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"Patricia Lopez-Willshaw's Anonymous Saint-Tropez Estate Auction at Christie's\nA stunning estate being auctioned anonymously by Christie's in Paris turns out to have quite the outr\u00E9 backstory\nLOT 335\n\nDesigned in 1927 by the amateur architect Paul Rodocanachi (1871\u20131952)\u2014reportedly an early lover of Arturo Lopez-Willshaw's\u2014this baroque tabletop ornament is composed of chiseled and gilt bronze, colorful enamels, hard stones, onyx, agate, and glass. It was made in 1929 by R. Toulouse and stands 19.5 inches high. Estimate: $19,500\u2013$32,500.\nLOT 167\n\nRecalling the shoe illustrations of Andy Warhol, this \"poem drawing\" is a work by French writer Louise de Vilmorin (1902\u201369). Pen and ink on paper, it is emblazoned with her personal emblem, a four-leaf clover. Estimate: $1,100\u2013$1,600.\nLOT 98\n\nThis Louis XV pneumatic pump is an elegant reminder that the 18th century was the age of inventions. It is made of black-lacquered beechwood, with fittings of steel, brass, glass, and gilded bronze. Estimate: $14,000\u2013$20,000.\nLOT 89\n\nAcquired by the Lopez-Willshaws in 1935 and long displayed in the Salon Chinois of their Neuilly-sur-Seine residence, this pair of R\u00E9gence satinwood armoires bears the stamp of Brice Peridiez, who made them around 1720. In the Chinese taste, they are paneled with lacquer scenes of Asian villas and gardens and mounted with ormolu. Estimate: $518,000\u2013$776,000.\nLOT 305\n\nExecuted by artist Alexandre Serebriakoff in 1951, this watercolor depicts one room of Patricia Lopez-Willshaw's suite, at H\u00F4tel Rodocanachi, a 1903 mansion that she shared with her husband, Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. The house is now a cultural center. Estimate: $11,000\u2013$16,000.\nLOT 61\n\nA silver fish server, made in 1764 by Copenhagen silversmith Jacob Schouw. Estimate: $2,000\u2013$2,600.\nLOT 29\n\nPart of the famous Orloff service made in 1770 for Prince Gregory Orloff, these vermeil plates were later owned by his mistress Catherine the Great. After they were sold by the Soviet government in the 1930s, they surfaced at Sotheby's Monaco in 1976, where they were purchased by Patricia Lopez-Willshaw. Estimate: $39,000\u2013$65,000.\nLOT 105\n\nRock crystal handles ornament this German place setting, which was created in the 17th century, probably in Augsburg. Estimate: $13,000\u2013$19,500.\nLOT 423\n\nMeasuring 62.5 inches tall when combined with their removable trellises, these six painted-metal openwork vases\u2014two are shown\u2014ornamented the terrace end of the pool at the L\u00F3pez-Willshaws's mansion in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Eleven painted wood settees in the manner of Emilio Terry (Lots 418, 419, and 422) joined them there, as did six iron chairs and matching ottomans (Lot 421). Estimate: $8,100\u201313,000.\nLOT 360\n\nThe tastemaker behind the opulent interiors of the Lopez-Willshaws' yacht, La Gaviota IV, French interior decorator Georges Geffroy (1903\u201371) is credited with designing this marbleized wood buffet. It measures 94.5 inches long by 28 inches deep by 34.25 inches high. Estimate: $2,600\u2013$3,900.\nLOT 367\n\nMade in the 20th century by an unknown hand\u2014architect Emilio Terry's name has been posited by at least one expert\u2014this three-piece set of painted garden furniture was designed to resemble branches and leaves. Estimate: $1,100\u2013$1,600.\nLOT 94\n\nLouis XV's last mistress Jeanne B\u00E9cu, the comtesse du Barry, once owned this chaise \u00E0 ch\u00E2ssis, which was made for her by menuisier Louis Delanois in 1769. It is accompanied by an expertly made twin, likely a 20th-century copy. Estimate: $91,000\u2013$130,000.\nLOT 359\n\nCoiled serpents form the bases of these six patinated-bronze tripod stands made in the antique style. Estimate: $6,700\u2013$11,000.\nLOT 96\n\nCreated in the 1950s and upholstered with a glass-beaded fabric, this pair of Louis XVI-style chairs is part of a large set made for the Lopez-Willshaws' shellwork ballroom in Neuilly-sur-Seine. The design replicates the shell-and-cattail-theme chairs made in 1779-1780 for the princesse de Lamballe's shell cottage at Ch\u00E2teau de Rambouillet. Estimate: $19,000\u2013$32,000.\nLOT 95\n\nStraddled by a gentleman watching a card game or other entertainment, this 19th-century gilt-wood voyeuse in the Louis XVI style is a near-replica of a 1768 Flamande chair by architect Jean-Charles Delafosse. It once stood before the fireplace of the Salon Bleu of the Lopez-Willshaws' house in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Estimate: $9,100\u2013$13,000."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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