Auction, sale to feature items from Robert Gottfried estate

It takes a lot of furniture to fill a 20,000-square-foot house, as Pamela Gottfried certainly knows.

And now that she has sold her lakefront house at 748 Hi-Mount Road built in 1985 by her late husband, prolific Palm Beach developer Robert W. Gottfried she also is parting with its furnishings.

Those include truckloads of items that Robert Gottfried bought specifically for the house large-scale European antiques, as well as bronzes, marble statuary, pedestals, carpets, paintings and several notable clocks.

Some items will be auctioned Monday by Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches at its facility on Antique Row.

Other items, including fine French antiques and decorative accessories, will be liquidated during an estate sale Jan. 17 and 18 at the West Palm Beach warehouse of interior decorator and furniture designer Todd Hase.

Im downsizing, said Gottfried, who also said during a brief phone conversation that she will remain in Palm Beach, although she is finalizing her plans.

Gottfried, a real estate agent with Douglas Elliman, acted on her own behalf in Decembers $15.1 million sale of her home to seasonal Palm Beacher Barbara Swanson, who was represented by broker Lawrence Moens of Lawrence Moens Associates.

Because she is keeping very few of the homes furnishings, she asked Hase to organize the items and coordinate their dispersal.

Hase describes himself as a fan of the architectural style pioneered by Robert Gottfried during the 1960s and 70s that became known as Gottfried Regency. Gottfried houses featured classical elements, symmetrical layouts, voluminous rooms and large windows and French doors that showcase views and flood the interiors with natural light.

The builder, who died in 2007, understood that rooms in his houses could provide a grand showcase for antiques, said Hase, who has showrooms on Antique Row, as well as in New York City, Los Angeles and Southampton, N.Y.

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Auction, sale to feature items from Robert Gottfried estate