近日，大衛·洛克菲勒的生前藏品在紐約佳士得拍賣，此次拍賣的藏品中不乏畢加索、馬蒂斯和高更等大師的作品，總成交價高達數億美元。除畫作外，藏品中還有不少雕塑、古董、銀器和高端擺件。自18世紀以來，陶瓷擺件在收藏界就已經不那么受追捧了。但是本周它們又重新火了起來，一套栩栩如生的梅森瓷器擺件竟然拍出了2.5萬美元的高價，比估價足足高了5倍。

此次拍賣的一些深色木制家具已經有幾十年沒出現在設計雜志上了，但在上周三、周四的拍賣會上，競拍者對它們也是趨之若鶩。一張估價5000美元的三腳桌以13,750美元的價格成交，一張估價6000美元的椅子更是賣出了35,000美元。

小大衛·洛克菲勒在電子郵件中寫道，這種具有年代感的裝飾品突然火爆，“說明了兩件事情。首先，令人感動的是，很多人想以合理的價格，獲得‘一部分洛克菲勒家族的記憶’。其次，廣大買主開始越來越看重實用物品（如椅子、銀器）和純裝飾品的質量。”

不可否認，“洛克菲勒”這四字本身就具有濃厚的吸引力。另外，由佳士得操刀的耗資數百萬美元的推廣造勢，也使買家們早早意識到了此次拍賣藏品的藝術價值不同尋常。

下面，我們就從本周成交的數千件藏品中，選出十件非同尋常的藏品。

價值相當于等量黃金的銀桶

這是洛克菲勒1995年在墨西哥購入的一個銀制冰桶，它的估價是800到1200美元。但經過瘋狂的電話、網絡和現場競拍后，這個冰桶最終以5萬美元的高價，落入了坐在拍賣場后排的一個男人手上。

波特作品以創紀錄價格拍出

收藏界喜歡歐洲知名藝術家的作品，這是不爭的事實。相比之下，美國藝術家的作品往往知名度有限。（比如在曼哈頓的那些巴伐利亞風格的公寓和酒店里，墻上掛的往往是荷蘭畫家倫勃朗的風景畫，而不是緬因州的風景畫。）那么，美國藝術家的作品在此次拍賣中表現如何呢？令人高興的是，在洛克菲勒的藏品中，很多美國藝術家的作品都拍出了高價，包括這幅費爾菲爾德·波特1965年的作品《帆船II》。其估價為100萬到150萬美元，但最終以193萬美元成交，這也刷新了波特作品的拍賣紀錄。

洛克菲勒家族兩代掌門都用過的桌子

小大衛·洛克菲勒曾說過：“這些藏品中最成功的一件，是一件我母親曾經經常在上面寫信的寫字臺。”這張桌子于1913年被小約翰·洛克菲勒（大衛的父親）購入，然后一直在紐約的洛克菲勒莊園被使用到1960年。也就是說，洛克菲勒家族的幾代人都用過這張桌子，這也是令好幾個買家趨之若鶩的原因之一。這張桌子的估價是8000到12000美元，最終以36.05萬美元的高價成交。

史上最貴野餐餐具

該藏品是摩洛哥國王哈桑二世1986年贈予大衛·洛克菲勒的禮物。籃子由柳條編成，內有一整套愛絲普雷（Asprey）的野餐餐具，配套的紅寶石玻璃杯上還刻了國王的名字。銀制糖罐等銀器則來自法國銀器商克里斯托夫勒（Christofle），此外還有用紅色皮革包著的一整套12件的銀制刀叉（包含正餐叉、點心叉、冷肉叉等）。這套餐具估價1萬美元，最終以21.25萬美元成交。

一只比房子還貴的鴨子

從此次拍賣看，誘餌鴨依然是西方收藏界行情看漲的藏品。這只嘯聲天鵝是由約翰·海恩斯·威廉姆斯1910年制作的，成交價為34.85萬美元，比15萬美元的估價還高了一倍多。

撿漏撿到寶

隨著拍賣的進行，人們也習慣了一件件藏品的成交價不斷創下新紀錄。如果某件藏品沒有以高出估價幾倍的價格拍出，大家反而會覺得奇怪了。所以當估價80萬到120萬美元的皮埃爾·博納爾的畫作《巴蒂尼奧勒大道》竟然僅以25萬美元成交時，所有人無不吃了一驚。要知道，洛克菲勒2006年買下這幅畫時還花了85.6萬美元。也就是說，十年之后，買主僅花了當初不到三分之一的錢，就買下了這幅傳世大作。

