Bidders, get ready

Los Angeles Modern Auctions has two sales this month. On Sunday at its new location in Van Nuys, nearly 600 pieces of furniture and fine art by woodworker Sam Maloof, outdoor furniture designer Walter Lamb, painter David Hockney and other international and local luminaries will go on the block. A suite of bronze pieces by Diego Giacometti includes a 1970s custom Grande Torsade coffee table, right, estimated to sell for more than $150,000. At noon Dec. 14 in Encino, LAMA will present an on-site auction of pieces from the estate of the late art collector Linda Sullivan, a niece of Norton Simon. That sale includes furniture, sculpture, ceramics and glass. Of about 400 lots, more than 90% will be offered with no minimum bid. For more details on either sale: Los Angeles Modern Auctions, 16145 Hart St.; (323) 904-1950; www.lamodern.com.