham's painting 'Meat Counter' at Galerie Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois.

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Sotheby’s has announced the sale of the Jean and Terry de Gunzburg collection, a two-part auction series scheduled for April and May 2024 with a total estimate of $67 million to $99 million. The offering begins with a dedicated design sale featuring a historic ensemble of 15 Claude Lalanne mirrors commissioned for Yves Saint Laurent, followed by a selection of blue-chip modern and contemporary artworks.

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Christie’s has promoted Alex Rotter to global president, a new role in which he will retain his existing title as global chairman of 20th- and 21st-century art. Rotter will collaborate with regional presidents and global chairmen to develop strategies for auction and private sales. He joined Christie’s in 2017 after 16 years at Sotheby’s and created the “20/21” department, which unified postwar, contemporary, and Impressionist and modern art sales. Rotter has overseen landmark sales including Jeff Koons’s *Rabbit* (1986) for $91 million, Andy Warhol’s *Shot Sage Blue Marilyn* (1964) for $195 million, and Leonardo da Vinci’s *Salvator Mundi* (ca. 1500) for $450 million.

Record Prices, New Buyers and Global Reach: Design’s Moment Has Arrived

Global auction sales for design, decorative arts, and furniture surged 20.4 percent to $172 million in the first half of 2025, according to ArtTactic, while other art market segments declined. Sotheby’s design sales in New York and Paris reached $75 million combined, among the highest totals ever for the category, with Christie’s and Phillips also posting strong results. Record prices were set for works by Tiffany Studios, including the Danner Memorial Window ($12.4 million) and a Frank Lloyd Wright lamp ($7.5 million), fueled by new and younger buyers and institutional acquisitions.

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Phillips will auction a juvenile triceratops skeleton nicknamed "Cera" during its modern and contemporary art sale on November 18 in New York. The 66-million-year-old fossil, excavated in South Dakota in 2016, is the first full juvenile triceratops ever discovered and the first triceratops to come to auction in the US in over a decade, with a presale estimate of $2.5 million to $3.5 million. The auction house is also introducing a new section called "Out of This World" within the sale, featuring natural history objects including a Steneosaurus bollensis fossil and a golden nugget, in partnership with Zurich-based art dealer Christian D. Link.

Juvenile Triceratops to hit Phillips’ auction blocks this November

Phillips auction house will debut a new category called "Out of This World" within its Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale on November 18 in New York, headlined by "Cera," a 66-million-year-old juvenile Triceratops skeleton. The specimen, excavated in 2016 from South Dakota's Hell Creek Formation, is the first full juvenile Triceratops ever discovered and the first Triceratops of any kind to appear at a U.S. auction in over a decade, with an estimate of up to $3.5 million. The sale also includes other natural-history rarities such as a large gold nugget and a fossilized marine reptile.