I never metRobert Isabell.Never sold him something directly.But he ended up with plenty of my finds over the years,mostly through auctions becausehe was a BIG auction buyer. I think it wasfitting that his whole collection ended up at Sotheby's in 2009after his sudden and unexpected death.He was a truly great collector,and the home he created in the middle of the citywas magical and otherworldy,especiallyconsidering it was in Greenwich Village,and not some tiny French village....
Handsome bugger....
Photo of his home before he went apeshitbuying at auction.
Love the Luis Barragan-esque stairs
Entering another world....
He loved the paintings of Robert Louglin.Sotheby's didn't.They didn't include a single one in the sale,even though they were featured prominently in the home.
The Johnny Swing sofa went NUTZ.I think it hammered at 85,000,meaning someone paid over 100k for it.
Another Robert on the mantel.
Go Robert go!That was my Don Drumm cabinet to the left.
That lucite and steel walkway connected 2 parts of the building.So cool.
Tons-o-stuff!But looking good....
The poor man's Bertoia,Klaus Ihlenfeld. 
Smokey Tunis and Serge Mouille,you don't get much morediverse than that....
Time to go, way too soon, but time to go.......
Robert Isabell1952-2009More here and here....
