NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s New York will offer 20th century furniture, ceramics, glass and carpets from the Chicago home of collector Colleen Sullivan in a dedicated auction on 21 September 2011. A Midcentury Eye: The Collection of Colleen Sullivan will showcase works by prominent European and American designers from the 1930s through the 1960s, featuring French design by Jean Royere, Rene Herbst and Charlotte Perriand; mirrors and objet by Line Vautrin; ceramics by Georges Jouve; Italian design by Ico Parisi and Franco Albini; decorative arts in glass by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte; Scandinavian design by Helge Vestergaard Jensen, Josef Frank and Hans Wegner; ceramics by Axel Saalto and Berndt Friberg; and American design by Samuel Marx, George Nakashima and Tommi Parzinger. With the majority of the pieces estimated between $5,000 and $35,000,* the auction represents a rare opportunity for both new and seasoned