HOUSE & GARDEN
April 2004

Design at its best  -  American Scene on the block

Where The Buys Are
Auction house specialists pinpoint targets of opportunity in the collecting world - by Gregory Cerio

High Design From The 70's
"What's becoming valuable but hasn't been noticed at auctions yet is furniture by designers from the 70's like Karl Springer, Angelo Donghia, and Jay Spectre. Springer made elaborate custom tables with tops in hides or parchment. It's a very 70's aesthetic, but when you really look at it you see how elegant it is, like the work of Samuel Marx in the 40's. You can steal a Springer piece at auction for a couple of thousand, and you bet it'll go way up." - Kevin Roberts, Haynes/Roberts Interior Design, New York