$600
Eight Charles and Ray Eames Designed Children's Toys Manufactured by Otto Meir Verlag Ravensburger, Tigrett, and Eames Office in conjunction with MoMA, c. 1952 to 1992 Including The Coloring Toy; a Computer House of Cards; a House of Cards picture deck; a double deck of House of Cards with German packaging and instructions; a deck of medium House of Cards with German packaging and instructions; a deck of medium House of Cards; thirty-eight large House of Cards cards; and a partial Little Toy Kit; some overall use wear, mainly to packaging, see detailed condition report in online listing. Provenance: From the Estate of Jill Mitchell (Virginia Mills), a student at Cranbrook in the 1940s, where she won awards for her work in woven and printed textile design. During her time there she became a lifelong friend of Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, later working for both.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-12-07