天價青花

洛克菲勒也是一位中國瓷器的愛好者，所藏盡是瓷中精品。早在拍賣前，就有一批亞洲競拍者向佳士得公司的代表透露了對這些瓷器的強烈興趣，而這些瓷器最后確實以遠超估價的價格拍出。比如洛克菲勒收藏在緬因州家中的一只明朝宣德年間（1426-1435）的青花瓷碗，估價15萬美元，最終就以280萬美元的高價拍出。

梅森瓷器受熱捧

梅森瓷器因其造型優美、設計新穎、工藝精湛而在西方收藏界很有市場，洛克菲勒也收藏了幾十套梅森瓷器。這一對1740年的戴勝鳥尤其令人趨之若鶩。在被洛克菲勒收藏之前，它們曾屬于猶太裔女收藏家卡特琳娜·馮·潘維茨（一位普魯士貴族之妻），后來被轉手給石油大亨查爾斯·賴茨曼，萊茨曼又將其捐贈給了紐約大都會博物館。后來博物館將這件藏品賣給了勞倫斯·洛克萊勒。勞倫斯2004年去世后，這套藏品便歸其弟弟大衛所有。光從收藏譜系來看，便可知這對戴勝鳥的珍貴。這套藏品估價3萬美元，最終以17.5萬美元成交。

美國首任總統畫像

吉爾伯特·斯圖爾特（1755-1828）曾畫過100多幅喬治·華盛頓的像。他的方法是先畫上一幅畫像，然后照著這幅“母本”臨摹上若干份拿去賣錢；然后再創作一幅新的“母本”，然后再臨摹上若干份。他畫的每個系列的華盛頓畫像，都以母本收藏者的名字命名。此次競拍的這一幅繪于1795年，是所謂“沃恩系列”中的一幅（因其第一位收藏者為約翰·沃恩），也是斯圖爾特所有畫作中最出名的一幅。這幅作品的高估值為120萬美元，現場以1160萬美元成交，高于估值近10倍。

一輛非常貴的馬車

洛克菲勒生前有個小愛好：駕駛著馬車在韋斯切斯特的豪宅周圍閑逛。他生前駕駛過的幾輛馬車也參加了此次拍賣，不過它們的估價卻異常的低。比如有一輛產于19世紀末或20世紀初的馬車，它的高估價只有2500美元，但最終卻以81,250美元成交，足足比估價高出3100%。（財富中文網）

譯者：樸成奎?

At David Rockefeller’s three-day long, $828 million estate sale at Christie’s in New York, artworks by such big names as Picasso, Matisse, and Gauguin sold for hundreds of millions of dollars. There was also a profusion of statuary, antiques, silverware, and what can only be called very high-end knickknacks. Miniature porcelain statues of shepherds may not have been fashionable since the 18th century, but for a brief, very expensive moment this week, they surely were hot: One winsome Meissen figure sold for $25,000, five times its high estimate.

Similarly, the type of dark, wooden furniture favored by Rockefeller hasn’t been showcased in design magazines in decades, but in Wednesday and Thursday’s day sales, bidders couldn’t get enough of it. One tripod table sold for $13,750, above a high estimate of $5,000, and an armchair went for $35,000, above its high estimate of $6,000.

This sudden popularity of historical decoration “suggests two things,” wrote David Rockefeller Jr. in an email. “First, that there are many people who, quite touchingly, would like to have ‘a piece of the Rock’—as you might call it—at a reasonable price.” Second, he wrote, “the buying public increasingly recognizes quality both in utilitarian objects (like chairs and silverware) and in strictly decorative objects as well.”

It’s undeniable that the Rockefeller name is a major draw. It’s also possible that the Rockefeller sale, with its global, multimillion-dollar marketing effort spearheaded by Christie’s, made buyers realize that there’s an aesthetic that transcends the so-called “5-star hotel” style of generic, location-less good taste.

It’s anyone’s guess, but what we do know is that, amid the thousands of objects that sold this week, 10 stood out.

Silver Worth Its Weight in Gold

A silver ice pail, purchased by Rockefeller in Mexico in 1995, was estimated to sell from $800 to $1,200. After furious bidding by phone, internet, and in the room, it hammered to a man sitting at the rear of the auction house. With premium, its total was a stunning $50,000.

