Collection by Kelsey Keith
Shopping Mass Modern Auction at Wright
Chicago-based auction house Wright is well-regarded for its 20th-century furniture sales—and for discoveries of underrated modern craft. We've rounded up our top ten picks from the 2014 Mass Modern sale, many of which are available with no reserve (look for the piggy bank icon next to the estimated sale price).
The Mass Modern auction at Wright opens on June 12, 2014 at 10am EST.
Fans of designer Charles Pollock will be into this pair of camel leather-upholstered office chairs designed by Pollock for Knoll, estimated to net between $700 and $900. (No reserve.) The upholstery resembles the chair he designed for Bernhardt in 2012 and the chair itself is a classic in the midcentury modern canon.
Ettore Sottsass's influence is everywhere in 2014, from saturated colors to postmodern silhouettes to a retrospective exhibition during Milan Design Week. Now you can snap up a piece of the magic—his Yantra series vase, in bright yellow, will yield an estimated $1,000-$1,500 with no reserve.
(See some of Sottsass's private collection, auctioned off in late 2013 at Christie's.)