George Nakashima bench, $48,255, Bonhams Skinner

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far
by Ken Hall

All prices include the buyer’s premium

A circa 1960 George Nakashima Conoid bench, part of a 7-piece Nakashima furniture collection, sold for $48,255 at a Modern Design auction held October 12th by Bonhams Skinner in Marlborough, MA. The remaining six Nakashima lots sold for a combined $37,485. Also, an Annie Aldrich and Sarah Tutt Marblehead Pottery vase decorated with geese flew away for $11,475; and an Arthur Hennessey and Sarah Tutt for Marblehead Pottery vase with stylized decoration earned $17,850.