NEW YORK, NY.- A week of 20th Century Design sales at Sotheby’s New York concluded, bringing in excess of $19 million. This represents the highest total for a week of Design sales at Sotheby’s New York since December 2003, achieved with less than one third of the total number of lots on offer. The week was led by an auction of nine masterworks by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, an original interior of furniture that had been in storage for nearly a quarter of a century. The sale brought $6,618,100, more than double its pre-sale high estimate. The day began with a blockbuster sale of a rare interior of furniture by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, the legendary French Art Deco atelier. The nine masterworks on offer achieved $6,618,100 in total, more than double the pre-sale high estimate of $2.5 million*. The salesroom saw spirited bidding from an international