Dalí's 'lobster telephone' and 'lips sofa' to go under hammer at Christie's in December
Friday, October 28, 2016 @ 5:56 PM
SPANISH surrealist artist Salvador Dalí's famous lobster telephone is up for auction with a starting bid price of €280,000, along with a number of other items includingthe artist's 'Mae West lips sofa' modelled on the American actress.
The Edward James Foundation, which continues the legacy of the British poet of the same name, is one of the trustees of Dalí's assets and works of art, which Edward James owned.
One of these is the marble sculpture titled the White Aphrodisiac Telephone, better known as the 'lobster telephone', which has gone under the hammer at Christie's in London for a quarter of a million pounds (currently around €280,000).
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