Palm Beach Modern Auctions offers the personal collection of Paige Rense Noland

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Palm Beach Modern Auctions offers the personal collection of Paige Rense Noland
Selections from the Palm Beach estate of Paige Rense Noland represent some of her personal favorites and the passion she found later in life for animal welfare. Photo: Palm Beach Modern Auctions staff photographer.



WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.- You can find feminist icons in the pages of magazines…or you can find them in charge of magazines. Before the current-day household names, there was Paige Rense Noland, editor-in-chief of Architectural Digest until 2010. The girl who ran away from her adoptive parents at fifteen because they lacked “vision,” changed her name and faked a college degree to get a writing job became the woman who transformed the ultra-competitive world of publishing and dined with princes, but she never forgot the things that inspired her.

“My first introduction to Paige is when she wrote about our gallery on South Dixie,” says Rico Baca, auctioneer and co-owner of Palm Beach Modern Auctions in West Palm Beach, Florida. “It was…2007 I think, and we were just building the auction house. The article was a brief mention, but that’s where it all began.”

Paige Rense Noland was an avid buyer at auction, bidding with a passion rivaling her well-documented appetite for real estate. After all, what is a woman with her backstory supposed to do with all that ambition once she has made it? Find another realm in which to compete. “When Paige came to the auctions, she knew the power of her credibility. Her participation and support were important, and that’s something I’ll never forget,” continues Baca.

“She told me ‘I go to New York (private of course) once a month to have dinner with Si Newhouse and watch a movie. Any time you want a ride, let me know,’ and I started going with her most months. She was my ticket to the city. It was really my first ‘wink of an eye’ support for our business. That wink would later turn into invitations to her Sunday Suppers. She would seat me to her right; a tongue-in-cheek gesture as I was certainly not the most socially important guest. This was one of her amusements.”

Selections from the Palm Beach estate of Paige Rense Noland represent some of her personal favorites and the passion she found later in life for animal welfare.


Photo credit: Palm Beach Modern Auctions staff photographer

“Back in 2007 when she wrote about the gallery, I knew about her. Everyone knows about her, but the collection in our auction on the 15th feels much more intimate. Some of these pieces are things she bought here at PBMA. I recall her face lighting up when she raised her paddle. Others are things she’s collected over time that connect with her life story.”

The private living room in Paige Rense Noland’s Florida home is designed for comfort. Her husband Kenneth Noland’s painting spans one wall, and several pieces being offered in Palm Beach Modern’s May 15th auction rest on her coffee table and light the room.


Photo credit: Augustus Mayhew

This blue striped club chair and ottoman occupied the corner of a sitting room just off Paige Rense Noland’s bedroom. In contrast to the designs she featured in AD, she favored American Country style in her own home, and the set saw regular use.


Lot 43 Club Chair & Ottoman, photo credit: Palm Beach Modern Auctions staff photographer

Meanwhile, Paige’s collection of autographs is a nod to her admiration for women who earned their powerful roles in career and society.

“I collect autographs of women. Strong women who made it on their own.” ~ Paige Rense Noland in Amanda Vaill’s 1994 article “The Only Dame in Town.”


Lot 18 Celebrity Photos & Ephemera, photo credit: Palm Beach Modern Auctions staff photographer

The ambition it took to rise to the top brought its share of drama. A collection of Tiffany sterling silver and glassware – including several pieces done for Architectural Digest – suggest her longstanding but tumultuous relationship with John Loring, former design director at Tiffany & Co. Says Rico Baca, “Paige was known equally for both her loyalty and her grudges. You never wanted to let her down.”


Lot 62 2 Tiffany & Co. AD Champagne Glasses, photo credit: Palm Beach Modern Auctions staff photographer

Beyond divesting herself of several homes’ worth of art and design, moving to Palm Beach meant filling the void left by the loss of her husband, artist Kenneth Noland, and the end of her reign at Architectural Digest. Entertaining became her social outlet, while she directed her passion and energy towards animal welfare.


Photo credit: Augustus Mayhew

Paige adopted a senior dog named Lucy who was the inspiration behind her work towards eradicating puppy mills.


Lot 66 24 Safari Themed Animal Place Card Holders, photo credit: Palm Beach Modern Auctions staff photographer


Lot 26 Sergio Bustamante Parrot Sculpture, photo credit: Palm Beach Modern Auctions staff photographer

Of the curation process, Rico Baca says, “The specific pieces we are offering are connected to the life she made for herself in Palm Beach. I wanted to showcase the Paige who took a risk by holding out a hand to my partner and I years ago.”


Rico Baca, Susan Lloyd, and Paige Rense Noland strike a pose in the photo booth at one of Paige’s annual Kenneth Noland Lobster Bakes.

Selections from Paige Rense Noland’s Palm Beach estate will be up for auction on Saturday, May 15 at Palm Beach Modern Auctions in West Palm Beach, Florida. For more information, visit www.modernauctions.com or call 561-586-5500.










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