«IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE»

On Sunday the small auction house Los Angeles Modern Auctions is selling off decorative art from the estate of the Californian computer pioneer Max Palevsky, who died last year aged 85. The art in his collection was cherry-picked by Christie’s – Lichtenstein’s “Girl in Mirror” made nearly $5m in New York last year – but there was plenty more in Palevsky’s three homes. He had a particular affinity for the Italian designer Ettore Sottsas, whom he commissioned to make numerous works. Now all this comes under the hammer, with no reserves and “come hither” estimates: offerings include an elegant veined marble entry table ($3,000-$5,000) and boxy leather lounge chairs (two, $2,500-$3,500). And in the same sale is a group of works from the estate of museum curator James Brynes, which includes Alexander Calder’s untitled drawing of a mobile from 1953 (est. $15,000-$20,000).

-Financial Times