specialty fashion & textile sales

Mark your calendars for our annual Holiday auction! This December, it’s our pleasure to bring you a dazzling array of rare antique, couture & collectible fashions and textiles. 

Highlights to include:

• Natalia Goncharova for Myrbor lame’ applique evening dress, c. 1925
• Madeleine Vionnet silk velvet evening cape with original sales receipt, Spring 1927
• Mariano Fortuny Peplos & Delphos gowns
• Jeanne Lanvin Summer 1920 embroidered evening wrap
• Stencilled evening coats by Fortuny & Gallenga
• Paco Rabanne chainmail dress, c. 1970
• Beth Levine “Kabuki” shoes, 1960s

Museum-quality evening fashions of the Art Deco era will be a particular strength, alongside a fine roster of 20th and 21st century designer and archival works by Jeanne Lanvin, Babani, the Wiener Werkstatte, Martin Margiela, Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hermes, Valentino, Gucci, Chanel, Thea Porter, Emilio Pucci, Galanos, Yves Saint Laurent, Bob Mackie, Lucien Lelong, Norman Norell, Comme de Garcons, and many more. 

An especially fine selection of antique 18th and 19th century garments for ladies, gents & children will be on offer. Additionally, you’ll find a rich cache of antique textiles & trims, as well as many fresh-to-market museum deaccessioned pieces, including Halston garments from the Museum at FIT, Asian garments and textiles from the Brooklyn Museum, and antique hats & accessories from the Valentine Museum. 

Check back periodically as we update the preliminary catalog, and stay tuned for bidding to open in early November!