Mica ertegun

“If you have taste, you can always put something together,” late society decorator Mica Ertegun told us back in 2013. Now, you can experience her inimitable taste for yourself (and even take home a piece of it), with “Mica: The Collection of Mica Ertegun,” an upcoming series of sales at @christiesinc. Tap the link in our bio to get an insider’s look at the treasures—all drawn from her homes in Paris, Manhattan, and Southampton, NY— that will soon be headed to the auction block (including a…

Mica Ertegun at her house in Turkey. Photo by Karen Radkai. Vogue, December 1977.

Amjad Rauf on Instagram: "Mica - Christie’s is honoured to have been entrusted with the sale of the collection of the renowned interior designer and philanthropist Mica Ertegun, who was married to music mogul Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records. Whilst her husband was shaping the careers of the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Led Zeppelin, to name a few, Mica - together with her friend Chessy Rainer with whom she formed MAC II design firm - created some of the grandest…

“If you have taste, you can always put something together,” she told us in June 2013.

The society fixture, decorator and philanthropist Mica Ertegun helped define the tastes of an era. Now her great collections are going on the block.

The seaside retreat of the Atlantic Records founder and co-chairman and his interior-designer wife is “an oasis of quiet,” as we found out in 1992.

One item is expected to fetch more than $95 million!

Designer, philanthropist, collector, Mica Ertegun epitomised style and sophistication for a generation and beyond. This fall Christie’s presents the life and legacy of this arbiter of taste with a landmark auction series of exceptional art and objects drawn from her residences across the globe. Anchored by René Magritte’ s seminal L’empire des lumières , alongside other masterpiece art by Joan Miró , David Hockney and Ed Ruscha , her world-class collection includes…

Mica Ertegun’s house in Turkey. Photo by Karen Radkai. Vogue, December 1977.

What’s it like to vacation like a music mogul and a legendary interior decorator? In the December/January 1992 issue of ELLE DECOR, we found out by tagging along with Mica and Ahmet Ertegun to their Turkish retreat. The Erteguns had found this enviable vacation house two decades prior to our visit, while driving through Turkey on their first real trip out into the countryside. “It was filled with heaps of rubble,” recalls Ahmet, who decided he was ready to break out his checkbook even though…