Two years ago in the month of february this armchair came into the spotlight when it was auctioned off by.
Most expensive chair auction.
Badminton cabinet 36 7 million.
Heritage auctions sold the poster in 2017 for 525 800.
The badminton cabinet is the most expensive piece of antique furniture sold of all time.
If you are sitting down we are ready to reveal the most expensive design furniture ever sold at an auction.
It was also the second most expensive piece of furniture ever sold at an auction being surpassed only by the badminton cabinet sold in 2004 for 36 million.
When it was placed for auction the estimated price of the chair was 2 3 million but an ardent admirer of it chose to bid ten times that amount of it which is the.
This intricately ornate cabinet was constructed in florence and is inlaid with precious stones.
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The poster surpassed the previous auction record of 478 000 which was also set twice by heritage auctions.
Designed and crafted by irish designer eileen gray the dragon armchair is by far one of the most exquisite pieces of luxury vintage furniture.
It is eileen gray s dragon chair from 1917 1919 which sold for 21 905 000.
The lacquered chair became the most expensive chair ever sold at an auction in february 2009 at an event held by christie s in paris in the grand palais.
That equaled 19 4 million or 28 238 277 when it was sold in february 2009 despite the global recession shrinking luxury markets.
The dragon s chair was created between 1917 to 1919.
It is one of two of the only known surviving examples.