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Auction: Entertaining with Style Featuring The Tom Samet Collection, May 6, 2025

• Successful Auction of Entertaining with Style Featuring The Tom Samet Collection Surpasses Expectations

• May 6, 2025 Sale Featured a Special Section Showcasing Furniture and Decorations from the Celebrated Interior Designer

• Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions

NEW YORK, NY -- Gracious entertaining and decorating with flair took center stage at Doyle’s May 6, 2025 auction of Entertaining with Style Featuring The Tom Samet Collection as spirited bidding drove exceptionally strong prices and a sale total that surpassed expectations. Collectors, decorators and fans of entertaining at home vied for elegant silver flatware in a variety of patterns, porcelain dinner services and sparkling glassware for table and bar. This popular sale category abounds with accessories from tea and coffee services to julep cups, candlesticks to serving trays. Among the furnishings were sofas, armchairs, dining tables and sets of dining chairs -- everything you need except the menu!

Highlighting the numerous sets of flatware was a Tiffany & Co. sterling silver service in the 'Audubon' pattern that achieved $10,800, several times its estimate of $2,500-3,500. A Tiffany favorite introduced in 1871, this elegant service was inspired by 19th century Japanese bird paintings with eight unique pairings of exotic birds and flowers. 

Porcelain offerings featured a 'Tobacco Leaf' pattern dinner service by Mottahedeh estimated at $2,000-3,000 that sold for $8,960. Based on 18th century Chinese export porcelain in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this richly decorated pattern depicts a graceful phoenix perched on leaves of flowering tobacco. A colorful dinner service by Raynaud Limoges in the coral-themed ‘Cristobal’ pattern designed by French interior designer Alberto Pino soared over its $1,000-1,500 to realize $7,680.

 The Tom Samet Collection

A living legacy in the world of interior design, Tom Samet has spent over four decades transforming spaces with warmth, sophistication, and an unerring sense of style. Samet has become a trusted name among clients who value timeless elegance layered with personality and comfort. His work is celebrated for its livable luxury—inviting, tailored, and never overdone. 

Tom Samet was raised and lived on the North Shore of Long Island in Old Westbury and Locust Valley. Drawing inspiration from the gracious country houses found in the area, Samet has built a career defined by gracious living and entertaining. His interiors tell stories: of people, of history, of refined taste expressed with ease. It’s no wonder he has long been a go-to designer for clients seeking a space that feels as good as it looks. 

DOYLE was honored to feature a curated selection of furniture and decorative arts from Tom Samet’s collection in the upcoming Entertaining with Style auction. Each piece reflects his cultivated eye and enduring philosophy—style should be both elegant and lived in. The collection offered collectors and design enthusiasts a rare opportunity to bring home the touch of a true tastemaker.

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