Contact Sotheby's New York Description: Tiffany Studios "Dragonfly" Table Lamp circa 1905 leaded glass, patinated bronze shade with small early tag impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK base impressed ...

WHAT: When a Tiffany Studios table lamp with a leaded glass shade in a blue dragonfly drop-head design brought $515,475 at a James D. Julia auction in Maine recently, few were surprised. Done in ...

A Dragonfly table lamp (c.1910) with a "rare mosaic and turtle-back base" could make between $600,000 and $900,000 (around €481,946 -€723,152). So how did Tiffany lamps get to be so coveted?

Dr Robert Bell, NGA curator of decorative arts and design, said the carp motif – a symbol of longevity and prosperity – was only produced on Tiffany lamps in the first decade of the 20th century.

The sale totaled $1.7 million, and Tiffany Studios highlights, all dating to around 1910, included a Lotus Pagoda table lamp (which exceeded its $150,000 low estimate to sell for $189,000), a ...

Contact Sotheby's New York Description: Tiffany Studios "Dragonfly" Table Lamp circa 1905 with a telescoping reticulated "Queen Anne's Lace" base leaded glass, gilt bronze shade impressed TIFFANY ...