Irene Roosevelt Aitken: The Library, Bedrooms and Objects of Vertu

Elizabeth Seigel is a Vice President, Specialist, Head of Private and Iconic Collections in New York. She joined Christie’s King Street in 2011, and in 2012 moved to New York as a specialist across Decorative Arts, focusing on English and European furniture, tapestries, porcelain and 19th century decorative arts. Since joining the Private and Iconic Collections team in 2015 she has helped to coordinate the landmark collections of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan, Betsy Bloomingdale, Joan Rivers, Peggy and David Rockefeller, Jayne Wrightsman and Andre Leon Talley. Additionally, she has headed successful single owner sports memorabilia sales, such as Selections from the Geddy Lee Collection and Important Baseball Memorabilia. Liz recently helped guide The Ann and Gordon Getty Collection, a suite multiple cross-category sales, which garnered over $200 million for philanthropy and Rothschild Masterpieces, which tripled its low estimate raising over $60 million.

Liz graduated from Cornell University magna cum laude, and received her Master of Letters with distinction from Christie’s Education, London.

Allison Cox is an associate specialist in English Furniture and Decorative Arts in New York. She holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in History from the Johns Hopkins University where she concentrated on social and cultural histories, as well as material culture studies. She received her master’s degree with distinction in Museum & Artifact Studies from Durham University in the United Kingdom.

Prior to joining Christie’s, she was with another international auction house in New York. She is also a member of the Furniture History Society and the Georgian Group.

Christopher June is a Junior Specialist in the Decorative Arts department focusing on American, English, Continental, and Russian silver and objects of vertu. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Christopher completed his undergraduate degrees in History and Art History at Seattle University before earning a Masters of Arts degree in Fine and Decorative Arts from the Sotheby’s Institute, London. Christopher joined the Christie’s Client Services department in the summer of 2017, before transitioning to his current role in the Fall of 2019. Since joining the Decorative Arts Department, Christopher has contributed to a number of important sales including La Rêverie: The Collection of Sydell Miller (2021), The Private Collection of Jayne Wrightsman (2020), The Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty (2022) and The Orange Blossom Collection (2023).