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Page 36 The Antique Shoppe February, 2017
Dali’s Iconic Lobster Phone Sells for More Than $1 Million
Kovels.com recently reported that a white telephone designed by Salvador Dali
auctioned at Christie’s London in December, sold for $1,058,785, well over the $190,000-
300,000 estimate. Dali’s designed the phone in 1936, with the familiar Bakelite base
and dial but with a plaster lobster perched where the ear and mouth piece should be.
Eleven of the phones were made, four red and seven white.
Famous for surrealistic paintings of limp watches, strange landscapes and distorted
figures, some items were copied
into everyday items like jigsaw
puzzles, prints, dinnerware, jewelry
and tee shirts.
Another Dali item in the sale was
a sofa in the shape of Mae West’s
lips, one of a pair made for a dining
room in 1938. The red sofa was
trimmed with green applique and
black fringe. It sold for $908,425.

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