This past Thursday an auction was scheduled to take place at the Wright auction house selling the design archives of John and Marilyn Neuhart. The now elderly design historians have collected photographs, documents and film categorizing the design developments of the Eames' furniture. This is one of the largest private archives documenting the mid-20th-century furniture designers work and was estimated to sell for $150,000 to $200,000. During the last forty years, their archives have amassed to over 100 binders documenting the exhibitions and Eames office space.
But four days before the auction was to be held, the ownership of the items in this 60-page inventory list were contested by Lucia Eames who claimed that the archive was family property. Last week, the Designer’s daughter filed a lawsuit and the archives were removed from auction. The Neuhart’s stated earlier on that they were fighting the economy (because of low endowments, museums are not interested in the collection), and they ultimately want to find a good home for their collection.
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