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A Small But Mighty Tiffany Lamp Illuminates the Auction Block

It is expected to realize $500,000 at auction—the highest estimate Heritage Auctions has placed on a Tiffany lamp.

The Tiffany Studios wisteria table lamp. Photo: courtesy Heritage Auctions.

by Richard Whiddington Oct 26, 2026

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A Tiffany Studios Wisteria table lamp is headlining Heritage Auction ’s early 20th-century design sale in Dallas, Texas, on November 11. It carries a high estimate of $500,000, the largest the auction house has ever placed on a lamp by the Art Nouveau designer.

Reaching 17 inches tall, it unfurls a cascade of blue blossoms over a patinated bronze base that is veined to mimic the roots of a tree. The lamp was created around 1910, at the tail end of the golden age for Louis Comfort Tiffany ’s Queens, New York, studio and ranks among his most emblematic and coveted designs.…