Design Hunter | Donald Baechler

Despite being quite sick this weekend I managed to pull myself off the couch yesterday + go checkout the Leslie Hindman Marketplace auction preview...and man am I glad I did!  I was like a kid in a candy store the second I walked into the preview and saw this amazing display of Donald Baechler art. Look familiar?

Even if you’re not an art aficionado, you might well recognize Baechler’s work. His graphic, sometimes humorous, depictions of flowers, skulls and other objects are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Centre George Pompidou in Paris. Still not ringing a bell?  Well then you’ll certainly recognize these works that have graced the pages of magazines like Elle Décor + Domino...

Skull’ by Donald Baechler hangs on a foyer wall of interior designer, Jim Aman's NYC home.

Baechler's work hangs in Aerin Lauder's Hampton's home

 and in Rashida Jones' apartment published in Domino, February 2008. 

A colorful Baechler floral print hangs in Laura Garcia's dining room, featured on Vogue.com.

And finally a blingin' example of Baechler's work, The Lucky Ring, hangs in an office designed by Robert Passal (above) + in Ashley Stark's turquoise bedroom. 

 There are two lots of Donald’s work for sale at this week’s Leslie Hindman auction -- Flowers and Trees, 1990 (a group of six works) which is estimated to sell for $1,500-$2,500 and Days of the Week II, 1994 (a group of seven works) with a lower estimated sale price of $1,000 -- I can’t afford either right now so any takers?

(Images 1 by Kristin Kerr / 2 + 3 NYSD / 4 Aerin Lauder's home / 5 Rashida Jone's apartment via Domino Magazine / 6 Laura Garcia's home via Vogue / 7 Design by Robert Passal / 8 Ashley Stark's home via Elle Decor)

Design Hunter | Wright Auction

I'm so happy it's the weekend!  Despite a crazy week of unpacking I made time to attend last night's preview for Wright's July 9th Mass Modern auction.  This is one of my favorite auctions because there are lots of inexpensive goodies - 1970s Gucci candlesticks with an estimated price of $300...yes please!  There's a whole slew of great items (with no reserve) just waiting for a home.  Here are a few of the items on my watch list.  Happy bidding!

Milo Baughman chairs

 Paul Evans cityscape wall-mounted shelf - I'd use it as a desk

brass table base - add a round glass top and you've got a dining room table.

 Hugh Newel Jacobsen sofa - would look great in a sunroom or screened in porch.  I love the clean lines

Henredon headboard

Paul McCobb Planner Group Cabinet - lacquer it black (like this)

Gucci candlesticks

1970s Gucci Candlesticks - would look great on my new table :)

Gucci salt and pepper shakers - would be another great addition to my table

Have a great weekend!

Design Hunter | Albert Hadley at Sotheby's

At the legendary decorator's auction tomorrow, you can score a piece of design history for next to nothing!  Included in Sotheby's Fine English and European Decorative Arts sale on March 30th and 31st are 38 lots from the inventory of the greatest American decorating office of our time, Albert Hadley, Inc.  Above are a few of my favorite pieces from the catalog – what do you think?  I might have a go at lot 651, the plaster and glass circular table, for $200-$300 or lot 650, the French moderne style two-tier table, for $100-$150.  I'm partial to anything with brass.

Design Hunter | Chrome Bed at Leslie Hindman

I'm browsing through the catalog for the Leslie Hindman Marketplace auction, set to start at 10 AM tomorrow, and tracking items as if I really have the money to pay for them.  The chrome canopy bed, pictured below, has me lusting after Herbert Kasper's bedroom, featured in the April issue of Architectural Digest.  I love that it skews a little more on the masculine side and that he incorporated so many traditional elements like the blue and white lamp, wool blanket and schweitzer linens with the modern chrome bed.  Isn't it fabulous?  For the full list of items on the auction block, go to Leslie Hindman.

Image: Architectural Digest via Splendid Sass