Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)

Biography

Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) is the first auction house to specialize in vintage 20th century modern art and design. Auctions are held two to three times a year in Van Nuys, California and offer material ranging from fine art, furniture, lighting, sculpture, to photography, ceramics and decorative arts.

For sellers LAMA is an established market place for Modern and Contemporary Fine Art, Design and Furniture. LAMA handles Modern Art and Design from a single piece to an entire estate.

Peter Loughrey is the founder and director of LAMA, which he established in 1992. Peter is a well-recognized expert and authority in Modern Fine Art and Design. He is also a repeat appraiser on PBS's Antiques Road Show. In addition, he has written many articles and was a contributor on books including Case Study Houses (Taschen 2003) and Julius Shulman Modernism Rediscovered (Taschen 2007). He has also been voted one of the 50 most powerful dealers in the Art & Auctions "Power Issue" for two consecutive years.