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Toomey & Co. Auctioneers sets auction records for works by Chicago artists
In a stunning collaboration, William Day Gates, who founded the American Terra Cotta & Ceramic Company in Crystal Lake, had a matte green glazed ceramic Teco lamp base topped with a Prairie leaded glass shade by Orlando Giannini that climbed to $93,750.
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.-Toomey & Co. Auctioneers has often found considerable success selling art and design of historic importance by Chicago artists and makers or those with local ties. In its Tradition & Innovation sale on Thursday, December 3, in which just 65 lots combined to realize $1.24 million, a wide range of significant material went to the highest bidders with multiple auction price records set.