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Mar 2023
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On Collecting: Erving and Joyce Wolf

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About this episode
In the latest episode of Monocle 24’s production for Sotheby’s, we learn about oil and gas pioneers Erving and Joyce Wolf, who were passionate collectors of American art and design. Over a marriage spanning seven decades, the couple amassed a collection of more than 1,000 objects and pieces in their Fifth Avenue apartment – which are now coming to auction. Their son, Mathew Wolf, Sotheby’s senior vice-president and co-worldwide head of 20th-century design, Jodi Pollack, and design historian Charlotte Fiell reveal what makes these pieces so covetable.

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