Los Angeles - On September 21, Bonhams Los Angeles presented Il Sogno: The Collection of Howard and Yvette Mimieux Ruby, a single owner sale from one of the last true estates in Bel-Air, featuring an incredibly wide spectrum of disciplines and finding particular success with 17th century European bronzes and Old Master paintings. The couple's Bel-Air 12,000 square foot home, named Il Sogno, was a European retreat in the heart of Los Angeles. The sale overall achieved $1,654,578 with 100% sold by value.

"This sale was a remarkable opportunity to showcase and tell the story of an incredible couple who filled their home with homages to their many travels and life together," said Anna Hicks, Head of Bonhams Furniture and Decorative Arts department in Los Angeles. "Their Bel Air home, Il Sogno, was focused heavily on old world European furniture and art so it was exciting to see that a sale of this style and calibre can find incredible success in Los Angles."

Highlights of the sale include:

• An 18th Century oil painting of a Venetian scene by Apollonio Domenichini, alternatively identified as Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views (active Venice circa 1740-1760), sold for $88,575, more than four times its estimate. The painting depicts a view of the Grand Canal looking south from the Palazzo Foscari and Palazzo Moro-Lin toward the church of Santa Maria della Carità.

• An exceptional pair of Italian Neoclassical style bronze urns from the 19th century achieved 44 times its estimate when they sold for $88,575.

• A 16th century South German patinated bronze figural fountain group depicting Hercules and Cerberus from the workshop of Max Labenwolf and Hans Reisinger sold for $68,415, six times its estimate.

• A late 16th century portrait of a nobleman and his three children from the Venetian School sold for more than five times its estimate at $58,335.

• Circa 1700, a set of six Louis XIV painted silk wall panels with manufacturing attributed to Royale de Gobelins sold for $53,295, more than six times its estimate.