Sotheby's International Realty Brand Collaborates with Frontgate Home Furnishings


Release Date: July 22, 2009

Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Realty in New Hope, Pa., today announced that the Sotheby’s International Realty network has a marketing agreement with Frontgate, a leading fine home furnishings distributor, to showcase some of the unique properties represented by its more than 10,200 sales associates located in nearly 500 offices in 39 countries and territories worldwide.

The Sotheby’s International RealtyŽ brand and several of its fine listings will be featured in a series of Frontgate catalogs, beginning with the “June B” issue.  This issue’s main article, written by Architectural Digest, showcases a Sotheby’s International Realty listing in Montecito, Calif., furnished by Frontgate. In addition, information on other brand listings is available throughout the catalog. Consumers are encouraged to visit the Sotheby’s International Realty microsite on the Frontgate Web site for more information on the featured home.

Frontgate is part of Cornerstone Brands, Inc. (CBI), a family of direct marketers that ranks among this country's top ten consumer direct firms.  Today, Frontgate is the recognized leader in catalog and online shopping for the home environment.

“This is one more way we can add valuable, targeted exposure for our clients’ homes via our Sotheby’s International Realty affiliation,” said Donald Pearson, chairman of Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Realty.

“Our collaboration with Frontgate, a quality provider of home furnishings, offers consumers in the southeastern Pennsylvania and select New Jersey markets another outlet for learning about the fine homes we have listed in the area, and other Sotheby’s International Realty firms have available worldwide,” said Pearson.  “This relationship between two quality luxury brands is another differentiating factor for our firm.”  

Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Realty is a privately owned real-estate firm with offices in New Hope, Pa., and Center City Philadelphia. Its 50 agents serve southeastern Pennsylvania and select markets in southern and western New Jersey.