on Nov 28th, 2006Lalique Tresor de la Mer Perfume Bottle Auctioned for $216,000, $50 in 1936
For those of you who inherited your grandmother’s perfume bottle collection, guard them with your life! Those babies may be worth serious money.
R. LALIQUE Perfume presentation, “Tresor de la Mer,” for Saks Fifth Avenue, c. 1936. Opalescent glass shell-form box, with clear and frosted glass pearl-form bottle, complete with original red velvet presentation box lined in gold silk and blue velvet, and corded label in the form of a booklet, identifying this example as No. 72 from a limited edition of 100.
Presentation box also retains original Saks price tag affixed underneath, indicating a price of fifty dollars. Glass box retains partial label on inside lid.
Box stenciled R. LALIQUE FRANCE, bottle engraved R. Lalique France. Length of glass box: 5 3/4″, dimension of presentation box: 7 1/2″ x 8 1/4″ x 5″
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Saturday, November 25, 2006
BY JULIE O’CONNOR