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The inch-thick catalog for auction house Wright’s sale on Tuesday is a 290-lot drool-fest. Among the amusements: Italian designer Gaetano Pesce’s clothesline of lamps, seven articles of clothing sheathed in resin and deployed as light-bulb diffusers. The piece is more than 18 feet wide.

A representative from Wright said the clothing can be rehung in any order, so when it feels like a shorts day, why, you can just move those orange trunks front and center.

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Originally designed for a restaurant in Florence, Italy, Pesce’s wardrobe will be sold as a single lot. The pieces, however, theoretically could be deployed individually. Wright estimate’s: $5,000 to $7,000.

For a peek at more items up for bidding, including Thom Mayne chairs, a one-of-a-kind Alexander Girard snake clock and a Harry Bertoia sculpture estimated to fetch $300,000 to $500,000, keep reading.

-- Craig Nakano

Updated: Better photography has been added to this item since its original posting.

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