A New Record for Fairfield Porter

There was never doubt that the spectacular pieces of blue chip European art would sell. How the American art, which can sometimes appeal to a more limited audience (there are probably fewer Maine landscape paintings on the walls of Bavarian schlosses than Rembrandt landscapes in Manhattan apartments), would fare was a more open-ended question. Happily, many of the American works in Rockefeller’s collection went gangbusters, including this absolutely gorgeous 1965 painting by Fairfield Porter, The Schooner II. Estimated from $1 million to $1.5 million, it set a new record for the artist when it sold for $1.93 million.

Double Rockefeller Provenance

“The most stunning success so far among the decorative works,” David Rockefeller Jr. noted. “Was a George lll writing table at which my mother used to write her eloquent morning letters.” The table had been acquired in 1913 by John D. Rockefeller Jr. (David Rockefeller’s father), who used it at Kykuit, the family’s New York estate, until 1960. The piece has been in the family, in other words, for generations, and that seemed a powerful draw for multiple bidders. Estimated to sell from $8,000 to $12,000, it sold, with premium, for $360,500.

The Most Expensive Picnic Ever?

A present made to David Rockefeller by King Hassan II of Morocco in 1986, this wicker basket and picnic set from Asprey contained ruby glass drink ware bearing the king’s monogram, silver-plated serving ware including a “silver-plated sugar caster” from Christofle, a set of flatware for 12 (including dinner forks, luncheon forks, and cold meat forks), all stored in a red-leather-lined interior. It was estimated to sell for $10,000. Its final price: $212,500.

A Duck That Costs More Than a House

If one thing was certain when the (gold) dust settled at the end of the Rockefeller sale, it was that the duck decoy market remains bullish. This whistling swan, made by John Haynes Williams in 1910, sold for $348,500, more than double its high estimate of $150,000.

An Actual Bargain

Watching the sales, it was easy to get jaded as record followed record. If a work didn’t sell for multiples of its high estimate, it felt disappointing. So when Pierre Bonnard’s Boulevard des Batignolles, estimated to sell for $800,000 to $1.2 million, sold for just $250,000, it was genuinely shocking. That’s particularly true when it comes to this work, which Rockefeller bought in 2006 for $856,000. Whoever bought it, in other words, paid less than a third of what Rockefeller had paid—more than a decade later.

Bowled Away

Before the sale, Christie’s representatives had spoken of a strong level of interest from Asian bidders. Without knowing just how many lots sold to people in the region, numerous lots that would appeal to Asian buyers skyrocketed past their original estimates. For instance, a blue and white bowl from the Chinese Xuande period (1426-1435), which the Rockefellers had kept in their house in Maine, carried a high estimate of $150,000 and sold for $2.8 million.

Porcelain Mania

Meissen figurines were sought-after for centuries for their delicacy, inventive design, and craftsmanship, and Rockefeller collected dozens. This pair of hoopoes from 1740 was particularly desirable, given its pre-Rockefeller provenance: Once owned by Catalina von Pannwitz, a very wealthy woman of Jewish descent who married into the Prussian nobility, it was subsequently purchased by oil executive Charles Wrightsman, who donated it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The museum subsequently sold it to Laurance Rockefeller. After his death in 2004, it was acquired by his brother, David. That was apparently a sufficiently glamorous pedigree for someone who bid the figurines up past their $30,000 high estimate. The total: $175,000.

American History X (10)

Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) painted more than 100 portraits of George Washington. His methodology consisted of making a single portrait, then painting several exact copies of that portrait, and then starting a new series based on a new original. Each series of Washington portrait by Stuart is known by the name of the original portrait’s owner. (If you’re still following this, you deserve a prize.) This portrait, made in 1795, was part of the so-called Vaughan series (named after the first painting’s owner, John Vaughan), and is arguably Stuart’s most famous. Rockefeller’s painting carried a high estimate of $1.2 million and sold for nearly 10 times that amount, totaling, with premium, $11.6 million.

A Very Expensive Surrey

Rockefeller was known to drive a horse and carriage for fun around his estate in Westchester, and several of the buggies and surreys he used came up to auction. The estimates were admittedly almost absurdly low; this one, from the late 19th or early 20th centuries, carried a high estimate of $2,500. Even so, its total of $81,250 is surprising. That’s a 3,100 percent increase.