Fireplace log holder, $55,020, Toomey & Co.

A fireplace log holder created by Marie Zimmerman (1879-1973) sold for $55,020 at an Early 20th Century Design sale held June 4th by Toomey & Co. in Chicago. Also, a Gothic-style sconce by Samuel Yellin (1884-1940) changed hands for $17,030; a bird-form sconce, also by Yellin, finished at $24,890; and a large, circa 1917-1922 vase with a eucalyptus branch by the San Francisco Arts & Crafts metalworker Fred Brosi, made of handwrought patinated copper, brought $24,890.