Among the highlights are a Surrealist necklace by Salvador Dalí, a painting by Claude Monet, and the collector’s rare trove of early pieces by the French designers Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne. She commissioned the Hippopotamus Bar, which François-Xavier Lalanne produced in hand-wrought copper in shades of russet brown, red, and black, with intricate compartments concealing a revolving bottle rack, ice bucket, hors d’oeuvre tray, and glassware storage. In June, Sotheby's sold a 1964 rhinoceros desk by François-Xavier for $16.4 million in New York, while an ostrich bar realized about $12 million at their design sale in Paris. Pollack offers this advice: "I would snatch up the Anemone balustrade elements by Claude Lalanne! Courtesy Sotheby's The Anemone balustrade elements by Claude Lalanne.