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Article: Tiffany lamps light up prices at auction
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 21, 1999
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One-of-a-kind antiques made by famous designers often sell for
very high prices. A Tiffany Peacock centerpiece lamp recently sold
for $1,872,500 to become the second-highest-priced Tiffany lamp ever
auctioned.
The most expensive was a Pink Lotus lamp that sold in 1997 for
$2,807,500. Louis Comfort Tiffany made his first lamps in 1894.
Very few centerpiece lamps were made, and each was a special order.
It is believed that the Peacock lamp was used by Tiffany at his home
in New York City. The shade has five rows of rippled glass peacock
feathers in shades of amber, green and blue. The metal base is set
with mosaic tiles and it is curved to hold six small blue favrile
glass bowls.
One ...
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