The Collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II

Eaton Square and Turville Grange

RESULTS

TOTAL: £3,988,938

96% SOLD BY LOT I 93% SOLD BY VALUE

Final Total For the Combined Ford Collection sales £22,554,903

London – The Collection of Mrs Henry Ford II – Eaton Square and Turville Grange was held at Christie’s London today and realised £3,988,938. The sale was 96% sold by lot and 93% sold by value, with participation across 6 continents and 35 countries. The sale comprised 320 lots with estimates ranging from £500 to £300,000. The auction contained a broad spectrum of decorative and fine arts from Mrs. Henry Ford II’s two UK properties, Eaton Square, London and her country home Turville Grange, in Buckinghamshire. The London sale was led by a John Duncan Ferguson (1874 – 1961), The Chinese Coat (estimate £150,000-250,000), realised £412,500, (illustrated above).

Adrian Hume Sayer, Director, Private & Iconic Collections London comments, ‘Christie’s were honored to be entrusted with The Collection of Mrs Henry Ford II - both in the UK and USA - and were delighted to once again be able to welcome our clients to view the collection in person following the lifting of covid restrictions earlier this week. The strong results of the London leg of the collection – from Mrs. Ford’s Eaton Square and Turville Grange homes – continued the momentum established by the successful New York sales. The immense interest shown from around the world is a testament to Mr & Mrs Ford’s taste and demonstrates the continued robust appetite for interesting works of art in good condition with a compelling story.’ Results highlights include:

The Collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II: Palm Beach, held at Christie’s New York on 30 March, realised £3,447,947 / $4,744,375 / €4,027,202. The sale was 85% sold by lot and 89% sold by value, with participation across 5 continents and 32 countries. The top lot of the auction was a pair of late Louis XV ormolu-mounted, ebony and vernis martin meubles d'appui attributed to Joseph Baumhauer, circa 1770, which totaled $846,000, double the low estimate. Additional top lots reflecting the diversity of the collection included Aristide Maillol’s bronze sculpture Eve à la pomme selling for US$237,500, and a set of eighteen Royal George I silver dinner plates, mark of Nicholas Clausen, realizing US$231,250, far exceeding the estimate of $15,000-25,000.

 Notes to Editors:

• Christie’s New York sold Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), Pierreuse, 1889 from the Collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II for $9,062,000 on 2 December 2020
• Christie’s New York sold jewellery from the Collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II in December 2020 in the Magnificent Jewels auction and Online which totaled $2,521,000
• The combined total for works sold from the collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II to date excluding the London sale on 15 April US $24,937,375 /£18,565,965