NEW YORK.- Phillips de Pury & Company announce its inaugural mid-season Design auction, dedicated to early 20th-century Viennese design, totaled $1,243,800, including premium. The auction comprised 52 works, 66% of which sold, by important designers including Otto Wagner, father of Austrian Modernism, as well as Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser, founders of the Wiener Werkstätte, the early 20th-century Viennese design collective. Alexander Payne, Worldwide Director of Design:“This inaugural sale, warmly received and highly attended, attracted many new buyers including museums and major private international buyers. We’re thrilled to have had the opportunity to present such exceptional works. This market continues to attract a very high level of connoisseurship.” Top Ten Lots: • Lot 50 Koloman Moser Unique and important grand piano $182,500 • Lot 32 Attributed to Koloman Moser