SOTHEBY'S TO OFFER PROPERTY FROM ROBERT ISABELL COLLECTION

ON 17.DECEMBER.2009, SOTHEBY'S, NEW YORK, WILL BE OFFERING PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NOTED EVENT PLANNER, ROBERT ISABELL (1952-2009). FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS ISABELL WAS AT THE HELM OF NEARLY EVERY MAJOR EVENT HOSTED BY THE UPPER ECHELON OF SOCIETY; LENDING HIS SPECTACULAR TASTE AND CREATIVITY TO CHARITY GALAS, CLUB OPENINGS, MAGAZINE LAUNCHES, WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMASES AND SOCIETY WEDDINGS, BIRTHDAYS AND FUNERALS. HIS IMAGINATIVE STYLE ALWAYS STRUCK THE RIGHT CORD, WHETHER THE EVENT WAS LAVISH OR UNDERSTATED, AND IT WAS THAT SAME LEVEL OF REFINEMENT AND CARE THAT HE CREATED A UNIQUE RETREAT FOR HIMSELF IN GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK. IN IT, HE METICULOUSLY JUXTAPOSED IMPORTANT PIECES BY AMERICAN STUDIO DESIGNERS HARRY BERTOIA, PAUL EVENS, AND PHIL POWELL, WITH PRIME EXAMPLES BY THE FRENCH MASTERS OF THE MID-CENTURY; JEAN PROUVE, CHARLOTTE PERRIAND AND SERGE MOUILLE. HE PUNCTUATED THE SPACE WITH LUSH GREENERY AND PLAYFUL POP AND CONTEMPORARY LIGHTING FROM VERNOR PANTON TO TOKUNJIN YOSHIODA. TOGETHER, THE OFFERING OF APPROXIMATELY 130 LOTS IS ESTIMATED TO SELL FOR $1.5 MILLION AND PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE GERALD B LAMBERT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING THE OAK SPRING GARDEN LIBRARY AND GREENHOUSES IN UPPERVILLE, VA. PRIOR TO THE AUCTION, THE COLLECTION WILL BE EXHIBITED IN SOTHEBY'S 10th FLOOR GALLERIES FROM 12-16.DECEMBER.2009.