http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/NYTimes+auction PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/16490 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/16490 May 16, 2007<br />From Africa to Queens Waterfront, a Modernist Gem for Sale to the Highest Bidder<br />By WILLIAM L. HAMILTON<p>For anyone still looking for a house for the summer, something very exclusive is about to come up in Queens.</p><p>Tomorrow, the Maison Tropicale, a small aluminum-paneled house built in 1951 by Jean Prouv&eacute;, a French designer and the current court favorite of well-heeled contemporary art and design collectors internationally, is being opened to the public for preview in Long Island City. Christie's, the auction house, will offer it for sale on June 5. The presale estimate is $4 million to $6 million.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><br />